WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A man has been jailed for setting fire to a family dog in an 'evil and vile' attack, which sparked widespread revulsion across Northern Ireland. More than 60,000 people signed a petition online after Andrew Richard Stewart, 23, doused border collie Cody in diesel before setting her alight during the savage attack in August 2012. The three-year-old dog was left so badly burned that her ribs and other joints were visible through the charred flesh. Andrew Richard Stewart, 23, (left) was jailed for 20 months after setting fire to a dog before setting it alight. His co-defendant Jamie Downey (right) was jailed for perverting the course of justice

Stewart's defence barrister said it had been a senseless act that was completely out of character and which had happened after
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Andrew had consumed a heavy mixture of alcohol over two days.


Carl Froch knocked out bitter rival George Groves with a lethal right hand in the eighth round, then set his sights on a title defence in Las Vegas next. There was talk of Froch hanging up his gloves after this hugely anticipated rematch with Groves, but straight after victory – which put to bed any of the question marks from the controversial stoppage of Groves in their last bout – he was already talking of fighting on. 'I'd love to box in Las Vegas,' Froch, 36, declared. 'It ticks a special box for me. I've fought in America a few times but Vegas is the fight capital and it's something I've never done.


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George Groves, who suffered the second defeat of his young career, vowed to come back and keep fighting.


One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts with its first major conservation treatment in decades. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has begun planning the conservation and digital analysis of the full-length 'Lansdowne' portrait of the first president that was painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796, museum officials told The Associated Press. The 8-foot-by-5-foot picture is considered the definitive portrait of Washington as president after earlier images in military uniform. One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts with its first major conservation treatment in decades

The original Lansdowne painting remained in
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British for most of its history until the 1960s when it was loaned to the Smithsonian.