Ireland is preparing to mark 100 years since Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses is set - 16 June 1904. But why is Joyce - and Ulysses in particular - continually held up as such a ...

Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe has died after collapsing during an international match in France. The 28-year-old fell to the ground unchallenged in the 72nd minute of a Confederations Cup ...

The racist killers of black teenager Anthony Walker have been told they must serve minimum terms of 17 and 23 years. Anthony, 18, was killed with an ice axe at McGoldrick Park in Huyton, Merseyside, ...

Colin Waite carried out a series of violent attacks in the decade before his conviction for the murder of Nicola Dixon. Just seven months after killing the 17-year-old A-Level student, Waite broke the ...

The Liverpool rearguard is one of the meanest around, but their defending regularly comes under scrutiny with boss Rafael ...

In the modern age of football there are many different roles and jobs a defender can have. And a wonderful sight in the game is seeing the wing-back fly up and down the touchline terrorising the ...

So George, where did it all go wrong? The hotel bellboy who delivered champagne to Best's room and found him entertaining a scantily-clad Miss World on a bed covered with his winnings from the casino.

A US prison inmate has been convicted of murdering a former priest at the heart of a sex abuse scandal in Boston. Joseph Druce killed defrocked clergyman John Geoghan in August 2003 while they were ...

The Kaprun inferno - at one of Austria's most popular ski resorts - was the country's worst fire since World War II. On the morning of 11 November 2000, 167 men, women and children boarded a funicular ...

The notorious "elephant man" may have suffered from two rare disorders, according to scientists. They believe Joseph Merrick, who lived in Britain more than 100 years ago, could have suffered from ...

The home of Bernard 'Barney' Hughes, philantropist and creator of the famous Belfast bap, is to be marked by a blue plaque. Mr Hughes, a self-made businessman, is remembered in his adopted city as an ...

Scientists investigating 'near-death' experiences say they have found evidence to suggest that consciousness can continue to exist after the brain has ceased to function. None of the patients were ...