Shares in Paddy Power-Betfair jumped by over 3% on the back of reports linking the Dublin-based betting and gaming services group with Australian online betting firm CrownBet, writes Geoff Percival.

Police have fined one of Australia’s richest businessmen and a top television executive AUS$500 each for a high-profile street fight in an exclusive Sydney beachside suburb.

Police in Australia are investigating a very public fight between one of the country’s richest businessmen and a top television executive in an exclusive Sydney beachside suburb.