South Africa 14 England 14: England restore pride

Sadie Gray

Last updated at 3:35PM, June 23 2012

Turkey has admitted that one of its fighter jets may have violated Syrian airspace after Damascus confirmed that its forces shot the plane down over the Mediterranean. International figures called for calm as fears grew that the downing of a military aircraft belonging to a Nato member state could have an incendiary effect on the already strained relations between the two countries. Guido Westerwelle, Germany?s Foreign Minister, said he was ?greatly worried? by the incident. ?Everything must be done to ensure that there won?t be any further escalation in the already tense region,? he said. In Baghdad, Hoshyar Zebari, the Foreign Minister, said: ?Our main concern is the spillover of the crisis into neighbouring countries. If this conflict were to turn into all-out sectarian or civil war, Iraq would be affected, Lebanon would be affected, Jordan would not be immune, Turkey could be (affected).? As the Syrian and Turkish navies mounted a joint search operation for the two missing pilots, the government in Ankara called its second emergency meeting of military top brass, senior intelligence officials and ministers since the plane was shot down yesterday. ?It is not possible to cover over a thing like this. Whatever is necessary will no doubt be done,? the Turkish President, Abdullah G?l, said. It was not unusual for fighter planes flying at speed to cross maritime borders, he said, and such actions were not ?ill-inten

The bravest of racing assignments was duly rewarded at Ascot today when Black Caviar, the Australian wonder mare, extended her unbeaten record to 22 races in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. It did not happen in the widely anticipated manner, though, and many in the sell-out crowd thought she was beaten after a calamitous misjudgment by her jockey, Luke Nolen. Having dictated the race from halfway without ever settling it emphatically, Nolen dropped his hands near the line. Briefly, it seemed the French-trained sprinter, Moonlight Cloud, had overhauled the 6-1 on favourite but, to a cacophony of shrieks and groans from the stand, Nolen desperately conjured a rally to snatch the prize by a head. This was Black Caviar?s first race outside Australia, an immensely sporting decision by her eight owners, and it would have been a cause for regret throughout the spor

Last updated at 3:59PM, June 23 2012

Stephen Hester has apologised to NatWest customers who were left unable to pay bills or withdraw cash by a technical hitch which has thrown the bank into chaos. ?Our customers rely on us day in and day out to get things right, and on this occasion we have let them down. This should not have happened,? said Mr Hester, chief executive of NatWest?s owner, RBS. The computer software glitch which caused the problems has been fixed, but the backlog of unprocessed transactions is so large that NatWest will for the first time ever open on a Sunday. Customers will be able to use 1,200 branches nationwidet from 9am until noon tomorrow. ?I am very sorry for the difficulties people are experiencing,? said Mr Hester in a statement tonight. ?Right now my top priority, and the priority of the entire RBS Group, is to fix these problems and put things right for our

Published at 7:29PM, June 23 2012

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