A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire started the blaze as part of a “plan” to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court has heard.

A father was the “prime mover and dominant player” in scheme to start a blaze which killed his six children as part of a plan to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court heard today.

Steven Spielberg artfully tears a page from history to immortalise the efforts of the 16th president of the United States to abolish slavery during a turbulent period of deep division within the House of Representatives.

A man screamed abuse at Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt before hurling a bottle at the start line of the men’s Olympic 100m final, a court was told.

Cork Constitution kept their Ulster Bank All-Ireland League dream alive with a devastating second half display at Temple Hill on Saturday.

SIXTH in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and narrowly beaten at listed level, the John Oxx trained Zabarajad scraped home to land odds of 30/100 in the opening Bennettsbridge Maiden at Gowran Park last night.

Sole Power bounced back to his best form to land the betfred.com Temple Stakes at Haydock as the ’Budapest Bullet’ Overdose failed to fire.

SOUTH African Keagan Latham enjoyed a welcome change of luck when Muckle Bahoochie provided him with his first success of the season in the opening www.dundalkstadium.com 2-Y-0 Maiden at Dundalk last night.

Stoke midfielder Glenn Whelan is delighted his side will face Manchester City in the FA Cup final, having started his career at Eastlands.

THE number of prostitutes attending the Women’s Health Centre increased last year, with 10% suffering sex assault by clients.

BANNA BOIRCHE proved his liking for Dundalk and moved closer to an invitation to the Dubai Carnival when landing the seven-furlong bookings@dundalkstadium.com last night.

MICHAEL HALFORD introduced a smashing newcomer in Casamento, the first horse he has trained for Sheikh Mohammed, to win the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Tipperary last night.

SEEHARN staked her claim as a realistic Moyglare Stud Stakes contender when landing the listed Ballygallon Stud Balanchine Stakes at the Curragh last night.

TWEEDY, a half-sister to prolific winner Duff, opened her account, at the second attempt, in the six-furlong Go Racing In Kildare Maiden at Naas last night.

GER LYONS’ Clondinnery is the nap choice to land the Listed Galteee Rochestown Stakes at Cork tomorrow.

GER LYONS, whose horses are now threatening to hit top gear, was on the mark at Cork last night when Rain Delayed took the featured Listed Cork Stakes over six furlongs.

Virgin Atlantic blew the whistle on an alleged price-fixing cartel with British Airways because it wanted to win the race for immunity and save itself millions of pounds, a British court heard today.

Four British Airways executives fixed the price of fuel surcharges in a secret deal with Virgin Atlantic, a court heard today.

BANKROBBER is fancied to lighten the bookmakers’ satchels by landing the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Median Auction Maiden at Fairyhouse tonight.

JOHNNY MURTAGH missed his two booked rides at Tipperary last night, having failed to arrive back from Heathrow in time.

SHREYAS pipped the fast-finishing Fiery Lad in the listed Nijinsky Stakes at Leopardstown last night.

HINDU Kush landed the featured Seamus & Rosemary McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes for Dandy Nicholls at Leopardstown last night.

Grant Bovey has become the second celebrity to be booted out of 'Hell’s Kitchen', as wife Anthea Turner sobbed on the floor.

The 'Hell's Kitchen' contestants have experienced mixed emotions in the wake of 'Shameless' actor Jody Latham's departure.

Football pundit Gary Lineker fears chef Marco Pierre White may have taken a shine to his fiancée while she competes in 'Hell’s Kitchen'.

The British High Court today formally dismissed an appeal against a ruling that blocked the extradition to Germany of suspected Holocaust denier Gerald Fredrik Toben.

BORDERLESCOTT, winner of the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at Newmarket, justified odds-on favouritism in the listed Mercury Stakes at Dundalk last night.

Jockey Keegan Latham was taken to hospital for a check-up after suffering a nasty-looking injury when leaving the stalls aboard Elletelle in the John Guest Diadem Stakes at Ascot.

Ger Lyons’ Pasar Silbano ran out a ready winner of the Curragh Stakes under a confident ride from Keagan Latham.

AUSTRALIA full-back Chris Latham is confident his best days are still ahead of him, after signing a two-year deal to join Worcester next season.

Australia star Chris Latham has been offered a new deal by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) that will likely see the full-back play out the remainder of his career in his homeland.

ENGLAND today move into World Cup semi-final mode, with head coach Brian Ashton claiming: “We have a team to trouble the French.”

Australia 37 Canada 6

Australia 55 Fiji 12

Wales 20 Australia 32

Australia 91 Japan 3

Stirling Mortlock has been passed fit to captain a full-strength Australia side in their opening World Cup clash with Japan on Saturday.

Australia skipper Stirling Mortlock sent a shock wave through the Wallabies camp when he was sidelined from training due to a back injury just a week before the start of the Rugby World Cup.

AUSTRALIA have recalled full-back Chris Latham for the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup showdown against the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday.

WITH the preliminaries against Wales and Fiji out of the way, Australia’s World Cup preparations begin in earnest with next Saturday’s Tri-Nations opener against South Africa in Cape Town.

Former Australia full-back and current Newcastle captain Matt Burke has not ruled out a return to the international arena for this year’s Rugby World Cup.

WALLABIES full-back Chris Latham could be forced to miss this year’s World Cup in France after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his knee at a Queensland Reds’ training session on Saturday.

Australia full-back Chris Latham is a major doubt for this year’s World Cup in France after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament in his knee during a Queensland Reds training session on Saturday.

AUSTRALIA coach John Connolly was mightily relieved to see his side avoid a major upset against a spirited Italy in the second of their four-game European tour.