A 45-year-old man in Connecticut is accused of posing as a member of the boy band One Direction to entice girls into performing sex acts online.

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.

Tight security was in place around a 17th century Co Monaghan castle today amid rumours that former Beatle Paul McCartney has chosen the location for his fairytale wedding with Heather Mills.

It is the best kept secret in showbusiness and it has got gossip columnists in a whirl of speculation.