A man and a woman accused of murder yesterday told a panel of jurors that they had tried their utmost to save the life of Rachel Bowdler after she had taken an overdose of heroin. ...

MEP Simon Busuttil welcomed the setting up of a working group by the government to look into how Maltese law on fixed-term contracts can be changed to come in line with EU law. ...

Members of the European Parliament Simon Busuttil and David Casa issued a statement saying that the MLP’s claims that the PN MEPs support the opposition’s position on euro adoption were not correct....

Over 18,000 fans sang along with famous rock-star Sting at his concert, forming part of Broken Music Tour, held at the Luxol Grounds on Tuesday night....

The Labour Parliamentary Group will not allow the Nationalist government to steam ahead like a bulldozer because it has a majority of five deputies, said Opposition Leader Alfred Sant yesterday....

More cooperation and collaboration is needed in Parliament to complete the work without undue delay, said Speaker of the House of Representatives Anton Tabone yesterday during a commemorative activity marking what is known as the Sette Giugno. ...

A sport similar to football was played 3000 years ago in Japan. Chinese text from 50 BC mentions football-type games between teams from Japan and China. A text dating from 611 AD confirms that football was played in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan....

The Wild in our cinemas from 14 June...

Belated birthday wishes to AALIYAH on her first birthday on 6 June. ...

In this issue of Crackers we felt it appropriate to dedicate part of it to the football game. Football is the biggest spectator sport in the world and after the Olympic Games, it is the most watched sport on television. ...