Writing on Truth Social, he said the US "will immediately begin the process of developing a large military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland". He added: "This is a dream come true for the United States of America, one that is very important, historic, and special." Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said both Denmark and Greenland expect to sign an agreement with the US next week. However, some analysts say the deal appears to be very similar to America's existing deal over Greenland, which has been in place since the 1950s. Denmark will retain overall control of the island under the deal. Mr Trump has previously called on Denmark to sell the island to the US and repeatedly insisted it was crucial for US security, specifically his plan to build a 'Golden Dome' missile defence system. Greenland also holds rich deposits of rare earth minerals needed for telecommunications, as well as uranium, billions of untapped barrels of oil, and a vast supply of natural gas that used to be inaccessible but is becoming less so. Explained: What we know about the deal Denmark and Greenland have consistently asserted the island is not for sale but Mr Trump suggested in his social media post that an understanding had been reached. He went on: "We look forward to working with the wonderful people of Denmark and Greenland toward a magnificent future with respect to this large, and highly strategic, parcel of land. We will be very protective of it!" The US already operates the Pituffik base in northwestern Greenland, a site that conducts missile warning and defence ops and space surveillance. More from Sky News:Why Trump wants GreenlandWhat have Greenlanders said about Trump's plan? A NATO spokesperson welcomed the agreement and said it would "help advance security, stability and cooperation in this ‌vital region". Parliamentary action by the Danish and Greenland governments will be required before the deal can be enforced. "I am pleased that there is a prospect of a good agreement for Greenland, the Kingdom of Denmark and the US," said Danish leader Mette Frederiksen. "An agreement that strengthens our common security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic area and is therefore also good for NATO and Europe. "And an agreement that at the same time recognises the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the kingdom and the right of the Greenlandic people to self-determination." You can watch Ivor's full report from earlier this year here Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said it would "ensure and strengthen" the security of Greenland, Denmark, the US and the Western alliance - calling it "to the benefit of us all". US secretary of state Marco Rubio said it "permanently and completely" addressed Washington's national security concerns with respect to the island. "Greenland will forever be part of the strategic defence area of North America and exclude any adversary from it and the surrounding area," he added. However, defence and security analyst Elizabeth Braw told Sky News the deal didn't differ much from America's existing arrangement over Greenland. In force since 1951, she said it already allows the US the right to set up whatever military base it wants on the island. "The one addition [in the new deal] is it promises no other foreign countries will be allowed to establish military bases there. But one wonders what countries that would be and if it would have happened anyway," added Ms Braw. She said the deal gave President Trump "something to show the world in a situation where not many things are going his way". The US leader's attempts to achieve lasting peace in the Iran war have so far failed, and he may now try to paint the deal as a major foreign policy win ahead of crucial midterm elections at home.

He first gained public attention when he beat established US stars 50 Cent and The Game to the MOBO prize, going on to appear in TV shows including Top Boy and The Chase. His death was announced by the MOBO Awards, who shared a video on social media of Sway accepting best hip-hop act in 2005, calling his win "a huge moment for UK hip hop" They wrote: "We're deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Sway. In 2005, he made MOBO history, beating global heavyweights including 50 Cent and The Game to win Best Hip-Hop Act - a huge moment for Sway and UK Hip Hop. Proud to have him as part of our history. Our love goes out to his family, loved ones and fans." So far, no cause of death has officially been given, but he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010. Influencer KSI paid tribute, writing on social media: "Ah man, this is a lot. Sway, Derek, thank you for everything you've done for me. "You believed in me when many didn't. You gave me a chance when many didn't." Crediting Sway as helping him grow as an artist, he added: "You were one of a kind man. I wish you were still here." Top Boy star Kadeem Ramsay paid tribute, writing: "Rest Up Legend." Singer Lemar wrote: "Your talent knew no bounds. Blessed to have shared the stage with you. Wish we'd have been able to have one more sit down. One more life discussion. But hey… we will one day. Until then. Rest in peace my friend. Love, love and more love." Kidulthood and Adulthood actor Adam Deacon also wrote: "We never did get to have that linkup. But I know he's looking down, giving me guidance in his own way." Collaborations with stars including Ed Sheeran and Riz Ahmed Born Derek Safo, Sway was born in Hornsey, north London, to Ghanaian parents, later becoming known professionally as Sway Dasafo. He broke the UK Top 40 in 2006 with songs from his debut album This Is My Demo, which was met with critical acclaim. The album was also nominated for the Mercury Prize, but lost out to the Arctic Monkeys' debut. He later signed with Akon's label, Konvict Music, alongside the likes of Lady Gaga and T-Pain, collaborating with stars including Ed Sheeran, Riz Ahmed, Tinchy Stryder and Kaiser Chiefs. Read more:British woman 'rescued' in Malawi'Bail granted' to Briton held in India In 2010, Sway was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma after discovering a lump on his neck. He described his feelings on receiving the diagnosis as like being "dropped in the middle of the sea with no lifejacket, no boat - no equipment to help me." He wrote about his experience for charity Lymphoma Action, and later recorded a song about it called The Sea. In 2011, he appeared in the first two episodes of Top Boy as the character Ross Rosten, and went on to take small roles in films The Grind and The Chase. He created his own record label, Dcypha Productions, in 2013, nurturing new artists at the start of their careers. Marrying his wife Helen in the same year, they had four children - Jalil, AJ, Inaya and Imara. In a recent social media post, sharing images of him with his children, he described himself as a single father. His most recent album, Verses From The Vault 2, was released in 2018. The rapper celebrated his 44th birthday earlier this month, sharing a picture of himself on Instagram standing alone in the sunshine, and captioned: "Chapter 44".

