Sony's lawyers had argued that adverts carrying quotes from fake critic David Manning about films such as A Knight's Tale ...

The GAA said both parties had agreed that no further statements would be made while this process of discussions remained in ...

Clones is expected to host next year's Ulster senior football final for the second year in succession. The provincial decider has again been scheduled for the same day as the Leinster football final, ...

A Yorkshire Dales youth hostel which is faced with a huge repair bill is to close. The hostel at Aysgarth Falls was one of 10 identified for closure and sale in March 2002 following the foot-and-mouth ...

The horror movie, which topped the US box office charts, shows backpackers falling prey to a brutal torture ring at the hands of Slovakian women. "I am offended by this film. I think that all Slovaks ...

Writer Terry Pratchett has poked fun at Harry Potter author JK Rowling for saying she did not realise she was writing a fantasy novel. He wrote to the Sunday Times:"I would have thought that the ...

Harold Shipman, the UK's worst serial killer, was jailed in January 2000 for killing 15 of his patients, but it is thought he murdered some 250 in total. The GP was given 15 life sentences for the ...

Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980, triggering a bitter eight-year war which destabilised the region and devastated both countries. The then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the ...

A man has been ordered by a judge not to feel people's muscles or ask them to do exercises in public. Akinwale Arobieke, 45, from Liverpool, was also banned from measuring the size of muscles, under ...

Rowling's unparalleled readership of millions of people worldwide and the critical activity around her books invite comparison with the works of classic children's writers Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton.

Irving Weaver, the multi-millionaire father of manager Simon Weaver, is the new owner of Harrogate Town. He has taken over from Bill Fotherby after the 80-year-old decided to stop funding the club.

Dean Richards, the former Wolves, Southampton, Bradford and Tottenham defender, has died at the age of 36. Richards passed away on Saturday morning after losing his long-term battle with illness.