DONALD McCain is looking forward to giving Desert Cry his chance in a race as challenging as the Ladbroke at Ascot today.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of an 11-month-old baby girl, police in Wales said today.

Eddie Ahern brushed off a dangerous skid on the icy roads around Lingfield to arrive in time for victory in the betdaq.co.uk Conditions Stakes today.

DEFENCE Secretary Bob Ainsworth defended Britain’s continuing military role in Afghanistan yesterday after five more British troops died over the weekend.

Racegoers braving the only British card beating the frost on Sunday at Lingfield were treated to an absolute thriller in the Play Coral Slots In Shop And Online Handicap.

Tim Pitt sent out his first winner since moving to Malton following his split with owner Willie Mackay last summer when Basalt ran away with the Book Tickets Online At southwell-racecourse.co.uk Maiden Stakes.

Stan Moore launches a three-pronged assault on the valuable Tattersalls Ireland Sale Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday in a serious attempt to go one better than 12 months ago.

England’s Rebecca Hudson fired a seven-under-par 65 to take the halfway lead at the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe.

Wales’ Becky Morgan had her best result of last season at the Wegmans Rochester International and the Welsh golfer again showed her liking for the Locust Hill course in New York with a two under-par 70 in today’s storm-hit first round.

Wales’ Becky Morgan stayed in the top 10 after a third round 74, but it was two South Koreans who forged ahead at the Michelob ULTRA Open today.

David Evans’ supporters cleaned up at Bath’s first meeting of 2007 as the Abergavenny handler completed a 169-1 double with newcomer Vhujon and Dark Parade.

AS judgement calls go, the decision by the Munster rugby hierarchy to host a breakfast briefing in the heart of Limerick - where a robust dissertation of hot issues such as current form, ticket availability and the particularly thorny issue of Christian Cullen’s net worth to the team - was top drawer.

British supermarket group Waitrose was today given the official go-ahead to buy 19 stores from rival Morrisons.

A Welsh toddler got her head stuck trying to climb through a cat flap to follow the family pet into the garden, it emerged today.

LIBERMAN, winner of the Weatherbys Champion Bumper in March, can make a successful jumping debut in the Dunbar Maiden Hurdle on a surprise visit to Musselburgh today.

I HAVE just returned from Nasiriyah in southern Iraq having completed a stint with GOAL.

Sixteen people were injured after a coach taking them to a Christmas party collided with a milk tanker, police in Wales said today.

Human remains found in a shallow grave are those of missing school girl Jenna Baldwin, a post-mortem examination showed today.

The detective heading the hunt for schoolgirl Jenna Baldwin said tonight he was “99.9% certain” that human remains recovered today are those of the teenager.

British detectives investigating the disappearance of teenage schoolgirl Jenna Baldwin were today continuing the painstaking task of identifying human remains found in an area of undergrowth eight miles from her home.

Search teams hunting for the body of missing schoolgirl Jenna Baldwin tonight closed off a main road to comb nearby woodland after receiving a vital new lead.