Dynaste looks set to defend his crown in the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival after coming up short on his return to Prestbury Park on Saturday.

Samizdat picked just the right moment to take advantage of the handicapper's leniency as he struck at Catterick today.

OFFICIALS at the school attended by Phoebe Prince have settled a previously undisclosed discrimination case taken by the young Irish girl’s parents.

US authorities investigating the suicide of an Irish schoolgirl last month are understood to have obtained a grand jury subpoena to allow them to investigate certain discussion groups on Facebook.

Jermaine Jackson, a former member of The Jackson 5, was tonight the first of 11 contestants to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house.