Like many children born during “the enormous upheaval of war”, as she put it herself, former BBC chief news correspondent Kate Adie was the by-product of a love affair, which led to her birth mother, Babe Dunnett, being forced to give her up for adoption.

Elephant does her best to say goodbye to circus

An Ethiopian man fought off competition from more than 12,000 other runners today to scoop gold in the Dublin City Marathon.

Former glamour model Katie Price today put on a public show of affection with her new boyfriend on a visit to one of the country’s leading horse shows.