EUROPE’s leaders may have set themselves the goal of solving the world’s economic and environmental problems last week, but everybody has their own problems.

Lucky Spin dropped down to six furlongs for the first time in her career at York yesterday and showed she has enough speed to make her mark as a sprinter.

Spin is ‘‘an issue’’ for New Labour, British Prime Minister Tony Blair conceded today - and he urged his party and voters to focus on policy issues instead.