This afternoon’s meetings at Navan and Kelso go ahead after both tracks passed precautionary inspections.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has found the man who will play the lead in 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.

Tomorrow's meeting at Fakenham has been abandoned due to a frozen track.

Officials at Fakenham and Folkestone have called precautionary inspections due to frost.

BRENT crude oil prices broke the $100 a barrel mark for the first time in more than two years following fears that the civil unrest in Egypt would block the Suez Canal.

Today’s meeting at Punchestown goes ahead – although the opening Glenfarclas P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase has been cancelled.

Officials at Fakenham have today announced an 8am inspection on raceday morning ahead of their fixture on Sunday.

Sunday’s National Hunt meeting at Fakenham has been abandoned due to snow.

Officials at Fakenham have given this afternoon’s meeting the green light after checking the course for a second time at 9am.

This afternoon’s meeting at Fakenham will have to pass a second morning inspection at 9am if it is to go ahead as scheduled.

This afternoon’s meeting at Fakenham goes ahead after the track passed a third inspection at 11.30am.

Officials at Fakenham will stage a third inspection at 11.30am to decide whether this afternoon’s meeting will go ahead.

This afternoon’s meeting at Fakenham is subject to a further check at 10am.

Officials at Fakenham will stage a 7am inspection to assess the prospects of racing on Friday.

Fakenham have scrapped plans for an inspection on Sunday and will go ahead on Monday as scheduled.

Freezing temperatures have decimated racing’s New Year programme.

Fakenham have abandoned this afternoon’s meeting due to frost.

The likelihood of severe frost is causing officials at Sandown to be pessimistic about prospects for their high-profile meeting on Saturday.

Fakenham’s meeting on New Year’s Day must overcome an 8am inspection on raceday morning.

This afternoon’s meeting at Fakenham has been abandoned due to snow.

Friday’s fixture at Fakenham is in jeopardy.

This afternoon’s meeting at Fakenham goes ahead after the track passed an early morning inspection.

Tomorrow’s meeting at Fakenham is subject to a further inspection at 7am.

Cheltenham leads an air of optimism that 2009 will begin with jumps racing despite the current cold spell that continues to bite into the fixture list.

Thursday’s meeting at Fakenham is subject to a further inspection at 7.30am.

Sandown’s high-profile meeting on Saturday is the latest meeting to be thrown into doubt due to the current cold snap in the UK.

This afternoon’s meeting at Fakenham has been abandoned due to snow.

A heartbroken father today told how he frantically tried in vain to save his infant son and another child from drowning in a disused swimming pool.

Fakenham have called a precautionary inspection for 7am ahead of Friday’s meeting.

A CORONER in the North could face a legal battle over using TV footage of a riot in Derry where a Catholic man was crushed to death by a British army vehicle.

Today’s meeting at Fakenham was finally claimed by frost following a second inspection.

Chaos reigned in the last race at Fakenham today after a series of events that led the stewards to inquire into whether the result should be declared void because of a false start.

Wolverhampton is the only British race meeting to go ahead today after snow and frost claimed the jumps cards at Fontwell and Fakenham.

Both of tomorrow’s jumps meetings at Fakenham and Fontwell hinge on early morning inspections.

AN accountant who was caught viewing child porn on the internet at work walked free from court yesterday.