If you were on your first foreign trip for 24 years, would you want Bono to be a part of the package?

After years of savage cuts, the Irish now face a stark choice: do they hand over control of their economy to Europe – or go it alone without the safety net of future bailouts?

Advances in medicine have made the impossible, possible. But an over-reliance on healthcare threatens to bankrupt the world – and make all of us sick

The ASA has received 430,000 complaints during its existence, with a record 31,548 in 2011

From Tom Daley's six-pack to scantily clad volleyball players, Olympic athletes are being sold on their sex appeal. Why can't we appreciate talent, not totty?

Sir Richard Needham's resignation from the board of Lonrho brings back bad memories of the group's controversial past

Best known for beaches, it's also home to a stunning hiking trail that follows the route of an old railway line

There are plenty of events to help you fly the flag during the Diamond Jubilee long weekend and half term

They have every right to be exhausted after four taxing years of almost non-stop action but the chance to claim a unique treble is spurring them on

Friday's 'slow' 100m has done nothing to dent Jamaican's supreme confidence he will triumph in London

Coronation Chicken ice cream and Jubilee jelly moulds

Being a teenager is hard enough – for those with hearing loss, it can be even more complicated

A new exhibition celebrates the glory days of London's mighty Thames

From petrol-fuelled to self-propelled

Matilda Battersby finds out how the clock plays tricks with our minds