BOOKMAKERS left Ascot in good shape after getting the better of the opening salvo with the punters on the first day of Royal Ascot yesterday.

MONTANA state police have a new weapon against drinking and driving — a big, black DUI wagon.

If cats have nine lives, one tabby in the US has definitely used one up. The house cat survived being locked in a cage, thrown off a bridge and then stranded in an icy puddle of river slush.