Lewis Hamilton put to one side speculation surrounding his future by posting the quickest time in practice ahead of Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

Jenson Button ended a more than three-year wait for pole position by securing top spot on the grid for tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso ended Ferrari's long wait for a pole by grabbing top spot on the grid for tomorrow's British Grand Prix at the end of a rain-hit qualifying session this afternoon.

Ferrari’s hopes of a resurgence in Spain this weekend at least started off on the right foot with home hero Fernando Alonso posting the quickest time in first practice ahead of Sunday’s race.

Seven-times champion Michael Schumacher denied Lewis Hamilton a practice double ahead of this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton completed a practice hat-trick as Mercedes power locked out the first four positions in today’s second session for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn has dismissed Bernie Ecclestone’s latest idea of a full-blown budget cap for Formula One.

Mark Webber prevented Lewis Hamilton from enjoying a clean sweep of practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix as he edged the McLaren driver to the fastest lap in the final session today.

Reigning world champion Jenson Button produced a brilliant performance to claim his first win of the season at a fascinating Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne today.

Campos Meta has today been renamed HRT F1 (Hispania Racing Team) following the recent internal takeover by entrepreneur Jose Ramon Carabante.

WOMEN in Ireland are being encouraged to weigh up the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) used to treat the symptoms of menopause.

A NEW study disputes health scares over hormone replacement therapy (HRT), saying the treatment used by millions of post-menopausal women may reduce, rather than increase, the risk of heart disease.

I WOULD like to endorse Mary Maddock’s letter regarding psychiatric patients forced to endure damaging treatments (The Irish Examiner, March 6).

WARNER CHILCOTT, the Northern drugmaker formerly called Galen, has reported a 13% rise in third-quarter sales.

MILLIONS of women may have been misled about the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on heart disease risk because of flawed research, experts claimed yesterday.

DOCTORS have halted another major hormone replacement therapy (HRT) study after early findings showed women were facing an “unacceptably high risk” of breast cancer, it was revealed yesterday.

Doctors have halted another major HRT study after early findings showed women were being made to face an “unacceptably high risk” of breast cancer, it was revealed today.

IN A letter published in the Cork Examiner in 1996, I warned that the HRT treatment prescribed for menopausal women was a time-bomb waiting to explode.

LABOUR Party deputy leader Liz McManus will be among the thousands of women consulting her GP about her HRT treatment.

HRT could be the world’s best sex aid for thousands of women reaching middle age, it was revealed yesterday.

Pharmaceutical firm Galen cheered investors today after it emerged its hormone replacement treatment had been given the thumbs up by US regulators.

THE Irish index of shares rose marginally yesterday, gaining 4.23 points to close at 4105.42.

Investors had another traumatic session on the London stock market today, as shares were hit by a wave of selling.