The response is instant.

The Paralympic flame will begin its final journey to London today.

I was a late starter.

It’s served by dozens of direct flights, and spilling over with great shops, restaurants, museums and shows. It’s London, baby, and it’s time you paid another visit, says Pól Ó Conghaile.

New Light for the Old Dark, Sam Willetts, Jonathon Cape; £20

I REFER to Jimmy Woulfe’s article under “Flashing election signs’ threat to road safety”. In particular I refer to the comments of Gerry Behan, Director of Environmental Services at Limerick County Council.

Protesters marching against plans to increase student tuition fees have clashed with police in London’s West End.

FROM now on, Cork will be as fast in dispensing breaking news as Times Square and Piccadilly Circus.

'Captain America: The First Avenger' will be filmed in London.

A little girl fighting a life-threatening illness was granted her one wish – to meet singer Peter Andre.

Michael Jackson’s mother won temporary custody of his three children today.

Michael Jackson’s father says he suspects “foul play somewhere” in relation to his son’s death.

Two doctors plotted to kill hundreds in a wave of car bombings across Britain, a court was told today.

JUNE 4

London is expected to return to normal today after the disruption caused by the two failed car bombs, but police will be out in greater numbers than usual.

Two fully intact car bombs found in central London hold hundreds of clues about the people behind a suspected terrorist plot that could have killed hundreds.

The car bomb discovered near Piccadilly Circus in London yesterday, and a second explosives-rigged car found nearby, would probably have caused a large loss of life and extensive damage if it had gone off as planned.

Hundreds of late-night revellers are feared to have been the target of a massive terrorist car bomb left outside a landmark London nightclub.

A massive terrorist strike which could have killed hundreds of nightclub revellers in London was foiled by chance today.

Police will be scouring CCTV footage from the scene of today’s discovery but will also be checking images from further afield, experts said today.

The threat of terror returned to London today after a car bomb was found in the heart of the British capital.

WHILE nine of the victims of the bombings have so far been named, many more remain unaccounted for.

DAN BUCKLEY, writing of distant relative David Lord (Irish Examiner, May 9) bemoans the fact that such brave recipients of the Victoria Cross are not honoured with monuments in Ireland.

"THAT'S where we used to score," says John Edwards, gazing at the hulking grey statue of Wolfe Tone that guards the western flank of St Stephen's Green in Dublin.

Pop star Lee Ryan was today cleared of assaulting two photographers as they tried to take photos of him leaving a trendy nightclub with a mystery girl.

TEEN idol Lee Ryan attacked two photographers as they tried to snap him leaving a London nightclub with a girl, a court heard yesterday.

An “aggressive” pop star deliberately smashed two cameras and assaulted two photographers outside a central London nightclub, a court heard today.

Pop star Lee Ryan arrived at a magistrates’ court today to face assault charges following an incident outside a nightclub.

The streets of London will be echoing to Swing Low Sweet Chariot today, as thousands of rugby fans cheer Jonny Wilkinson and his team-mates on England’s victory parade.

Yoko Ono is to re-stage one of her most famous art happenings nearly 40 years on in an effort to help world peace, she announced today.

A woman hostage was released unharmed today following a five-hour armed siege at an American Express building in central London.