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London burns bright for avant-garde indie stars
1 week ago

album of the weekthe temper trapThe Temper Trap(Infectious)HHHHIOne might have imagined that the riots that gripped urban Britain for a crazy few nights last August would provide plenty of inspiration for any number of musicians, but it has taken a band
Sky's the limit for Croke Park walkway
3 days ago

IT is not often you get the chance to say you stepped out over the hallowed green turf of Croke Park -- especially at a breathtaking 44 metres above the ground.On a rare balmy summer's day, the new Croke Park Skyline walkway rocked underfoot in the gentl
Simon Burke
17 hours ago

Trying -- twice -- to turn around Superquinn while the retail sector collapses takes guts. But then Simon Burke likes a challenge, as his holiday choices show.Burke's early career began in London where he worked in investigation and corporate recovery wi
Memorial service in London for journalist Marie Colvin murdered in Syria
1 week ago

LEADING figures from the worlds of media, politics, and the arts gathered to pay emotional tribute to "bravest of the brave" war correspondent Marie Colvin.Singer Cerys Matthews performed two songs including the Bob Dylan classic Blowin' in the Wind and
Hope for blindness cure as eye implant trials successful
3 weeks ago

THE first UK clinical trials of an electronic eye implant designed to restore the sight of blind people have proved successful and "exceeded expectations", scientists said today.Eye experts developing the pioneering new technology said the first group of
Samsung S3 'most popular phone of the year'
5 days ago

SAMSUNG’S new Galaxy S3 phone is the fastest-selling pre-order phone of the year, Carphone Warehouse has revealed.Although the retailer said Samsung would not allow it to release specific numbers at this point, it confirmed that "thousands" of customers
Abu Hamza 'changes name to escape past'
5 days ago

RADICAL preacher Abu Hamza is insisting he is called by a new name is an attempt to distance himself from his past, it has been claimed. He is said to have instructed prison guards to call him by his birth name Mustafa Kamal Mustafa to allow him to shed
'I would get arrested if I unzipped that dress': Prince Phillip’s latest embarassing gaffe to pretty woman
1 week ago

PRINCE Philip left royal well-wishers aghast once again during a tour in London with a crude comment about a woman's dress. The Duke of Edinburgh used his characteristic humour with members of the public in south London as part of the Queen's jubilee vis