Matthew Kelly, known to everyone as Paddy, was born in Dublin on 6 January 1916. His father, Laurence, served with the Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front and was killed at Ypres in 1917. Paddy's mother, Ellen, remarried after the war – and Paddy, one of seven children, spent an idyllic childhood having Huckleberry Finn-style adventures with his brother Terry.

Leader's position secure after difficult spell in charge as more than 800 council seats are won

Would you like to spend the night in a sleeping pod suspended from a tree as part of the theatregoing experience?

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager whose body was found on the Queen's Sandringham estate.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager whose body was found on the Queen's Sandringham estate.

"Back of the net!" "Kiss my face!" "Jurassic Park!" The disclosure by comedy writer Armando Iannucci that Alan Partridge is finally to have his own film shot later this year prompted a wave of triumphant Partridgeisms.

Writer Armando Iannucci reveals DJ's return

The deal

The return of a cult fantasy show tempts even a sceptical viewer to mug up on myths and maps

Fulham 2 Norwich City 1: Texan striker blows away Lambert's Norwich who recover too late to hurt the Cottagers

Norwich City 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1: Jarvis goal gives glimmer of hope before Norwich striker casts visitors adrift at bottom of table

Norwich 2 Wolves 1

Two people were being questioned today on suspicion of murder following a stabbing during a party at the home of a former world champion boxer.

A murder investigation has begun after a man was found stabbed to death at the home of Herbie Hide, the former world heavyweight boxing champion.