Patrick Kielty: ‘We weren’t sure how many people would turn up – 400 queued around the corner’
Comedy barely figured in Belfast until the 1990s. Then Kielty and Colin Murphy arrived
Market volatility expected as odds of no-deal Brexit tighten
Stlerling likely to weaken as vote on EU deal yet to happen
Patrick Bamford brace sees Leeds past Wigan in bad-tempered affair
Championship round-up: Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton lose last 100% records
Fulham, and Cardiff fluff their lines on opening day
Relegated Premiership clubs suffer bloody noses on return to second tier
Teemu Pukki salvages a point for Norwich City at Wigan
Canaries drop points for the second time in a week but stay four clear at the top
Hernandez double helps Leeds return to the top
David McGoldrick on target as Sheffield United stay in promotion hunt
Sterling edges off lows after Theresa May’s deal defeated
UK currency rallies but remains firmly in the red against both the dollar and the euro
Ryan Giggs hails Gareth Bale as he breaks Wales record
‘Once upon a time it was a record that many people thought would not get beaten’
Expelled at 13, care at 16, dad at 17, grandad at 40
Gary Meikle was working in a call centre when he began to make the switch to comedy
Sean Hughes: coruscating comic talent who never compromised
Youngest ever winner of the Perrier Prize, he became the UK’s biggest stand-up attraction
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