Johnny Depp in despair as dogs face death

Johnny Depp has been told to fly his Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo out of Australia by tomorrow or they will be put down.

Barnaby Joyce, the agriculture minister, accused Depp of smuggling the Yorkshire terriers aboard his private jet when he returned to Australia last month to resume filming the fifth instalment in the Pirates Of The Caribbean series at Gold Coast studios.

The agriculture department gave Depp and his wife Amber Heard 72-hour notice to start their pets on the 11,500km trip back to the US.