Kyren Wilson shrugged off a slow start to take a commanding lead over Lei Peifan at the end of the opening session of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Lancashire Constabulary said officers were called to a report of criminal damage to the church building and a number of gravestones in Leyland.

Rebecca Curtis’ Cheltenham Festival winner Haiti Couleurs is clear favourite with the sponsors after a maximum field of 30 were declared for Monday’s Boylesports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, was taking a woman out for a first date when the crash took place near the Denton roundabout on April 9.