There have been warnings that commuter train companies reliant on regulated fares could be heading for financial difficulties should ticket prices fall and that some might cut services in response.

BBC: Cost of train travel could fall

Van der Vaart, as so often this season, led the north Londoners' response and had already sent an instinctive lofted finish just wide behind a scrambling Howard before heading in the equaliser after 11 minutes.

BBC: Louis Saha (centre) celebrates

According to the IRI poll, 84 percent of Pakistanis surveyed said the country is heading in the wrong direction -- a sharp increase from the 44 percent who gave the same response to the institute in February of last year.

CNN: Polls: Musharraf, al Qaeda losing support