The North East Scotland MSP, who has been the party's finance spokesperson, defeated South Scotland MSP Joe Fagan in a contest voted on by thousands of members. Mr Marra replaces Anas Sarwar, who stood down from the top job after the party suffered its worst result in the history of devolution in May's Scottish parliament elections. It returned just 17 MSPs as it lost its fifth consecutive contest in Holyrood. Mr Sarwar in July quit his role - which he called the "hardest job in British politics" - and joined the House of Lords, becoming a trade minister in Andy Burnham's government in Westminster. In the leadership race, Mr Marra defeated his rival Mr Fagan by 4,266 votes to 2,485. Reacting to his victory, Mr Marra said: "To be entrusted with the leadership of our Scottish Labour party is a singular honour and a great responsibility." Mr Marra said he wants Scottish Labour "to become a genuinely national party again, rooted in every part of Scotland, open to everyone and capable of bringing communities together". He said he has three priorities over the next year - to "open up the party and reconnect it with Scotland", to "recover Labour's purpose and start building a programme for the future" and to "deliver change now". The prime minister congratulated him on his win and said Mr Marra would "give it everything you've got", adding: "Looking forward to working closely together to bring back hope in Scotland." Mr Marra said that in his first 100 days in the new job, he plans to take Scottish Labour "out of the bubble of parliament and back into the country". "We will work with people in their communities to understand what matters most, what is changing in their lives and what they want for the future. We will bring our values to the table but we will be led by people's priorities," he said. "I call that politics with the doors open." He added: "It is the honour of my life to be elected leader of the Scottish Labour Party." The number of MSPs elected for the party has declined in every Holyrood election since devolution, falling to just 17 after May's vote. The result meant it was the joint second-largest party, tied with Reform UK. More from Sky News:Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense'Sky News reveals No 10 plan for Starmer to stay in power He said: "We will work with Andy Burnham's UK Labour government, with Scots right at the heart of it... It's only Labour that can get the best deal for Scotland in a changing UK." Mr Marra has insisted Scottish Labour is still a "significant force" in Scottish politics despite this year's election results. On the question of Scottish independence, Mr Marra has previously said there is a "route" to a second referendum through "creating a settled will of the Scottish people". But he said comparing Scotland to Northern Ireland - which has a legal trigger for a referendum - was "dangerous". Earlier this month, the prime minister said a vote on Scottish independence could be held if there was a "clear consensus" north of the border for it, but a letter later sent to First Minister John Swinney said a referendum remained "off limits". SNP leader Mr Swinney has pushed for a referendum to be held within the next five years. This week Mr Swinney met the leaders of Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein during what they described as a "landmark" summit aimed at pressuring Downing Street into holding independence referendums. Having worked for Dundee University prior to entering politics, Mr Marra was made Scottish Labour's education spokesperson in 2021. The former Dundee councillor then went on to become his party's finance spokesperson two years later. He describes himself as being "rooted in Labour", telling party members during the campaign how he went on trade union marches as a child with his sister and his parents.

