Peter Stringer is added to Ireland's squad for Sunday's Six Nations game against France because of doubts over Tomas O'Leary's fitness.

The Social Network and The King's Speech dominate the London Film Critics' Circle awards, where the former is named film of the year.

The system for calculating most domestic fuel bills in the UK is contributing to thousands of deaths each winter, public health experts say.

A painting of Bacon's friend and fellow artist Lucian Freud went for three times the pre-sale estimate at Sotheby's in London.

A driver convicted of causing the death of his passenger in a Lincolnshire car crash has his sentence reduced on appeal.

Newport Gwent Dragons announce that coach Paul Turner has left the region, with Darren Edwards taking over team affairs.

The High Court is due to rule on accusations that a health authority is acting unlawfully in seeking to add fluoride to tap water.

The case of Essex murderer Jeremy Bamber will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) says.