Ken Bates has become the major shareholder of Leeds in a move that ends the mystery over the ownership of the club.

An inquest into the death of a British company director whose firm supplied Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat will open today.

The director of operations of the firm which supplied the Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat has died in a suspected suicide, his firm said tonight.