Hannah Stephenson consigns the image of soggy sprouts to the past and says these cancer-busting veggies are very easy to grow

RECORD-BREAKING Willy Twiston-Davies rode his first winner after a summer and autumn wrecked by injury – on his favourite horse at Uttoxeter yesterday.

A controversial €300m marina on the Irish Sea has been honoured ahead of a town based on ancient Chinese feng shui and an Australian outback community run entirely by volunteers.

SOME of the contributors to your letters columns commenting on the Easter Rising commemoration recently were critical of its military aspect.

I SHARE the frustration and indignation at Ireland’s Call being referred to as the national anthem when the Irish rugby team play abroad.

THE participation of the Naval Service flagship, LE Eithne, and the training ship Asgard II in the international fleet review by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar is to be regretted — but not unexpected.

THE Spire of Dublin — better known as The Spike — was rising higher yesterday as work continued on the gleaming monument which will soon dominate the skyline of the Irish capital.

A bloodstained silk purse carried by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar was revealed today after almost 200 years under lock and key.

A seascape by Turner which auctioneers had predicted could have become the most expensive work yet by the British artist today failed to find a buyer.