Fans have been given their first glimpse of the new Thunderbird 1 as the classic kids show is revived – and it looks almost exactly as it did almost five decades ago.

I attended an excellent beef technical seminar and tour last week in Co Laois, run by the Agricultural Science Association.

Dundee United 3 Dunfermline 0

Motherwell 3 Dunfermline 1

Hearts 4 Dunfermline 0

A NATIONAL programme of eradication of bovine viral diarrhoea in Irish cattle is likely to become compulsory by 2013, according to Animal Health Ireland (AHI).

IF Mark Twain truly believed that golf is a good walk spoiled, he obviously never set foot on the Old Head of Kinsale, a course in southwest Ireland cut from apromontory jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean.

FT: Dunfermline 2 Celtic 4

Family and friends of comedian Peter Cook gathered today to unveil a plaque in his honour.

Hamilton 1 Celtic 2

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan made one change from the side who defeated Kilmarnock midweek for their visit to Hamilton in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

Rangers 2 Hamilton 0

Celtic 4 Hamilton 0

KILDARE-based building products firm Tegral is investing €75 million in a new production facility in Athy.

Adam Scott carded his second straight bogey-free round with a six-under-par 66 on Sunday to win the Houston Open by three strokes.

Derry City 2 Gretna 2 (Derry win 7-3 on aggregate)

Hearts 1 Gretna 1 (after extra time)

Southend claimed promotion to the Coca-Cola Championship and Swindon were relegated to League Two after the penultimate weekend in League One.

Brynjar Gunnarsson scored an 89th-minute winner for Reading at the Madejski Stadium to close the gap on Coca-Cola Championship leaders Sheffield United.

Tottenham’s attacking problems were highlighted again following the shock 1-0 defeat to Grimsby at Blundell Park in the Carling Cup.

A Chris Eagles free-kick gave Sheffield Wednesday their first win in seven matches this season as they outplayed Leeds for a deserved victory.

PFIZER chief executive Hank McKinnell yesterday said doctors should be made aware of the health risks in prescribing Celebrex to their patients, but the company does not plan to recall its popular arthritis drug.

AT least five medications now sold to consumers pose such risks that their sale should be limited or stopped, said a government drug reviewer who raised questions earlier about the arthritis drug Vioxx.

Nearly £3bn (€4.2bn) was wiped off the value of pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca today after a US safety official raised concern over one of its key drugs.

ALL the talk here is of how well Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Ernie Els are playing. But, as Pádraig Harrington has argued, the 24 year drought since a European last won the US Open is about to end.

Wigan have completed the signing of Torquay striker David Graham after making an improved offer.

Torquay claimed the third automatic promotion place in Nationwide Division Three with a 2-1 win at Southend.