Cliftonville striker Stephen Garrett has been named Carling Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of 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 ...

The horror movie, which topped the US box office charts, shows backpackers falling prey to a brutal torture ring at the hands ...

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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 ...

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A man in Manchester may have made legal history in the UK after being acquitted of murdering his father because he was sleepwalking at the time. He was found not guilty due to insanity and sent to a ...

"I invented a device to scare them off by playing the sound of killer whales, but it's ended up only attracting them more." But failure with this device is in contrast to the success of his first and ...

Props and sets from the Wallace and Gromit films have been destroyed in a warehouse blaze. The storage building belonging to Oscar-winning Aardman Animations, contained the company's "entire history", ...

Barcelona scored twice in the last 14 minutes to beat 10-man Arsenal in the Champions League final in Paris. Sol Campbell's thumping header gave Arsenal a 37th minute lead - after goalkeeper Jens ...

Insults written on a memorial to British war dead in a French cemetery have been deplored in France. One of the slogans used particularly stood out. So why do the French call the British "les rosbifs" ...

The Indian state of Kerala has banned the production and sale of Coca Cola and Pepsi following a report that the drinks contain harmful pesticides. It said it was taking the step because the drinks ...