Dubliner Richard O’Donovan gave a champagne display at Glasgow Gailes on the Ayrshire coast yesterday to romp into the matchplay stages of the 117th British Amateur Championship.

A maths professor on a flight to Washington DC was arrested in a terror alert after passengers said he had placed a suspicious package in the plane’s overhead bin.

With polls pointing towards a close finish, President George Bush and his Democratic rival Senator John Kerry vied for America’s grey vote two weeks before election day.