The last time a former European Tour player returned as a reinstated amateur to tee it up in the East of Ireland at Baltray, Jim Carvill led by nine shots with a round to go, in 2005, and won the title by three.

DRAGON OIL, the Dubai-based explorer operating in Turkmenistan, tested its Dzheitune (Lam) 22/128 development well in the Central Asian republic and expects to meet its output forecasts.

At least 21 people, including two suicide bombers, were killed in confrontations between terrorists and police near the Uzbekistan president’s home in Tashkent today.