Racegoers started Ladies Day at Aintree in high spirits and higher ... Racegoers joked that the flip flop sellers were taking home even more than the bookies as the plastic footwear sold like ...

The boys, who were born on the same day, went to Primark and bought 120 pairs of flip-flops to sell outside the racecourse ... on selling flip flops at Aintree to earn a bit of money for themselves.

Food vans and flip flop vendors will all be a feature over the weekend, encouraging customers to go in on their way to and from the racecourse.

Gill Carpenter, of Lydiate in Merseyside, attends the Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool (Danny Lawson/PA) PA Wire Ladies Day regular Gill Carpenter, 58, from Lydiate ...