6 d. ago Huge Iron Age hoard is discovered in North Yorkshire: Archaeologists uncover over 800 ancient cauldrons, spears, chariots and horse harnesses thought to be worth £254,000

A discovery in rural North Yorkshire provides an archaeological time capsule from around 2,000 years ago - and experts say the find is 'exceptional' for Europe.

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6 d. ago Huge Iron Age collection uncovers life of rich 'Northern' elite 2,000 years ago

The 'Melsonby Hoard' lay untouched in two ditches near the North Yorkshire village of that name for more than 2,000 years and shows evidence of a rich 'Northern' elite

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9 d. ago Barrabool can land biggest prize on racing’s £550,000 Go North weekend

Weekend offers decent money for horses just below the top rung and Barrabool is one to watchThe weekends between the Cheltenham festival and Aintree’s Grand National meeting will never be an obvious target for the elite jumping horses but the £550,000 Go North weekend, which is now in its fifth year, offers decent money for horses just below the top rung and the £100,000 Ladbrokes Herring Queen Series Final at Kelso on Saturday is a race in which a case can be made for all 12 runners.Surrey Belle’s 57-length win at Newcastle last time will probably be enough to send her off favourite, but that was a four-runner race where her main market rival was way below form. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Elite London law firm fined £465,000 for Russian sanctions breaches

Former Moscow office of Herbert Smith Freehills made six payments totalling £3.9m to sanctioned banksHerbert Smith Freehills, the elite global law firm based in London, has been fined by the British government after its former Moscow office made millions of pounds in payments to sanctioned Russian banks.The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), said it had imposed a penalty of £465,000 on HSF Moscow, which was a subsidiary of HSF London until its closure in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How I found out my boyfriend was secretly living a DOUBLE LIFE and was married to someone else

A woman who found out her boyfriend was secretly married to someone else while she was expecting his baby has laid bare the horror she felt upon uncovering his 'double life.'

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3 w. ago Natasha Jonas v Lauren Price: women’s welterweight title unification – live buildup

Jonas and Price meet to unify WBC, IBF, WBA 147lb titlesCaroline Dubois defends her WBC 135lb title in co-featureMain event expected to start around 10pm GMT/5pm ETBluesky Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email himTonight marks the first night of boxing in four years at the Royal Albert Hall and only the fifth since 1999. But BoxRec’s exhaustive annals show the 154-year-old concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington has a surprisingly rich fistic history, with at least 470 cards staged here down the years going back to 1918 – exactly one month after the end of the first world war.Speaking of the great man, McRae wrote a piece for Sunday’s Observer on his latest book, The Last Bell: Life, Death and Boxing, out next week and published by Simon and Schuster.When I was a boy, living in South Africa, I fell for Muhammad Ali. As graceful as he was provocative, Ali amazed me with his uncanny ability, despite apartheid, to entrance black and white South Africans. He made us laugh and da...

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3 w. ago Former CIA agent claims there was life on Mars... and has 'evidence' to prove it

A former CIA spy claims he uncovered life on Mars while working in one of the agency's programs where he spied on distant worlds

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