WARNING: don’t underestimate my continual reference to watering and it’s effect on turf surfacesl ‘Glorious Goodwood’ will not live up to its name today because nigh on FORTY-NINE ‘mils’ have more or less contributed to a desperate situation caused by poor husbandry and if you bet there you are guessing.Mine is to sortContinue Reading
Funding for (UK/EU/o’seas) UK/EU (UK settled status) with permanent UK residency Start date 1 October 2021 The project: The transportation technology has greatly advanced in the past two decades, leading to rapid development in the area of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), which sees the unmanned aerial vehicles and short-haul electricContinue Reading
What have Tyson and Dazzling Dan got in common? Both were napped during a weekend Newmarket meeting on the July course and were ‘turned over’ unceremoniously, finishing well in rear without giving readers the slightest flutter as they watched on TV screens throughout the world. First port of call SaturdayContinue Reading
Updated at 11:32 Regulations governing the reopening of indoor dining from today were signed shortly before midnight on Sunday, with small changes to the draft guidelines published on Friday. The final regulations require pubs and restaurants to take the contact details of only one adult member of a party, ratherContinue Reading
The Taliban is typically portrayed as a group of men with beards and turbans, driven by Islamic fundamentalist ideology and responsible for widespread violence. But to understand the group that is poised to return to power in Afghanistan, and what we might expect from its rule, we need a muchContinue Reading
Sea Oscar will be on an urgent retrieving mission in a shallow-looking Maiden Stakes over a mile of ‘good to firm’ Pontefract this afternoon, absolutely imperative this William Haggas-trained Sea The Stars filly gains ‘winning brackets’ for stud purposes and championship-chasing stable jockey Tom Marquand will be mindful of theContinue Reading
UNPEATABLE Adam Peaty hammered out a Tokyo 2020 statement of intent that told his rivals: “Catch me if you can”, writes MARTIN LIPTON. The defending 100m breaststroke champion is Britain’s banker bet of the first few days of the Games. And the Uttoxeter superstar, who had recorded the EIGHTEEN fastestContinue Reading
THE UK has reported coronavirus 31,795 cases today – down 41.8% on last Saturday’s 54,674. It is the fourth day in a row that cases have fallen – but Public Health England have not yet revealed how many deaths have occurred because of “technical difficulties” Cases remain high despite theContinue Reading
If you were down on the beach today, a strange sight would have met your eyes. The boat pull competition took place on the beach of Westward Ho! this morning, Saturday 24th of July. Teams of six had been invited to sign up to race across the sand, around twoContinue Reading
Restaurants are facing a staffing “crisis” ahead of the reopening of indoor hospitality next week, according to the chief executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, Adrian Cummins. Speaking to RTÉ’s The Business, he said around 25 per cent of bars and restaurants will not reopen fully on Monday. MrContinue Reading