A couple of days into the Rugby World Cup schedule in England and the French are already moaning, according to stories hitting the newspapers, one of them in the Guardian and embellished elsewhere.

A British woman wanted for allegedly throwing petrol bombs at police in the 2011 London riots has appeared at the High Court in Dublin.

More police officers are needed in the North to deal with the relentless pressure the force faces, the PSNI chief constable has said.