CALLING him a “murderer” and a “monster”, more than 100 victims of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff have asked the judge, who will sentence him on June 29 for the maximum sentence.

Mark Johnston has his string in good nick and he advertised the fact with a short-priced double at Ripon today.

The United States and South Korea successfully concluded a free trade agreement after almost 10 months of negotiations, a US official said today.

Astrac put up a gallant effort to take second place at Chepstow this evening as he made history by becoming the first horse to run at every British venue that stages Flat racing.