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Cheltenham Festival 2022 LIVE RESULTS: Latest betting odds for Day Two, Templegate tips, Champions Hurdle recap
‘SPRING HORSE’ Derek O’Connor is quite keen on Vanillier here, telling myracing: “I’m looking forward to riding another ex-point winner, last year’s Albert Bartlett winner Vanillier, for Gavin Cromwell in the National Hunt Chase. “I sat on him last week. He jumped well over six fences and did a niceContinue Reading
Ukraine to dominate Taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day meeting with US president
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said his meeting with US President Joe Biden this week will be dominated by discussions around the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, Mr Martin said they would also discuss economic ties and the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. Mr MartinContinue Reading
Ukraine: voices from hiding – how ordinary families are suffering under Russian shells
So, day 11. I still can’t believe that. It’s been tough in Chernihiv and it doesn’t seem to get better. Yesterday, at night, the plane was [shot down] above where we hide. News is shocking and depressive so we try not to discuss it … I’ve lost track of days.Continue Reading
Family forces museum to take down exhibit in row over slavery statue
T he Museum of the Home has been forced to take down an exhibit in a row over the continued presence of a statue of a slave trader on its site. The Hoxton-based museum, formerly known as the Geffrye Museum, is in former almshouses built with money from Sir RobertContinue Reading
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Vaccines are being portrayed as limiting personal freedom – but this can mask the true reasons for hesitancy
For those watching the news, anti-vaccination movements seem to be evolving, with both new tactics and a new watchword – liberty, rather than conspiracy. As 2021 neared its end, protests against mandatory COVID vaccination policies spread across Europe. In city centres, placards and their holders shouted “freedom” and asserted theContinue Reading
Thinking of welcoming a Ukrainian refugee into your home? Our research can help you be a good host
People wait for a train to Poland at Lviv railway station, Ukraine, in February 2022. Bumble Dee / Shutterstock The UK government has announced a scheme allowing people to open up their homes to refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. “Homes for Ukraine” will allow individuals, charities and community groupsContinue Reading
New ‘stealth’ Omicron subvariant presents two NEW symptoms, experts warn
PEOPLE with the new stealthy Omicron subvariant show two new Covid symptoms that experts warn shouldn’t be ignored. BA.2, which is super-fast spreading, has become dominant in England, overtaking the original BA.1 Omicron strain. Getty The new Omicron strain may make you feel dizzy[/caption] As Covid testing is scaled back,Continue Reading
Ukraine: why Emmanuel Macron’s open line to Moscow has not delivered the international prestige he expected
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has taken a big gamble in putting himself forward as Europe’s man in Moscow (at least virtually) during the crisis in Ukraine. He has kept an open dialogue with Vladimir Putin even as the Russian leader invaded and insists that he continues to press forContinue Reading
When is the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 & who is representing the UK?
T he Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is just months away, and this year 40 countries are heading to Italy to take part. The ESC, often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Read onContinue Reading