JOHN Mindermann is part of an unusual fraternity. A former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), now 80 and retired in his hometown, San Francisco, he is among the relative handful of law-enforcement officials who have investigated a sitting president of the US.

DOUBLE DIZZY landed a dramatic Sussex National at Plumpton yesterday, in which five of the nine runners either fell or were brought down.

Zemsky ran out an easy winner in an eventful race for the Christie’s Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham.

Thousands of bleary-eyed music fans were making their way home from Reading, England today after what many were saying was the highlight of the festival season.

Oasis hit Wonderwall was today named the greatest song of the past decade in a poll to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Virgin Records