After a luckless run a week ago, when he was denied by the minimum margin, Droopys Oddysey came from last to first to set the standard in Saturday’s second round of the Barry’s Tea Open Tea, for trainer Fraser Black and the Diamonds Are Forever Syndicate.

The Life and works of Alfred Bestall - The Rupert Bear 90th Anniversary Edition

IT must be hard to score a hole in one when one’s in a hole – but can’t stop digging.

The biggest takeover of a UK company for five years and a rush of other bid activity drove the FTSE 100 Index beyond the 5300 barrier today.

An agreed offer for mobile phone giant O2 led a dramatic morning of takeover activity which sent the London market soaring today.