An eyewitness said the driver told her the ‘brakes failed and accelerator jammed’ before crash in Eastleigh, Hampshire.

Paralympic gold medallist Sammi Kinghorn has said that being made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) is a “cherry on top of the cake”.

The family of Gemma Simpson said her killer, Martin Bell, should serve his full sentence in a maximum security jail.

There will be no Coral-Eclipse bid for dual Royal Ascot hero Haatem, with connections formulating a plan which could involve a return to a mile on his next outing.