Seven alleged victims of Jimmy Savile made complaints to four separate police forces in the UK while the disgraced television presenter was alive.

Police investigating the alleged sexual abuse of young girls by the former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile said last night they were pursuing over 400 lines of inquiry involving some 300 victims.

Jimmy Savile's headstone will be broken up and sent to landfill after it was removed late last night.

The headstone on Jimmy Savile’s grave has been removed after his family requested it be taken away out of “respect to public opinion”.

There are plans to make final diving preparations today to raise the anchors of the Aud, the arms ship scuttled in Cork Harbour on Easter Saturday 1916.

DIVERS are to salvage the two anchors on the famous gunrunning ship The Aud and present them to the people of Fenit, Co Kerry and Cobh, Co Cork.

One of Britain's leading female retailers is to leave a senior role at Debenhams after less than a year, the department store announced today.

A study in mice suggests that a low-calorie diet could help extend life even if the dietary change does not start until old age.