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Shares up 11% as UK ecommerce firm licenses online grocery system to Japanese retailer

Bowie requested ashes be scattered in Buddhist ritual

Singer leaves $100 million estate to be divided between wife and children

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Acclaimed British actor Alan Rickman dies aged 69

Hollywood star who shot to global acclaim as Hans Gruber in Die Hard was suffering from cancer

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California droughts worsen as US fears new ‘Dust Bowl’

Experts say farming must change to save the Golden State’s precious groundwater supply

Irish cashmere cool

The finest cashmere clothing is now being produced in Ireland, thanks one of the planet’s most advanced knitting machines, writes Deirdre McQuillan

Doctor evacuated to US from Sierra Leone critical with Ebola

Martin Salia in ‘hour-by-hour situation’ at Nebraska hospital’s biocontainment unit

George Best, tackled: Immortal

Review: Duncan Hamilton’s meticulous research has produced a surprisingly revealing biography

Slade Power and Sole Power look inseparable

Eddie Lynam’s star sprinters are on track to clash in Saturday’s July Cup

Photography that sees beyond surface drama of the Troubles

A new book seeks to catalogue the best photojournalism and fine-art photography of the past 30 years in the North

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Standing out from the crowd is key for start-ups at shows

Attracting attention during the tech event season requires imagination and . . . maybe a lightsabre

O’Leary’s Royal Cork Yacht Club contend in New York YC Invitational Cup

Women’s team takes UK Open Keelboat title as Irish crews impress internationally

The gold that glitters still needs a mark

The hallmark is one of the oldest consumer protection mechanisms, so look for it before buying any precious metal