Lucy Lulu looks the classic ‘thieving each-way’ for a seven-runner Novice Stakes over five furlongs of Wolverhampton tapeta today; only two places on offer but finding another, apart from odds-on chance Papa Don’t Preach, will be nigh impossible. This-type bet was my trademark reason for betting seriously all those yearsContinue Reading
Ten months into his presidency, Joe Biden’s poll numbers are, by any measure, lukewarm. According to the latest figures, taken on November 24, only 43% of Americans approve of his performance in office, while a majority think he is not doing a good job. In a week when he announcedContinue Reading
In the 1970s, Britain briefly achieved peak equality. Jean Carlo Emer | Unsplash, FAL Despite the early claims of British prime minister Boris Johnson’s much vaunted plan to cap personal adult social care costs, his government’s new plan – designed to save the Treasury £900 million year – will seeContinue Reading
A lmost six years to the day since the release of the album that turned her into a global megastar, Adele has returned with another one. 30 is, by pretty much all accounts, a triumph. Many listeners have already seized upon the emotional honesty and vulnerability weaved through the album’sContinue Reading
At least 27 people have drowned in the English Channel attempting to cross in a small boat. There were three children, seven women, one of whom was pregnant, and 17 men. Although a joint search and rescue operation was seemingly launched in the narrow maritime area between the UK andContinue Reading
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Leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Liberals (FDP) have reached a deal on their coalition agreement for government, paving the way for a new administration to replace that of Angela Merkel. The agreement is the product of negotiation by some 22 working groups, with around 300 participants fromContinue Reading
HBRH / Shutterstock “Cyberflashing” – the unsolicited sending of photos or videos of genitals – may soon be a crime in England and Wales. Surveys have found that nearly half of young adult women have been sent unwanted, graphic images by men. Receiving so-called dick pics is especially common amongContinue Reading
HE is the English goalkeeper who this weekend will face the greatest attack ever assembled. But Etienne Green has such little interest in football outside of playing it that he could not care less for the names of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Lionel Messi. 6 Etienne Green faces Paris Saint-GermainContinue Reading
Forca Brasil is strongly-fancied to defy a penalty under Rossa Ryan in the Novice Stakes over six furlongs of Chelmsford polytrack tonight and it will take a brave punter to oppose this progressive Cotai Glory colt, which bettered his debut mark when failing to supplement gains over a similar distanceContinue Reading
