British prime minister David Cameron’s Conservatives lost a second parliamentary seat to the anti-EU Ukip, an embarrassing defeat heralding a possible fragmentation of Britain’s two-party system in next year’s national election.

You might think transport staff would apply the brakes if you turned up with a driving licence photo of yourself with a colander on your head.

USA: Prosecutors in Montan say a man caught leaving a house he had apparently burgled apologised to the homeowner and offered him some heroin.

A prolific sex attacker who returned to comfort his victim minutes after brutally assaulting her has been jailed for 10 years.

On the surface, you’d have to assume that Mike Davis has never stepped foot in the United Kingdom and had the pleasure of navigating a true links.

Christy O’Connor Jnr believes Rory McIlroy will ultimately enjoy more success over Rickie Fowler as golf’s next great rivalry takes shape in the coming years.

Thousands of Australians were forced to abandon their homes yesterday as a record deluge swept through areas still reeling from last year’s devastating floods, claiming its first life.

JETLAGGED he may be after a flight home to London from the States, but Simon Garfield can still summon enough energy to talk, to engage, and to condemn.

AWARE the Irish Open would go ahead in 2011 without a title sponsor, the country’s leading players promised to do all they could to ensure the success of the championship.

The players chasing shock leaders Thomas Bjorn and Tom Lewis were today hoping to take advantage of perfect conditions in the second round of the 140th Open Championship.

GRAEME McDOWELL has pointed out another potential problem for Rory McIlroy when he returns to action at the British Open next week.

Paul McGinley has received a late call-up into tomorrow’s Open Championship qualifier at his home course Sunningdale – thanks to fellow Dubliner Peter Lawrie.

Rodi Greene is facing a long battle back to fitness after suffering an early blow in his recovery process.

Almost a foot (30cm) of rain in just a few hours renewed flood fears in Australia’s already waterlogged Queensland state today, sending a surging river over its banks and into another large town.

New thunderstorms brought more pounding rains to a waterlogged coastal community in north-eastern Australia today as a mayor said it could take a year to fully recover from the worst flooding in decades.

Hurricane Igor barrelled north-eastwards toward Canada early today, leaving behind power cuts, grounded boats and downed trees in Bermuda and kicking up dangerous surf on the US Atlantic coast.

Big waves pounded Bermuda's beaches today as islanders rushed to board up windows, fill sandbags and stock up on water, food and other supplies before Hurricane Igor's expected arrival.

Carl Pettersson shot a tournament-record 10-under-par 60 to haul himself into contention heading into the final round of the Canadian Open at St George's.

Tim Clark and Dean Wilson produced solid rounds to end the second day of the Canadian Open at St George’s locked in a tie for the lead.

Brent Delahoussaye equalled the tournament record with a first-round 62 as he moved to the top of the leaderboard at the Canadian Open at St George's in Toronto last night.

A Staten Island, New York ferry with a history of accidents, including a fatal wreck in 2003, malfunctioned as it approached its terminal and smashed into a pier with a jolt that tossed passengers to the deck and hurt as many as 37 people.

PROVIDENCE RESOURCES, the Tony O’Reilly Jnr-led oil and gas exploration company, has announced it has expanded the acreage of exploration at its Dragon Field licence in the St George’s Channel.

Australian Peter O’Malley equalled the Carnoustie course record as he stormed into a share of the lead in the £2.5m (€3.6m) Alfred Dunhill Links championship, and then revealed how his guesthouse landlady helped keep his title bid on track.

A five-year-old boy was strangled when his head got stuck in an electric car window, police in the UKsaid today.

U2 last night helped followers find what they were looking for at the country’s first Christian service based on the band’s music.

Hurricane Emily strengthened dangerously today after slamming into Grenada, where it blasted out windows and flooded two main hospitals and tore roofs from homes still damaged by last year’s storms. At least one man was killed.

The torrential storm that caused the deadly mudslide in California is leaving a path of destruction in other Western states, bringing flooding that has gobbled up houses and roads and forced hundreds to flee.

Six people were gunned down in a spate of shootings across the south of the UK within the same hour earlier today, police said.

Hurricane Ivan left Grenada a wasteland of flattened houses, twisted metal and splintered wood as it bore down on Jamaica with deadly winds and monstrous waves, prompting the Jamaican government to order half a million people to flee their homes.

Hurricane Ivan grew into the deadliest of storms today, packing winds of 160mph as it headed straight for Jamaica and left a devastated Grenada with 20 dead.

At least nine people were killed and incalculable damage done to Grenada today as Hurricane Ivan caused concrete homes to collapse into rubble and hurled landmark red zinc roofs through the air.

Hurricane Ivan, with winds of more than 140 mph, was barrelling across the Caribbean toward more holiday isles tonight after devastating Grenada.

TROPICAL storm Bonnie began to make landfall in Florida’s Panhandle yesterday, while residents in the Florida Keys and southwest Florida prepared to meet the stronger Hurricane Charley.

It took Spain more sweat and toil than they had anticipated but, in a game that saw a red card for Roman Sharanov and a glut of bookings, Inaki Saez’s side got off to the start to the Euro 2004 finals they had dreamed off.

A bitter and unrepentant Mordechai Vanunu spent his first night of freedom in a Jerusalem church after serving an 18-year prison term for disclosing Israel’s nuclear secrets.

A DEFIANT Mordechai Vanunu walked out of prison yesterday after serving 18 years for spilling Israel's nuclear secrets.

BRITISH Home Secretary David Blunkett warned anti-terror chiefs last night that their “heads are on the block” after the security fiasco which allowed a gatecrasher dressed as Osama bin Laden to get within striking distance of the Royal Family.

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The Queen Mother's funeral will take place on Tuesday April 9, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Princess Margaret’s ashes are expected to be interred with the Queen Mother’s coffin in the George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor.

The name of St George has made a triumphant return to the mainstream of the west’s fishing industry - after a row dating back 130 years.