Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper is seeking to break a deadlock in trade talks with the EU by stepping up his part in negotiations, people familiar with the strategy said.

Jean-Marc Vallee’s history lesson concentrates on the year prior to Victoria’s coronation when the young queen (Emily Blunt) is at the mercy of her mother, the Duchess of Kent (Miranda Richardson) and scheming advisor Sir John Conroy (Mark Strong).

Zac (played brilliantly by Grondin) isn't your average lad - at birth he was clinically dead but revived, and was then dropped on his head - but he's making the most of it.

Trainer Elie Lellouche believes Saturday’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes is well within the grasp of his filly Vallée Enchantée.