Arsenal, Man City and Brighton are among the top-flight's established elite. Brighton are currently the league's top scorers, albeit five came against Coventry last weekend. High-flying Hull City are perhaps the only outlier where achievable points were dropped. Frank Lampard's side remain pointless and without a goal heading into matchweek five. "We went one down from a moment of quality. Welcome to the Premier League," he said after defeat to Brighton, the step up in class obviously overwhelming for a squad who could only boast five players with any meaningful Premier League experience (measured as 20+ appearances). But the city of Coventry knows all about adversity. Supporters have felt its brute force many times since slipping out of the Premier League in 2001. Four defeats is not enough to break them. Fans at the CBS Arena on Saturday made a demonstration of defiance; they will not turn their backs having fought so hard just to be here. That helps Lampard's cause immeasurably. Coventry fixtures & scores | FREE Coventry highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Latest Sky Sports deals or stream PL games with no contract📺 Coventry are competing - but only sporadically. They are aerially dominant but seem to be losing the battle on the ground. Their press is quick and co-ordinated in some areas of the pitch and not others. They create chances but do not score. Adapting to the demands in every department will be key to survival. The physical profile of their squad should at least ensure they will not be bullied out of this division. Becoming more bullish and imposing themselves, with the conviction that they belong, is the next step. Leeds are a relevant example to draw inspiration from. Daniel Farke's side pressure and duel their way to victories, with success rooted largely in what they do against the ball. They are hard to beat because of it. Jamie Carragher's summary of Leeds' most recent win over Newcastle on MNF tallies with that: "Newcastle have been beaten up by a really good Premier League team." As a newly promoted side, Coventry need to get to grips with a compact shape and be aggressive with its implementation. Stylistically, it's why the club targeted giants in the summer transfer window. Winger Loum Tchaouna was the only new recruit to arrive for a significant who stands below 6ft. If Lampard can establish a collective robustness that meets the physical demands of this league, the absence of individual star quality should matter less. Teams who rarely get outrun or outfought are often among the survivors when May rolls around. Creatively, the Sky Blues are better than their non-existent goal tally suggests. According to expected goals (xG) data, they should have scored four already. When analysing xGOT, which evaluates the quality of an on-target attempt, that total increases to five. Unsurprisingly, then, it stands to reason that opposition goalkeepers have played their part in such a miserable start. Gianluigi Donnarumma kept Man City alive at the Etihad, as did Konstantinos Tzolakis in defeat to Hull. Coventry lost both games by a one-goal margin. Despite being comprehensively beaten by Brighton after Taiwo Awoniyi was sent off, player of the match Bart Verbruggen was forced into six saves. When Lewis Dunk is scoring screamers from 30 yards, his first goal from open play at the grand age of 34, you know luck has landed elsewhere. Coventry have conceded three goals from outside the box overall, more than any other side. That suggests an issue with pressing distances, allowing opponents too much space in striking zones, but could just as easily be explained by the increase in level and tempo. The Premier League is full of tormentors. Lewis Dunk apparently among them. But Lampard's experience should prevent any imposter syndrome setting in. The former Chelsea midfielder knows the league intimately, as a coach and a player. He understands how unforgiving it can be and will not be downtrodden by what has already happened - most of it expected. As he prepares his side for a trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, live on Sky Sports, he can point to who they have played and how they have competed in parts. There is something to be said for getting visits to the Emirates and the Etihad out of the way while the scrap for points is far less consequential. The City Ground, however, is where potential lies. Forest are yet to score a league goal at home this season. In fact, since last Christmas, the only ever-present side with fewer home points than Forest is Spurs. Coventry travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next month. Both are games with the possibility for points. Not the moment for a crisis of confidence, then. Lampard will be hoping one win is all it takes to release his players from the harshness of the Premier League. They badly need a boost. Watch Nottingham Forest vs Coventry City live on Sky Sports Main Event on Saturday; kick-off 5.30pm

The allegations were made in the book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail - and is due to be published next week. In an excerpt from the book about the events following his sister's deadly car crash in 1997, the earl claims that the King told him "we'll forget her soon enough", which Buckingham Palace responded to with an unusually punchy public statement. In an interview published on Friday, Earl Spencer insisted, however, that he was "telling the truth" about the phone call. "I can tell you here and now, those are exactly the words he said," Earl Spencer told the BBC, adding he had only ever had two calls on the line with Prince Charles. "I was hyper alert to what he was saying and those are precisely the words that he said and I promise that to you now," the earl said. "Genuinely, that is what he said. I don't hear him saying he didn't say that." Royals latest: Diana's brother's new claims Earl Spencer also shared new details from the call, saying the King went "ballistic" and accused his family of lacking a sense of duty