Eddie Jones will hold talks with Chris Robshaw early in his reign as England head coach as he searches for a captain in the image of New Zealand great Richie McCaw to embody the values of his team.

The family of US school gunman Chris Harper-Mercer have described their shock after the 26-year-old killed at least nine people before being fatally shot.

A driving instructor has been jailed for 32 months for carrying out sexual assaults on two of his teenage pupils.

The largely unsettled forecast for much of today could signal a damp end to the summer, if the St Swithin’s Day myth is to be believed.

GERMANY: This could be Germany’s very own Watergate. The German spy agency’s new headquarters was flooded by water after several taps were removed by thieves on its upper floors, police said.

There you are, heading out on a nice afternoon cycle through the countryside, when all of a sudden, BOOM - daytime techno rave.

‘Make’, a symposium on ‘making’ in art, technology and science, is at the CIT Cork School of Music on March 7.

An Irish wood pellet boiler manufacturer has increased turnover by 500%, boosted by British government alternative energy incentives. And in the three years since it was set up, it has sold just one boiler in Ireland, writes Trish Dromey.

I HAVE been doing some research recently into the history of angling in Ireland for a television production company, and in the course of it I was re-introduced to a fascinating character, Viscount Grey of Fallodon.

Competition for jobs in the UK has eased, but more than 70 people are still chasing every vacancy in parts of the country, according to a new report.

The BBC has postponed a planned documentary about naked rambler Stephen Gough after his arrest for breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) that bans him from baring all in public.

A Jane Austen museum has launched an appeal to raise £152,450 (€114,570) to keep a ring once owned by the famous author in Britain after it was bought by a US popstar.

Andy Burrows is happy to have left the tensions of his former band Razorlight behind, says Ed Power

From storage boxes to sheds, Kya de Longchamps lists the pros and cons of cheaper and more expensive options

An amateur dramatic group in the UK said today the show must go on after their pantomime dame collapsed and died from a heart attack during a performance of 'Dick Whittington'.

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It was not quite the one Richard Hannon expected to strike, but the two-year-old master still managed to claim the Louis And Valerie Freedman Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Newbury.

A man killed his wife, two young children and mother-in-law in their suburban home after a family argument.

THE ESB is planning to invest up to €2 billion building up a strong presence in the British electricity market over the next decade, according to chief executive Padraig McManus.

John Coupland bettered his total for 2009 in one fell swoop as Tanley (9-1) won division one of the Bet Test Match Cricket – Betdaq Handicap at Lingfield.

A FORMER handyman abducted and murdered two teenage girls within 18 months of his marriage breaking up, jurors heard yesterday.

THE other evening, venturing forth after the deluges, I walked out of a meadow into the half-darkness of an old beech wood.

Paul McCartney today described the making of his new album, saying: “We just made it up as we went along.”

AN ENCOURAGING draw for Aidan O’Brien’s Duke of Marmalade saw the five-time Group One winner shortened in the market for Saturday night’s $5 million (€3.82m) Breeders’ Cup Classic.

NOEL MEADE’S Skylancer can take the second division of the Charlie Chute Memorial Maiden Hurdle at the final stage of the Listowel Festival this afternoon.

House prices in three university towns have more than doubled during the past five years, figures showed today.

THE death of British teenager Cara Marie Burke is a chilling reminder of other murder cases where the bodies of victims’ have been stuffed into suitcases.

The big three contenders for Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh are among a field of 14.

The big three contenders for Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh are among a field of 14.

Check our tips for selected courses from today's horse racing events across Ireland and in the United Kingdom.

Last week’s Dundalk winner The Fist Of God could be in line for a substantial rise in class in Sunday’s Airlie Stud Gallinule Stakes at the Curragh.

THE most interesting horse on view at Cork this evening is Salford City, who makes his debut over fences in the Fleetwood and Coolgown Beginners Chase.

House prices in cities in the North have more than doubled during the past five years, outperforming growth in the rest of the UK, figures showed today.

A TRANSPLANT patient said yesterday that it was “surreal and emotional” to come face to face with her heart when she visited an exhibition where the organ is being displayed.

A teenage student has become a dot-com millionaire by selling his pioneering website business.

Paul Telfer has left Celtic before the end of his contract to return to his family in England.

Celtic full-back Paul Telfer has revealed he will leave the club in the summer.

UK Womenswear retailer Hobbs today said it had started the year in confident mood after an 18.5% increase in sales from September 1 to New Year’s Eve.

Thousands of teenage girls braved chilly weather today in the hope of securing a role in the next Harry Potter film.

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Fresh evidence that higher interest rates are taking their toll on the British property market emerged today with figures showing slower growth in house prices.

Homosexual, bisexual and transsexual people should be treated with “compassion” and as equal Christians, according to a new Church of England guide published today.

AN oil exploration group was yesterday celebrating what it described as probably the most significant onshore discovery of oil in Britain for two decades.

TV presenter Alastair Stewart, who fronts the ITV show Police, Camera, Action, pleaded guilty at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court today to drink-driving after his Mercedes car collided with a hedge.