In the Christian church, days were specified to commemorate important martyrs and saints. But after certain persecution periods, the number to be remembered was so great that a special day could not be named for each. Pope Gregory III set

Sun 1st International Coffee Concerts / Glenn Miller Orchestra Fri 6th Bob The Builder Live! Sat 6th Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance Mon 9th Christmas Music Hall Tue 10th Over The Rainbow The Eva Cassidy Story Thu 12th Al

Swan Folk, Sun 1st Nov, The Swan in the Rushes, 8.00pm

Following a sell-out tour and sensational performances on Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow , the Welsh Wonder is back on the road with his brand new show. Last year, he punched a shop-assistant over the duvet

Mon 2nd Nov - Sat 7th Nov, Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre

3rd-8th Lord Of The Dance 11th Jimmy Webb & The Webb Brothers 12th Bryn Terfel 13th Hallй 14th Jools Holland 16th Motorhead 18th Four Seasons By Candlelight 19th The Royal Air Force In Concert 2009 20th Jimmy Carr 23rd Alison

2008 has been an incredible year for Pink with a Grammy nominated No.1 single in So What and her first ever UK No.1 album in the global-smash Funhouse , which is fast approaching double-platinum status on our shores. Her European

From BBC Radio 4`s Sony nominated Now Show , BBC1`s One Show and BBC Radio 7`s ` Mitch Benn Music Show , multi-award winner Mitch Benn and his band take to the road in a two hour show packed with

3rd-7th Opera North Autumn Season Cosм Fan Tutte / Werther / The Adventures of Mr Broucek 10th-14th Copacabana Barry Manilow`s musical comedy, presented by Nottingham Operatic Society. 17th-21st Northern Ballet Theatre: A Christmas Carol A Christmas treat for everyone, combining

Tuesday 3rd & Friday 6th, 700pm Cosм Fan Tutte Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Conducted by Andrew Parrott Directed by Tim Albery Is there an opera that contains more music of sheer beauty than Cosм Fan Tutte ? This period

Two young men were fighting for their lives tonight after a Hallowe'en house party descended into a drugs-fuelled horror.

Government Chief Whip Pat Carey has said he expects legislation to establish the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) to be passed in the Dáil on the November 12.

Health workers will tomorrow kickstart a mass vaccination of people most at risk from swine flu around the country.

A man was knocked down and killed in a hit-and-run road accident in the North today.

The Philippine government rejected a US$2m (€1.3m) ransom demanded by the kidnappers of an Irish priest Michael Sinnott in the country's volatile south and said today that efforts would continue to safely secure his freedom.

Fine Gael has today published a Private Members Motion to address the issue of people trafficking.

There was one winner of last night's Lotto jackpot of €8.5m.

Two young men are fighting for their lives in hospital today after a Hallowe'en house party.

A special mass to mark the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the GAA has been held at Thurles Cathedral.

The Garda Ombudsman is today investigating a car crash in Co Donegal in which an 18-year-old woman was injured.