Jake Payne has escaped relatively unscathed from his fall at Nottingham on Wednesday.

Lee Vickers is likely to face a lengthy spell on the sidelines after tests have revealed the jockey suffered two fractured vertebrae in a fall at Southwell on Friday.

Chris Seward, travelling head lad to trainer Derek Haydn Jones, has been taken to hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack at Nottingham.

John Bramhill has been stood down for six days after being knocked out in a fall at Southwell.

Three men were today due to go on trial for the murder of the father of England international rugby star Ben Cohen.

A coroner today recorded a verdict of accidental death in the case of a teenager who died after a powerful cancer treatment drug was injected into his spine instead of a vein.