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‘Fivetotwelve’ is expected to be right on time!
Eileendover, sensational, unchallenged winner of three ‘bumpers’ under National Hunt rules last season before losing out in the highly-prestigious National Hunt flat race at the Grand National meeting, was my idea of the major attraction on a six-race programme at Haydock, Saturday evening, when a creditable second to Yesyes overContinue Reading
Brit spies admit Wuhan lab leak Covid origin ‘feasible’ as pressure mounts on China to come clean
BRITISH intelligence believe it is “feasible” that Covid leaked from a Wuhan lab as questions remain unanswered on the origins of the pandemic. UK operatives are now investigating a potential virus escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) as a bombshell report claimed yesterday the virus may have beenContinue Reading
State will not provide free Covid tests for people to go on holiday, Minister says
People who are not vaccinated who wish to travel on holidays abroad will have to pay for their own Covid-19 tests privately, Minister of State Ossian Smyth has said. When non-essential international travel resumes from July 19th, people who wish to travel either must have had a Covid-19 vaccine, orContinue Reading
Hannon ‘at the double’ but be ready for the ‘Hurricane!’
Hurricane Lane, unbeaten after gaining a dramatic third success in the group two Dante Stakes over an extended ten furlongs of York earlier this month, meets my personal median time-handicap requirement for the Epsom Derby a week today but, surprisingly, he’s showing at double-digit odds despite being Godolphin owned, mountContinue Reading
Erme Valley Riding for the Disabled Ltd. shortlisted in the SEIB Livery Yard and Riding School Awards
From over 1,100 nominations in the 2021 SEIB Insurance Brokers Livery Yard and Riding School of the Year Awards, Erme Valley Riding for the Disabled Ltd. has made it onto the short-list in the RDA (Riding for the Disabled) Yard of the Year category at these prestigious, national awards. TheContinue Reading
Nearly a Third of Children in Plymouth in Poverty
New figures have revealed that 29.8% of children in Plymouth are living in poverty, a total of 14,170 children, according to 2019/20 government figures. There was in an increase of 869 children living in poverty in Plymouth in the last five years, nearly 29 more classrooms full of children. End Child Poverty, aContinue Reading
All those pub apps you’ve downloaded are a privacy nightmare
Choosing where to have a beer based on a pub’s privacy policy is a very 2021 problemContinue Reading
CDC eases summer camp Covid guidance, says fully vaccinated teens don’t need masks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its public health guidance for summer camps Friday, saying fully vaccinated teens don’t need to wear face masks or stay 6 feet away from others. Fully vaccinated teens should still wear masks where required, including at local businesses and workplaces, according toContinue Reading
England’s Harry Maguire ‘confident of making the European Championships’ as Man Utd star battles ankle ligament injury
HARRY MAGUIRE is reportedly confident of featuring in England’s Euro 2020 kick-off against Croatia. The Three Lions face their Group D rivals in just over two weeks’ time and are sweating on the fitness of their star centre-back. The 28-year-old had been ever-present for Manchester United in the Premier LeagueContinue Reading
If only the weather was a little ‘otter!
2 Lucky North Devon couples have really fallen on their feet, after just taken ownership of a desirable property on the edge of Exmoor national park which features, amongst other things, 3 swimming pools, private sandy beaches an inside jacuzzi … better still it has cost them nothing! Sounds likeContinue Reading