A rescue team had to ski across the Wicklow Mountains today to reach four men trapped in their 4x4s by heavy snow drifts during a freezing nine-hour ordeal.

THE 26th national dairy show at Green Glens in Millstreet is being elevated this year to world status.

Ken Bates has won back control of Leeds after administrators KPMG announced his consortium had bought the club for an undisclosed sum.

Leeds must gain approval from the Football League and also stave off the threat of any legal action before they can start to look to the future, according to the club’s administrators.

Leeds’ administrators have confirmed five different consortia have all proved they have the funds in place to buy the stricken Yorkshire club.

The race to take control of Leeds could be decided at a creditors’ meeting early next month.

Leeds United’s administrators are expecting several parties keen on taking control at Elland Road to step up their bids this week.

Former Leeds chairman Gerald Krasner believes the battle for control at Elland Road is only just starting.

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