HARLEQUINS have gone the extra yard in their efforts to win the Irish Senior Cup for the first time this season by recruiting David Passmore, a member of the British Association’s coaching staff.

Europe’s biggest celebration of science, technology and discovery starts today at the University of Leicester.

An upturn in the number of cases of the human form of mad cow disease is not a blip but a "sustained pattern", says a scientist investigating the illness.

Seven jurors would be more likely to agree on a verdict than the traditional 12, researchers say.