A £100m (€116m) plan to transform the seafront at one of the North’s most popular coastal towns will create around 1,750 jobs, it was announced today.

JIM Bolger’s pair of top-class fillies, Finsceal Beo and Lush Lashes, could clash in the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday.

Mike De Kock has set his sights on Royal Ascot after Archipenko struck gold in the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin.

2002 All-Ireland winner and All-Star Aidan O'Rourke is expected to see action for Armagh during the 2008 Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup.

British Chancellor Gordon Brown has accepted his nomination for the Labour leadership, saying he was "truly humbled" by the level of support from his parliamentary colleagues.

Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne and rock band McFly have been signed up to play at the Prince’s Trust Tower of London concert.

Newmill, the runaway winner of last week’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, is likely to miss a clash with Brave Inca at the Punchestown Festival and instead line up in the Kerrygold Champion Chase.

Connections of Moscow Flyer were not downcast after the dual Queen Mother Champion Chase hero was surprisingly beaten at Navan,

Last year’s winner Mr Dinos heads a field of 10 declared at today’s 48-hour final stage for the £100,000 (€149,820) bonusprint.com Henry II Stakes at Sandown on Monday.

A fire at Buckingham Palace on the eve of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee weekend celebrations was caused by an electric heater brought in to tackle dry rot, emergency services said today.

A total of 16 horses have been left in next week’s Group Two Convergent Dante Stakes at York after the confirmation stage.