A police investigation into how a convicted Irish rapist was able to travel to Scotland and rape and murder a woman there has led to calls for foreigners entering Britain to be forced to reveal convictions for sexual offences.

A judge has congratulated all sides in resolving a legal row over an alleged “dud” €14,400 pony.

A father has said that a pony he was told would take his eight-year-old daughter to compete in the RDS instead nearly killed her.