An inquest into the death of an Eton schoolboy mauled by a polar bear on an Arctic expedition will start today.

Four British people injured in a polar bear attack while on an adventure holiday in north Norway have undergone surgery and are recovering in hospital, medical staff said today.

Two men who took part in a "vicious assault" on a man in his 50s regarding a row about a cigarette have been sentenced to three years in prison by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.