The legendary Fergie Sutherland, best known as the trainer of the 1996 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Imperial Call, died yesterday in Marymount Hospice, Cork following a long illness. He was 81.

Scottish anti-war protesters took their message to the doorstep of Nato chiefs today.

British troops in Afghanistan have carried out one of the biggest air operations of modern times, the Ministry of Defence said.

The deployment of British troops called in to support US forces in central Iraq is under way, the Ministry of Defence said today.