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Racing tips TODAY: Templegate NAPS Oisin Murphy on impressive runner who BATTERED his rivals last time out
TEMPLEGATE goes in search of yet more winners on Wednesday. Read on for our man’s top tips. KING VEGA (2.52 Goodwood, nap) He loved this course and distance when battering some modest rivals by more than seven lengths last time. This is tougher but the champ stays on board andContinue Reading
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RIO DENIES RIFT AS HE URGES OLE TO CALL HIM Rio Ferdinand has sought to dampen talk of a rift between himself and Manchester United gaffer Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. And the Old Trafford hero insists ‘it’s all love’ with the Red Devils chief whilst urging Solskjaer to call him. TheContinue Reading
Gargling with iodine won’t stop you getting COVID
Social media is awash with bogus COVID treatments. First, there was hydroxychloroquine, then bleach, followed hard on the heels by ivermectin – a cattle dewormer. The latest on the scene is povidone-iodine, an antiseptic. Some people have claimed on social media that gargling with iodine can prevent the spread andContinue Reading
RAF HAS 56 uniformed personnel
National Statistics published this month the latest defence statistics revealing that Royal Air Force aircraft numbers are reducing while its uniformed regular personnel increase in numbers. National Statistics’ annual report ‘UK armed forces equipment and formations’ gives the number of aircraft in all three armed forces, and its ‘quarterly serviceContinue Reading
COVID crisis: what kind of inquiry do we need to learn the right lessons?
I solemnly swear … Amer Ghazzal/Alamy Live News Boris Johnson recently announced that a UK inquiry into the government’s handling of COVID-19 will start in 2022 (with a parallel one planned in Scotland), and many more will emerge all over the world. But how should such inquiries be designed andContinue Reading
Biden says Brexit dispute can’t lead to ‘closed Border’ in Ireland
The US president says he does not want to see a “closed Border again” on the island of Ireland, due to the post-Brexit row. Joe Biden made the comments during a meeting with British prime minister Boris Johnson in the White House yesterday. Mr Biden says he does not wantContinue Reading
Willie Garson: Tributes to Sex and the City star following death at 57
Tributes have been paid to Sex And The City actor Willie Garson following his death aged 57. Garson was best-known for playing flamboyant talent agent Stanford Blatch, the close friend and confidante of Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw. He reprised the role in the two Sex And The City filmsContinue Reading
How the British navy hid the heroic voyage of crippled second world war submarine HMS Triumph
Pride of the fleet: the submarine, HMS Triumph, in 1940 after being rebuilt. Imperial War Museum archive In September 1941 the British press enthralled its readers with a story of naval heroism that the public, battered by German bombing and strict rationing, was crying out for: a tale of survivalContinue Reading
Return of imperial system on cards for Brexit Britain – measurements have always been political
Last year, the return of blue passports was touted as a symbol of Britain taking back control following Brexit. Some in government would now like to see Britain’s imperial measurements make a comeback. As part of a review on EU laws still in place after Brexit, the government plans toContinue Reading
Afghanistan: Taliban face many obstacles to governing – not least their violent methods
Afghanistan has been nicknamed the “graveyard of empires” in reference to the failure of colonial attempts to govern it. Yet this often distracts from the sombre fact that anyone – whether insiders or outsiders – who has tried to establish control over the whole country has met with resistance. TheContinue Reading