Trainer Ferdy Murphy is keeping his fingers crossed for a dry spell of weather as he prepares Divers for a return to the scene of his greatest triumph.

There are any amount of hoary old legends associated with the seven seas and those who sail them and the Volvo Ocean Race is no different.

MONICA DICKINSON, matriarch of the legendary racing family, has died aged 83.

Monica Dickinson, matriarch of the legendary Yorkshire-based racing family, has died aged 83.

Author Mark Haddon was celebrating today after his novel The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time scooped the Whitbread Book of The Year award.