FORMER soccer star George Best is in intensive care, being treated at the private Cromwell Hospital in west London.

George Best’s lover has been cautioned by police for an alleged assault on the former football star, police sources confirmed tonight.

FIVE people, including a Co Kerry resident, who spent almost a week stranded at sea in a tiny inflatable life-raft yesterday described their terrifying ordeal after surviving storms and 30ft waves.

A spokesman for the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the vessel was owned by French woman Stephanie Preux and was bound for Cherbourg when it left Co Kerry on September 6.

The £60m (€89m) sale of British plumbing company Dyno-Rod collapsed after potential buyers failed to agree a deal, it emerged tonight.

Investors planning to buy drain clearance-to-pest control firm Dyno-Rod have postponed a stock market flotation of the business, it emerged today

Grass court season is nearly upon us, with the Surbiton Trophy event about to start up.

Ireland forward Ivan Steen will come up against some familiar faces next month when he plays against England in three Test matches.

A suspected hacker mastermind has been arrested in a joint operation by Scotland Yard computer experts and the FBI, it was disclosed today.

A party at actor Art Malik's house ended in tragedy when the boyfriend of his daughter, who was celebrating her 21st birthday, drowned in the swimming pool.

Lleyton Hewitt confirmed his status as one of the pre-Wimbledon favourites with a crushing first round win over Magnus Gustafsson.