Symbol Of Light is nigh on the biggest certainty of this year in the Novice Stakes over nine furlongs of tapeta tonight and shortly after 8pm I’m expecting recently-returned Robert Winston to steer this once-raced, Charlie Appleby-trained, Shamardal gelding into the Wolverhampton winners’ enclosure, surrounded by a good crowd becauseContinue Reading
High Covid-19 case numbers will continue in Ireland for the foreseeable future, the Health Service Executive’s chief clincial officer has said. As The Irish Times reports, Dr Colm Henry said the State was unlikely to see “wild surges” in case numbers in the future, but that they would continue to “rumble on”Continue Reading
JURGEN KLOPP hit out at Newcastle’s £300million takeover, describing it as a ‘Super League for one club’. The Magpies were bought by a Saudi Arabia-backed consortium last week with Mike Ashley finally selling up. 2 Jurgen Klopp slammed the Saudi Arabia takeover of NewcastleCredit: Reuters With their super-rich owners setContinue Reading
Varavin88/Shutterstock Back in the summer of 2021, the UK government’s pandemic modellers predicted that there would be a significant COVID outbreak in the autumn. Yet so far, this hasn’t happened. Other countries with good COVID vaccine coverage have also seen their cases fall and then stabilise. So is herd immunityContinue Reading
David Hockney has painted many a famous face over the years – and now he’s captured one as we’ve never seen him before. Tom Daley, current 10m platform diving world champion, revealed on his Instagram and YouTube pages that the legendary British artist had created a portrait of him, whichContinue Reading
Inside Creative House / Shutterstock The care sector is struggling to recruit and retain staff, as England enters the next phase of its COVID-19 recovery. So why are care workers leaving the sector in droves, and what can be done to bring them back? Skills for Care (an independent charityContinue Reading
Welcome to a special art fair edition of Cultural Capital – as Frieze opens in Regent’s Park, we headed down there to take a stroll round London’s most significant art fair and see how people are feeling about being back in the tents in real life. We also nipped inContinue Reading
NO DEJA BLUE IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Ex-Chelsea defender Frank Lebeouf warns fans it is ‘almost impossible’ for the club win the Champions League again this season. The Blues won their second ever Champions League trophy in May, overcoming Manchester City 1-0 in Porto thanks to a goal from Kai Havertz. ButContinue Reading
Glentaneous, easy five three and three-quarter lengths winner of an ‘aged’ handicap over ten furlongs ‘good to soft’ Nottingham, Wednesday, must represent one of best and most assured naps from this column which originated back in 1974 when I created record £72 points and scored unchallenged in the now-defunct SportingContinue Reading
Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock Although COVID infections are currently low or in decline in most western countries aside from the UK, there’s still a long way to go before the threat of the pandemic is over. A big concern this winter is if there’s a resurgence of COVID with other respiratory illnessesContinue Reading
