Around 1,200 people have been evacuated from one of London’s most popular West End musicals after a piece of electrical equipment overheated, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.

KAUTO STAR, 7-2 favourite with the sponsors for the Victor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham, has been ruled out of the race by trainer Paul Nicholls.

A group of women civic leaders have become calendar girls and stripped off to raise money for farmers hit by foot-and-mouth disease - but all in the best possible taste.