Linfield missed out on a chance to go back to the top of the Carling Premiership as they crashed to defeat at the Ballymena ...

Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot went to the High Court claiming that her school was discriminating against her by not allowing the wearing of a "purity ring". Young people must complete a course ...

Winston Churchill is best remembered for stirring speeches and cigars. But the wartime leader also had a taste for exotic pets - one of which is still going strong. Charlie, a blue macaw bought by ...

Three gang members who murdered a "good citizen" with a samurai sword in revenge after he stood up to them, have been given a total 60 years in jail. Father-of-three Lemy Bullock, 36, had warned the ...

A court in Paris has convicted French oil company Total of "maritime pollution" over France's worst oil disaster in 1999. The tanker Erika sank 75km (45 miles) off the coast of Brittany, leaking ...

A teenager has been jailed for life for the unprovoked and frenzied killing of a student and an attack on his friend. Michael Lynch, 17, was told he would serve a minimum of 15 years by the judge at ...

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

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Turkish shepherds watched in horror as hundreds of their sheep followed each other over a cliff, say Turkish newspaper reports. First one sheep went over the cliff edge, only to be followed by the ...

Ronaldo was heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid last summer Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his world record £80m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid after agreeing a six-year deal.

A Russian MP has asked President Dmitry Medvedev to investigate claims by a regional president that he has met aliens on board a spaceship. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the southern region of ...

The authorities in six German states have ordered retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola energy drinks after traces of cocaine were found in it. The recall came after a sample analysis conducted in ...