after the earl insisted Prince William and Prince Harry should not walk behind their mother's coffin during the funeral procession. The King then "stopped", the earl added, which made him think he was going to "pull himself together and say something more appropriate". But it was then that the King said Diana would be forgotten "soon enough", according to the earl. Earl Spencer added: "I really was so stunned, and I just, after a stunned silence, I said, 'I cannot believe you just said that', and I hung up on him." On Wednesday, after the first excerpts were published, the Palace said in a statement: "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss." Regarding the King's reaction, the earl said: "Is he furious or is he embarrassed?" "They've sort of smudged that one, haven't they?" he said. "They've said that recollections may vary." Asked whether he has "evidence" of the King's comments, the earl said: "I told friends and family straight away, close friends and family, about what had been said, because it was so monstrous." Read more from Sky NewsThe Palace denies Charles said Diana would be forgotten "soon enough"Father of Noah Woods, 3, pays tribute to his boy In an excerpt from the memoir published on Friday, the earl revealed he was "concerned" over the well-being of his nephew during and after Diana's funeral. The princess's brother said he worried about the "lack of obvious care" for the then 12-year-old Prince Harry who, he said, "needed Diana's hugs... and they would forever be denied him". Instead, the prince was "allowed to spin out of control", Earl Spencer added, writing that "a more caring hand" might have helped him cope while growing up. "I could not get over how tiny, and slight, and bereft, Harry looked," the earl said. "Too small to be doing this, I thought, and wondered how on earth this heartbroken child could bear the ordeal of that moment, or how he could possibly be expected to deal with the agony that the day ahead would insist upon." Diana's brother also shared what he said was the late Queen's first reaction to Diana's traffic accident in Paris: "When the Queen had heard the first news of Diana's being in a traffic accident, she had asked, 'What is she up to now?' "This, before the seriousness of it all became clear." After Diana's death, Queen Elizabeth had, however, offered via her private secretary to give Diana her HRH style back, the earl adds, in a part that was reported before the publication of the full excerpt. Sky News has asked the Palace for a response to the full excerpt. Five days after Diana's death in Paris on 31 August 1997, the Queen paid tribute to her in a live television broadcast, saying no one who knew the princess would ever forget her. Earl Spencer's revelations have, however, been questioned. "Those comments just do not, and I promise you, do not add up. It absolutely does not make sense," Grant Harrold, who was Charles's butler while he was the Prince of Wales, told Sky News. Mr Harrold said, in his opinion, the claims have "more to do with selling books". Sky News' royal correspondent Laura Bundock said the revelations pose a greater risk to the King than Earl Spencer at a time when the Royal Family has come under increased scrutiny. Bundock said the claims constituted "blistering broadsides" and may "reignite one of the most traumatic and damaging episodes in recent royal history". Since Harry and his wife, Meghan, returned to the UK last month, they have been involved in a public feud with the Palace about their status. Their children have moved schools after issues were raised by their security team.

It's been nearly three decades since the UK last held the glass microphone trophy aloft, with Sam Ryder coming the closest to a win since, finishing in second place with Spaceman in 2022. This year's Eurovision entry Sam Battle, who performs as Look Mum No Computer, finished in last place, receiving just a single point for his song Eins, Zwei, Drei. The musician swiftly released a T-shirt with the slogan "Look Mum No Point" - joking that it was technically "Eins" point. In both 2024 and 2025, acts Olly Alexander and Remember Monday received points from the jury but no points from the public. Mae Muller finished second from bottom in 2023, and James Newman finished last with "nul points" in 2021. In 2009, Jade Ewan came in fifth place with It's My Time. MPs on the Digital, Media and Sport Committee will hold a state of play inquiry into the selection of the UK's entry following a callout for ideas earlier this year. Committee chairwoman Dame Caroline Dinenage told BBC News: "We want to get to the bottom of who chooses our entrant, on what basis and whether our dismal record of achievement in recent years (Sam Ryder to one side) is the result of bad song choice, weak performance… or something else. "This application interested us because of the UK's reputation for scoring 'nul points', coming bottom, or close to bottom, in recent years at Eurovision, despite having world-class songwriters and musicians." The UK has won Eurovision five times, most recently in 1997 with Love Shine A Light by Katrina And The Waves. It has ranked in second place a record 16 times, but since 2000 finishes have been considerably lower. Sweden and Ireland hold a joint record for the most Eurovision wins with seven each. Next year's competition will take place in Bulgaria, following singer Dara's first-time victory for the country in May. Despite being an apolitical contest in name, Eurovision has become mired in controversy in recent years, with five countries pulling out of the competition last year in protest over Israel's participation amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. Earlier this week, Ireland announced it would boycott the contest for a second year in a row due to the "ongoing loss of lives in Gaza". Last month, Danish broadcaster AvroTros confirmed it too would be boycotting Eurovision 2027, saying the contest is no longer consistent with "trustworthiness, independence and humanity".

