The Thin Air Podcast: A sort of Song Exploder for Irish acts, its second season has just concluded, with Danny Carroll, a musician in his own right, talking to Junior Brother, Girl Band, Just Mustard and Soak about one of the songs.

Bill Clinton underwent heart surgery today, an aide to the former US president said.

Fire Up The Band faces seven rivals in his bid to land the feature Listed sprint at Chester for the second year running tomorrow.

Hazyview, an expensive failure in last year’s Derby, went a long way to repaying connections’ faith with a resounding victory in the Vodafone Diomed Stakes at Epsom yesterday.