Limerick jockey JT McNamara was airlifted to hospital in an induced coma after being injured in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival.

An unmistakable air of sobriety descended on the Cheltenham Festival towards the end of ‘St Patrick’s Thursday’ when news emerged that amateur jockey JT McNamara was airlifted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol after suffering a serious injury.

Amateur jockey JT McNamara suffered a serious neck injury in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival today, it has emerged.

JT McNamara was airlifted to hospital after being injured in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival.

A 62-year-old man remains in custody in Britain after a shooting at a solicitor’s office left a man fighting for his life in hospital.

Robert Alner is reported to be "comfortable" after undergoing surgery on the injuries he sustained in a car crash.

Robert Alner is due to undergo surgery later tonight after being injured in a serious car crash near his base in Dorset, England.

Six people were gunned down in a spate of shootings across the south of the UK within the same hour earlier today, police said.

Amateur jockey Lee Tibbatts is said to be in a stable condition in hospital this morning.

PRELIMINARY trials of a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease has produced encouraging results, according to a report released yesterday.

A driver was killed today and two paramedics seriously injured when the stationary ambulance where they were treating a motorist was crushed under a lorry, UK emergency services said.