The headline polling numbers give one cause for concern. The Liberal Democrats are polling lower now than a year ago with every pollster. On average, the party are down over two percentage points from 12.7% to just over 10.3%, substantially below their vote share in the last general election (12.6% GB wide). There is some evidence that a resurgent Labour are squeezing the Lib Dems. The party's poll numbers are notably weaker since Andy Burnham became prime minister. But the Lib Dems were already on the slide when Burnham arrived - they regularly posted shares above 15% in 2025 YouGov polls but have not hit this level with the pollster since early January 2026. Leader approval In September 2025, an average of 22% of those polled approved of Davey's leadership, and 28% disapproved, giving a solid but unspectacular net approval of -6. A year later, those figures have barely moved: 21% approve, 28% disapprove, -6 net approval on average. These figures can be viewed two ways. The optimist's take is that voters have not turned against Davey, even as voter approvals of three other leaders - Sir Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage, and Zack Polanski - have slumped. Yet while Davey hasn't annoyed voters, he hasn't impressed them either. Low and flat approvals and high "don't knows" suggest a leader who is failing to cut through. Davey gets positive marks from just a fifth of voters. That's not great. And after more than six years as party leader, nearly half of voters are unable even to offer a view on Davey. That's not great either. Liberal Democrat leaders typically struggle for a hearing at mid-term, squeezed out by bigger, louder parties. The task may be even harder now in a more fragmented and polarised media and political environment. And a lack of definition can be a plus, giving a leader a chance to (re)introduce himself to voters when the general election arrives. Past Lib Dem leaders Paddy Ashdown, Charles Kennedy and Nick Clegg all made big gains during the short campaign. This happened to Davey too in 2024. Davey's current lack of definition may work in his favour once voters begin comparing him with more divisive alternatives in a short campaign. Davey does not, however, do brilliantly in straight comparisons with other leaders. YouGov has occasionally asked which of various pairs of leaders they would prefer as prime minister. Davey does well against radicals. His lead over Reform leader Nigel Farage and Green leader Zack Polanski on this question has grown over the past year or so. But Davey struggles in matchups against the current leaders of the traditional governing parties. He does much worse against the new Labour leader Andy Burnham than he did against Sir Keir Starmer a year ago. Davey trailed Starmer by just seven points on the best PM question; he now polls 35 points behind Burnham. Davey beat Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch by eight points in "best PM" matchups a year ago. He now trails the Tory leader. It is the decline in Davey's ratings versus Badenoch which will most worry Liberal Democrat strategists. The Conservatives are the main competitor to the Lib Dems in most of the seats the party currently holds or is targeting. A year ago, the Lib Dem leader was a clear campaigning asset. His value added is less obvious today. Election performance This was a good year once again for the Lib Dems in local elections. The party made a net gain of over 150 council seats and made a net gain of three councils, with both of the newly created unitary authorities governing Surrey, where they have several target seats, among those gains. The Lib Dems have made gains in every set of local elections held since Davey took over as leader. This six-year advance has clawed back almost all the ground the Lib Dems lost in their post-Coalition collapse. The Lib Dems now have more councillors, and a higher share of all councillors, than in any year since 2010. Local by-elections provide further evidence that the Lib Dem campaigning machine is now in rude health, with substantial net gains between the 2025 and 2026 local elections, and again since the 2026 local elections. This long, strong run of success in council contests will be encouraging for a party which has long used local government as a springboard to Westminster success. The Scottish Parliament election was another bright spot. The Lib Dems won seven constituency seats and three list seats, and their resulting ten MSPs is their biggest Holyrood cohort since 2007. The Lib Dems regained three seats with historical sympathies to the party: Caithness, Sutherland & Ross; Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch and Edinburgh Northern. More remarkably, they came from fourth place to win Strathkelvin & Bearsden, a constituency where the party had never previously finished in the top two. The Welsh Senedd elections were more disappointing. The Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds remains the only Lib Dem in the Senedd. Her party was unable to profit either from an expanded Senedd using a more proportional regional list PR electoral system, or from the