An end is in sight for the unethical, unsustainable, and very expensive nasty secret of the poultry industry — the annual kill of an estimated seven billion one-day-old layer chicks, because they are male and can’t lay eggs.

ROBERT HEFFERNAN will train at altitude in South Africa for his next big assignment which is IAAF Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary, Russia, on May 10, following what he described as “a good, strong performance” in Mexico at the weekend.