M usic fans gathered in their thousands in a quiet corner of the Dorset countryside to celebrate one of the final events in the British festival calendar this weekend. A sell-out crowd of 15,000 were at this year’s End Of The Road Festival, with American indie-rock pioneers Pixies a notableContinue Reading

A teenage jockey has died during a race meeting in Co Kerry. The incident happened at the popular Glenbeigh races at around 5pm this evening. The young man is said to have fallen from his horse during the event at Rossbeigh Beach and was pronounced dead at the scene. HisContinue Reading

DESPERATE Chinese residents brawled over food and stripped shelves as they tried to stock up on supplies before being plunged into the world’s strictest lockdown. The city of Chengdu – home to 21 million people – has been locked down after just 157 new infections were recorded as Beijing continuesContinue Reading

O zzy Osbourne has said he would “be dead” if not for his wife Sharon, after their marriage led him to cut down on drinking and drug use. The Black Sabbath frontman, 73, who recently appeared in his home city Birmingham to close the 2022 Commonwealth Games, said he isContinue Reading

Online reviews are broken – here's how to fix them

Online reviews are not always what they might seem. Thapana_Studio via Shutterstock It’s a crime story fit for the digital era. It was recently reported that a number of restaurants in New York had been targeted by internet scammers threatening to leave unfavourable “one-star” reviews unless they received gift certificates.Continue Reading