The Queen bowed her head and laid a wreath at Dublin's Garden of Remembrance today in a hugely symbolic and historic act of reconciliation between Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

A pipe bomb was found on a crowded bus on its way to Dublin just hours before the Queen was due to arrive in the capital today.

A socialite who cavorted with a fellow passenger on a flight from India was so drunk she was “on the verge of being dangerous”, the captain said today.

A FRANCIS BACON portrait of his friend is expected to fetch £7.5 million (€9.4m) at auction.