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READING extended their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship to nine points, beating Wolves 2-0 in the Black Country while Sheffield United were defeated by Norwich.

Excitement was mounting tonight in the tiny Irish village where Sir Paul McCartney will wed Heather Mills - despite complaints from some local businesses that they were being cut out of the couple’s spending spree.

The parishioners of an Irish village church watched in amazement today as their Sunday service was guarded by security men and observed from a distance by the world’s media waiting for the wedding of Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

The congregation of a Co Monaghan church faced a security clampdown at Sunday service today as preparations continued for the wedding of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

Prominent Irish society figures have received invitations to celebrate the wedding of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills at a castle on Tuesday, it emerged today.

Huge preparations were continuing today at a remote Irish castle where Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills were expected to tie the knot.

An Irish church minister says he believes Paul McCartney's wedding will take place at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan.