Two people have today been arrested for allegedly turning an alligator loose in a city lake, prompting Los Angeles officials to bring in reptile wranglers, keep crowds at bay and impose heavy patrols.

The elusive alligator discovered in a Los Angeles lake has become quite the celebrity, so a theme park in Florida wants to help the city capture it and maybe give it a little star treatment.

TESCO has started an interest rate price war with AIB and Bank of Ireland by offering fixed rate loans of between €2,500 to €30,000 at lower rates than those offered by the main banks.

Grocery giant Tesco said it would offer 1,000 points to customers taking part in its Clubcard loyalty scheme when they took out life insurance with the company’s online application facility.