Gardai in Dublin are on the lookout for 36,000 pints of beer stolen from the Guinness brewery.

More than 400 kegs were stolen in what is likely to be the largest carry-out of drink this Christmas.

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A Faberge egg made for the Rothschild banking family has sold at auction for a world record £8.9m.

The Rothschild egg made in 1902 is just one of 12 in public hands known to have been produced to standards required by the Russian Imperial family.

The gold and pink egg has a clock for a face and a diamond-encrusted cockerel which nods its head and flaps its wings on the stroke of each hour.

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South Africa is in the grip of winter and most areas of the country are experiencing freezing temperatures. This inclement weather has prompted dietician Dr Ingrid van Heerden to have a look at what we eat in winter and how this can affect our weight and health.

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An Indonesian man whose life has been ruined by strange roots that sprout from his hands and feet is hoping a US doctor can help him.

Dede, nicknamed “Tree Man”, has been treated like a freak show because of the horn-like growths.

He was sacked from his job, his wife left him and he was shunned by his neighbours.

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Researchers presented a conundrum to new mothers on Monday, saying that women who want to lose the extra weight gained in pregnancy should try to get more sleep.

They found that mothers who slept five hours or less a day when their babies were six months old were three times more likely than more rested mothers to have kept on the extra weight at one year.

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A new computer programme can rejuvenate old peoples’ memories by up to ten years, research has shown.

In the study, more than 500 men and women over 65 were asked to get to grips either with the brain-sharpening software or a more conventional educational programme.

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A soldier serving with the British Army in Basra has ‘married’ his girlfriend – despite the pair being thousands of miles apart.

And next week Lance Bombadier Joseph Lomotey will see his wife for the first time.

The bizarre wedding ceremony took place in a tent in the Iraqi desert, where LBdr Lomotey, from Ghana, is serving with the Wiltshire-based 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.

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One of the biggest thresher sharks caught off the coast of Cornwall has been sold at market.

The 16ft (5m) shark, caught off Lands End on Wednesday, weighed in at 510kg (1,125lb).

The “monster of the deep” sold at Newlyn Fish market for 50p per kilo – fetching a total of £255.

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The home of haute cuisine just got taken down a peg with an authoritative judgement that Paris is not the world’s top city for good eating.

That distinction now goes to Tokyo, according to the bible for foodies everywhere, the Michelin guide.

In its first ever edition devoted to an Asian city, it awarded restaurants in Tokyo a total of 191 stars.

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Six abandoned kittens have found an unexpected new mother figure – a pet rabbit.

Veterinary nurse Melanie Humble took the three-week-old kittens to her Aberdeen home.

The kittens seemed to think Summer the rabbit was their mother and began to climb all over her and try to feed from her.

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