ANGLO IRISH BANK could raise €860 million core capital by buying back loan bonds at a discount, according to analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Richard Thomas was taken to East Surrey Hospital after suffering a bad fall at Lingfield.

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised and announced an investigation yesterday amid angry questions about how private records containing nearly half of Britain’s bank details vanished in the post.

Harvey Keitel is to star in 'Jerry Springer – the Opera in Concert' for two performances in New York.

IRELAND’S U-20’s have lost their most experienced player, Luke Fitzgerald, for tonight’s clash with Wales at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.

Malcolm Saunders is planning a trip to Ireland or York with stable star Indian Maiden after the locally-trained mare recorded the fifth Listed-race success of her career at Bath yesterday.

John Balding paid tribute to the skills of his daughter Claire and her husband Jason Edmunds after Soba Jones notched a 10th career success at Southwell.

Richard Hughes returned to Britain for his first rides of the year and started as he means to go on with the win of Arctic Desert at Lingfield.

A British overseas property specialists have opened a new office in Co Wexford.

British stage show Jerry Springer - The Opera has been saved, after a string of theatres across the country agreed to stage the controversial musical.

Jeff Smith looks to have another smart juvenile in his ownership after Doctor Dash showed plenty of speed to capture the Listed Weatherbys Bank Stonehenge Stakes at Salisbury today.

A global alliance is needed to fight the growing tide of spam emails, the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said today.

The British police force that investigated the Soham murders faces a double barrage of criticism for its handling of Ian Huntley in two scathing reports expected out next week.

Amberleigh House, fresh from success in last weekend’s Martell Cognac Grand National, will make an appearance at Bangor racecourse a week from today.

Humberside’s Chief Constable David Westwood is adamant that the British Data Protection Act was to blame for the deletion of records on Ian Huntley.

Matthew Kelly, the TV presenter whose career was nearly ruined by child sex abuse allegations, has been named best actor at the Olivier Awards.

Interactive bookmakers Blue Square have agreed to sponsor the Chester meeting on Saturday August 21 in a three-year deal.

A Welsh rugby club official and 19 players tonight received lengthy suspensions after admitting charges arising from doping control tests.

A Caribbean castaway on the brink of death after 26 days adrift has been rescued by a Royal Navy warship after a sharp-eyed sailor spotted his boat dead in the water.

Interest in racing is being boosted by the internet according to officials at Chester Racecourse.

US military officials have confirmed Afghanistan isn't the only country where American forces are fighting, or planning to fight, terrorist networks.