The battle to win the Order of Merit looks set for a thrilling climax with Ryder Cup team-mates Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Robert Karlsson all in contention at the Dunhill Links Championship.

Lee Westwood is up to second on the European Order of Merit – but not quite in the way he had hoped.

Lee Westwood and Colin Montgomerie defied strong winds today to keep alive their hopes of winning the Quinn Direct British Masters at The Belfry.

Paul Casey, one of the favourites for the title, tonight pulled out of this week’s Quinn Direct British Masters at The Belfry.

A man violently attacked a teenage girl on the Nitelink bus during an extremely psychiatric episode following a breakdown suffered at a Tony Quinn seminar, a court has heard.