The Pope delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing today, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine, hours after he was knocked down by a woman who jumped over a barrier in St Peter’s Basilica.

Connections of Samira Gold hope she can find the required improvement to be competitive in the Princess Royal Willmott Dixon Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Samira Gold grabbed her fourth victory of the campaign in the Listed EBF attheraces.com Best Odds John Musker Fillies’ Stakes at Yarmouth.

A SCHOOL adviser who worked closely with police was jailed for life yesterday for torturing and killing his baby because he thought she was possessed.