DOES anyone remember a calmer, more peaceful and respectful time in golf before fire hydrants became as hazardous on tour as the Island hole at TPC Sawgrass?

BRITISH aviation experts are to examine the reasons why two military aircraft flew in to controlled airspace before sweeping past a Cork-bound airplane, forcing the pilot to switch to manual and execute a sharp 1,000ft dive.

A father and his 12-year-old son died and another son, aged 14, is missing after a motorboat capsized off the west coast of Scotland.

THE Government may be asked to make hardship funds available for cod fishermen.

Thousands of Elvis fans are expected to flock to the west coast of Scotland to pay tribute to the King at the only spot in Britain where he ever set foot.