HTML CSS Header image has an black stripe above hearder image that I can't seem to remove

Question

Please check out

http://rainsongmanchesters.net/news.htm

and notice the black strip above the header image.

Now click here http://rainsongmanchesters.net/breedinfo.htm

and notice how there is no strip. Such a simple problem? It has defeated me for months! Using firebug, and just staring at the code for months has not produced any solutions. Please help!

Answer 1

Try removing the extra break (< br />) at the top of the page.

Answer 2

you have a < br /> in the header (line 16 of the source)