Ms Tyrrell told the court she had spent two years at Otley College near Ipswich studying horse care and horse riding, but she had not been taught to drive a horse and carriage while there.

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But if independent owners can now claim discrimination in markets where the cable operator owns a sports channel, they may be able to wrestle wider carriage-which would likely drive up cable bills.

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