The Fastnet yacht race started today – 30 years since 15 people lost their lives in one of Britain and Ireland's worst modern maritime disasters.

DAVID CAMERON emerged as strong favourite to defeat David Davis for the Tory leadership after Liam Fox was yesterday eliminated in the final ballot of MPs.

A top racing yachtsman has advertised on internet auction site eBay for a sponsor with bidding starting at £1.4m (€2.1m).

A REAL IRA prisoner serving 18 years for possession of arms was released from jail to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry yesterday.

Two journalists are expected to defend their right to protect their sources when recalled to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry today.

Two journalists are expected to defend robustly their right to protect their sources when they return to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry on Monday.

An acclaimed television journalist who challenged a Bloody Sunday Inquiry bid to get him to hand over material which could identify his sources was due to take the witness stand in Derry today.

ITN was tonight preparing for a court battle with the Bloody Sunday Inquiry after being ordered to identify soldiers interviewed by Channel 4 News for a series of reports on the 1972 killings of 13 civilians.

Two journalists have refused an order by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry to reveal the names of four soldiers interviewed anonymously.

Soldiers who anonymously gave controversial information to Channel 4 News about Bloody Sunday were urged tonight to come forward and identify themselves to the public inquiry into the shootings.