A man has been killed and his wife was critically injured when they were attacked by their pet deer on a rural Australian property.

Two Irish backpackers were critically injured after they were attacked in a boarding house in Melbourne, Australia, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Australian jockey Mark Goring died on Monday as a result of severe head injuries he suffered when his mount Starbond fell in a three-horse pile-up during a maiden race at Tatura racecourse on Sunday.