decline of the hitherto dominant Welsh Labour party. The Lib Dems' overall vote barely rose, and they didn't come close to the threshold for representation in any of the other six seat Senedd constituencies. Outflanked on the nationalist left by Plaid Cymru and the unionist right by Reform UK, the Lib Dems remain confined to the margins of politics in Wales, once a bastion of Liberal support. In the last Parliament, Sir Ed Davey benefitted from a series of Westminster by-elections triggered in Conservative seats where the Liberal Democrats were well placed to challenge the incumbent. He has had no such luck this Parliament. There have so far been no by-elections in seats where a Lib Dem challenge might be credible. Lib Dem performance in the contests we have had has been uniformly dismal. The Lib Dems lost their deposit in three of the four seats they contested over the last year, including a record low 0.4% in the Makerfield by-election. The same tactical voting motivations which buoy the Liberal Democrats where they are in the running also severely squeeze the party in seats where they are not. Conclusion - glass half full or glass half empty? How we judge Liberal Democrat performance depends on what we emphasise. If we focus on national polls and views of the leader, it has been a poor year. The Lib Dems are down substantially with all pollsters, falling below their showing at the last general election. Davey sets few hearts racing, and has fallen behind the resurgent Conservative leader Badenoch, his most important competitor given the geography of Lib Dem support. The picture is rosier if we focus on election results. Despite flagging polling and a forgotten leader, the Liberal Democrats advanced yet again in council elections and in the Scottish Parliament. The party are now a formidable force in town halls across the South of England shires where they are most competitive in Westminster contests. The Lib Dems have a choice to make. They can cement their position as a (mostly) South of England party, concentrating on the broad arc around London where they usually are the strongest progressive opposition to the Conservatives and Reform. Or they can try to seize the opportunities provided by a more volatile electoral context to compete on a broader front, for example by mobilising progressive opposition to Labour in the big cities. It may not be possible to ride both horses. Today's moderate, unthreatening Liberal Democrats do not excite young urban radicals. But a more strident approach could alarm the comfortable middle class voters the party relies on in the seats it now holds. Which way the Liberal Democrats go may depend on how they read the current situation. Glass half full or glass half empty? Sir Ed Davey's fate as leader, and the direction of his party, may depend on the answer. This is the second in a series of posts reviewing the polling and electoral performance of the parties as they gather for their annual conferences

The Godolphin colt had been second to the Michael Dods-trained Arapaho Gold in the Listed Rose Bowl Stakes over course and distance in July, after which Arapaho Gold came out to land the Gimcrack. Nabati himself won at Newmarket, before most recently finishing third in the Flying Scotsman Stakes at Doncaster. Given a patient ride by Buick, the 7-4 chance edged Jolivette by a short head, with Arapaho Gold another neck behind in third. More to follow... Miss Yechance a first Group winner for Jack Nicholls Jack Nicholls continued his fine association with Miss Yechance as the jockey landed the biggest race of his career to date in the Dubai International Airport World Trophy Stakes. The 20-year-old had guided the speedy three-year-old to handicap success at York's Ebor meeting and was entrusted with steering Karl Burke's filly once again, making all for a neck success at 12-1 over Clive Cox's Shagraan, whose stablemate Diligent Harry grabbed third from 9-4 favourite Starlust. It is perhaps fitting the first major triumph of Nicholls' fledgling career has come aboard a sprinter given the exploits of both his father Adrian and late grandfather Dandy over the shorter distances, with the Group Three victory another notable moment in what is becoming a fine season for the apprentice. Nicholls said: "I rang my dad on the way down and said I think I can be in the first four and if I can do that I would be over the moon and he just said, 'keep a level head kid, don't do anything you normally wouldn't'. I did that and it worked out, so I'm over the moon. "He was some man for sprinters to be fair to him so hopefully I can follow in his footsteps." He went on: "It's been the season of dreams really and I've ticked off everything I wanted. "I said after I won the heritage handicap on her at York I'd love to win a Group race on her and for my first ride in one to be a winner is pretty special. "I loved that and there is no bigger buzz and especially for the boss, who has been superb to me since the start of my claim. For him to trust me in a Group race is really special. The owners also put a lot of trust into me being a 3lbs claimer, so this is great."