Racehorse Owners Association chief executive Richard Wayman believes the British Horseracing Authority has taken the sensible approach by allowing an at-risk race to go ahead as scheduled at Southwell on Thursday.

THERESA Wayman’s voice softens to a whisper. "I don’t want to talk about it," says Warpaint’s guitarist. "It was upsetting."

A US judge has cleared Hewlett-Packard of allegations that the company acted improperly over the Compaq Computer Corporation acquisition, probably paving the way for the completion of the high-tech industry’s biggest merger.