A controversial Kyrgyz businessman and MP, Ryspek Akmatbayev, has been shot dead while leaving a mosque on the outskirts of the capital Bishkek. According to witnesses, Mr Akmatbayev's body was ...

A hospital nurse has been convicted of murdering two of his patients. Benjamin Geen, 25, was also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to a further 15 patients at Horton General Hospital in ...

Roy Keane's Celtic debut ended in shock defeat as the Scottish Cup holders were humbled by Clyde at Broadwood. Clyde twice had the ball in the net only for the officials to cruelly rule against them ...

Armed robbers have stolen the iconic Edvard Munch painting, The Scream, from the Munch Museum in Norway. Two masked thieves pulled the work and another painting, Madonna, off the wall as stunned ...

In 1886 the Hockey Association was established in London. The sport was introduced to many countries by the British army and the first international match was held in 1895. At first hockey was ...

Think tank the Social Market Foundation has warned that two million homes will have to be built on green belt sites to meet government plans to tackle the housing shortage. Green belt is a planning ...

A man and a teenage girl have been found guilty of the murder of a man with learning disabilities. Steven Hoskin, 38, from St Austell, Cornwall, was humiliated and abused for hours by a gang, a court ...

But if play runs over because of a rain delay or a slow over rate, then it could be hell's bells instead of wedding bells for Nel. Talk about bowling a maiden over. The poor girl will feel like she ...

Cheshire police made "collective errors" which might have cost a teenager his life, an investigation by the police watchdog has found. Thomas Lunt gashed his arm on a broken window while celebrating ...

McCann was dismissed during the Allianz Football League game between Limerick and Armagh on 25 February. His ban will expire the day before the Orchard County meet Tyrone in the Championship on 20 May ...

Warrington speed merchant Brent Grose has certainly not wasted any time since his Super League arrival from NRL outfit South Sydney. Grose has a made a try-scoring start for the Wolves Three tries in ...

Former world snooker champion Alex Higgins has died aged 61 after a long battle against throat cancer. The 1972 and 1982 world champion, a heavy smoker, was found dead in his flat in Belfast on ...