It is 44 years since Time Magazine placed London, The Swinging Capital on its cover and declared: “In a once sedate world of faded splendor, everything new, uninhibited and kinky is blooming.” The cast may change, but the characters remain the same, writes Allan Prosser

IF the Hennessy Gold Cup is anything to go by, next month’s pilgrimage to Cheltenham could be one for the record books.

The man who died in last night's fatal road accident in Co Kildare has been named as Irish jockey Anthony Powell.

Gardaí today named a man who died in a fatal road accident at the Curragh, Co. Kildare last night.