Unilever plans to acquire Dollar Shave Club in the US in a deal worth about $1bn (€905m), gaining a firmer foothold in the burgeoning market for male grooming products and opening up a new front in its battle against Procter & Gamble.

Glamour Puss is to be reunited with her big-race rider Steven King in her final piece of work tomorrow ahead of Tuesday’s King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.