Then BHB threatened to instruct the PA to cut the feed to At The Races if the racing authority did not receive licence-fee income.. When the channel relaunched in June 2004 it entered into an agreement with the Press Association for the supply of pre-race data and started negotiations with the BHB to obtain a licence to access the database However, no agreement was reached. The judgement followed an interim hearing after the channel alleged that the BHB had abused its dominant position. The injunction prevents the BHB from forcing At The Races to pay significant fees and enter into data agreements, and also prevents the switching-off of the data feed. ATR's pre-race data licence terminated last year when the company's original platform ceased broadcasting and the media rights agreement with 49 racecourses ended.
At The Races won its claim at the High Court yesterday for an injunction against the British Horseracing Board to stop the supply of pre-race data being cut off. It says it all.PAUL TIMPERLEYBRACKNELL, BERKSHIRE Opportunistic advert Sir: I was disgusted to see in 15 July's Independent, opposite the heartrending story of Anthony Fatayi-Williams and after extensive reporting of the dignified response of London to the bombings, a somewhat crass Ryanair advert featuring a picture of Churchill under the banner "London Fights Back". Cheap, gimmicky and opportunistic advertising one expects from Ryanair, an acceptance of such insensitivity one does not expect from The Independent.ANDREW HOOPERBRENTFORD. Doubtless they had done no wrong at all, just like the tens of thousands of Iraqi men, women and children murdered by the criminal acts of Bush and Blair.ANNIE MCSTRAVICKPARISSir: Two minutes silence for the dead of New York Two minutes silence for the dead of London Total silence on the dead of Iraq. Action taken to instil terror at the opening of the invasion of Iraq was proudly described by the perpetrators as tactics of "Shock and Awe".M P GILMERERITH, KENT Anti-war movement Sir: Stan Rosenthal believes the London bomb victims may be paying the price "for the anti-war movement's hate-creating propaganda" (letter, 15 July).
If anything, the movement is more likely to have deterred other young Muslims from committing similar acts sooner. For by politically engaging young people from all walks of life and giving them a vocal yet peaceful outlet for their anger at Britain's less-noble foreign policies, the movement may well have snatched potential bombers away from the poisonous whisperings of the terrorist mentors.ALAN GLYNNCROYDON Who mourns the Iraqis? Sir: Stephen Parkin (letter, 13 July) is disingenuous when he asks what the British victims of the London bombings had done to deserve being murdered. The UNHDI takes into account not only economic growth but also advances in education and health. Where is the new wealth going?There is grotesque inequality in Mozambique.
