Today marks the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci's death.

THOMAS Cook Sport, one of the four official, licensed operators for the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa next year, has put together a Freewheeler package for Irish fans; those who like independence and want to avoid transfers through London.

Art experts and conservative clerics are holding an unusual “trial” in the hometown of Leonardo da Vinci: concerned about the legions of fans of the The Da Vinci Code who take claims in the book as gospel truth, the mock tribunal aims to sort out fact from fiction.

Art experts and conservative clerics were putting the blockbuster novel The Da Vinci Code on trial in the art master’s home town tonight.