A GUIDE TO SISTERS by Paula Metcalf, illustrated by Suzanne Barton (Frances Lincoln €15.10 HB).

No races were completed despite nine hours at sea in the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup at Cowes yesterday due to light and unsettled breezes.

An electrical engineer was jailed for six months today for making a hoax bomb call just hours after the London bombings – causing one of the busiest UK ports to be closed for more than three hours.

Former Ryder Cup player Paul Broadhurst began the Qatar Masters in fine style in windy Doha today with a four-under-par 68.