ENGLAND: One of the most important record collections to catalogue the history of music from 800AD until 1700 is to go under the hammer at auction.

Belfast-based Wellington IT Solutions has signed two contracts with a potential value of €1.6m over five years.

VINNIE ROE is being nursed into next Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup after failing to fully recover from the long flight to Australia, his trainer Dermot Weld said here yesterday.