SPEAKING on RTÉ radio recently, a farmer, summing up a dismal year, sadly muttered: “the slugs got the better of us” — a fitting epitaph, if ever there was one, for Anglo Irish Bank.

Britain’s favourite wheeler-dealer, Del Boy Trotter, is to return to TV screens, it was announced today, in a new comedy drama about his teenage years.

IRISH broadcaster Terry Wogan said yesterday he was “surprised and delighted” to be awarded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.

Peckham wheeler-dealer Del Boy Trotter has struck gold – after Only Fools and Horses was named Britain’s best sitcom.