A man has been charged by police investigating three deaths linked to a suspected rogue batch of ecstasy pills, as another person was admitted to hospital after taking the drug.

A SHAREHOLDER in Irish Life and Permanent has “abandoned” his legal challenge against plans by the Government to recapitalise the bank.

British detectives investigating the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich, England, said today that, during the night, they had received three more reports of missing prostitutes.

Associated British Foods plc, the owner of British Sugar Plc, agreed to buy Billington food group, a British sugar importer valued at £7.7 million.