17 h. ago ‘My kids cried for two hours’ admits jockey as he’s kicked off huge £5million ride in Breeders’ Cup Classic

A TOP jockey has revealed how his kids cried for two hours after he lost the ride for the Breeders' Cup Classic. Umberto Rispoli has rode Michael McCarthy-trained colt Journalism to five of his six career victories including the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes. However, Rispoli has lost the ride on 12-1 favourite Journalism for...

Economics

21 h. ago Top jockey says ‘my kids cried for 2 hours’ after he lost ride on big Breeders’ Cup hope

Umberto Rispoli has opened up on the decision to replace him with Jose Ortiz aboard Preakness Stakes winner Journalism in the £5.25m Classic

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23 h. ago Kidnapped teen's haunting act to survive nine months of torture and sex abuse

Abby Hernandez was 14 years old when she was kidnapped while walking home from her school in North Conway, New Hampshire, and held captive for nine months

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39 h. ago A film about an audacious art heist? Inside The Mastermind, the timeliest movie ever

Just days after the Louvre theft comes this drolly unconventional gallery robbery drama. Director Kelly Reichardt talks about solving crimes as a kid – and casting Josh O’Connor as a crook in autumnal knitwearThe term “cosy crime” describes the reassuring, cardigan-swaddled whodunnits that currently dominate both page and screen, but it carries different connotations for Kelly Reichardt, director of the new heist movie The Mastermind, as it surely must for anyone from a law enforcement family. Reichardt’s mother was an undercover narcotics agent, her father a crime scene detective. When the couple split up, she also gained an FBI agent as a stepfather. During weekends with her dad, who moved into a house with four other recently divorced colleagues, she would sometimes be given mysteries to solve, like some kind of junior Thursday Murder Club.“It sounds really cute,” says the 5ft-tall, 61-year-old director, whose film could not feel more timely, given the Louvre heist. “But I was on...

Culture

41 h. ago Trainer explains axing of ‘almost familial’ jockey from £5.25m Breeders’ Cup Classic hope

Umberto Rispoli had ridden Journalism in all his starts this year, including in a Preakness Stakes victory, but has been replaced for his next start by Jose Ortiz

Economics

5 d. ago Coleen Nolan swiftly deleted celeb dating app after spotting issue with the men

EXCLUSIVE: Coleen Nolan says she ditched a celeb dating app after just 48 hours — admitting the yacht-loving, Botox-obsessed crowd wasn’t for her and she’d rather find a man in wellies

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6 d. ago Exactly who is eligible for free school meals as 500,000 more kids meet criteria

The free school meals scheme is set for a significant change as the eligibility criteria is expanded to help more than 500,000 children - here's exactly who is able to get the benefit, and the rules you need to know

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7 d. ago Teen arrested after shooting himself in elaborate kidnapping hoax he blamed on four Hispanic men: police

Florida police discovered that the teen’s laptop contained ChatGPT searches on ‘collecting his blood without causing pain’ and ‘Mexican cartels’

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1 week ago Scott Thomas 'miracle' update after dog suffered 'very stressful' health episode

The star spent 48 hours worrying over Juno's health after being admitted to the emergency vets

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1 week ago Leave an extra FOUR hours to get into the EU, travellers are warned: UK officials admit they have STILL not been told which EU countries will introduce new Entry/Exit System

Brussels and European Union countries have refused to disclose to the UK Government where the new 'Entry/Exit System', or EES, will be enforced.

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2 w. ago Woman is ‘kidnapped and bundled into tow truck’ by two men in east London

Man, 42, arrested by police who have been unable to identify young victim

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2 w. ago Florida man, 43, arrested and accused of pointing gun at group of kids for making waves near his boat

‘He’s an adult, he should know better,’ a witness told local news

Events

2 w. ago ‘I know the demands’ – Rangers cult hero puts name in the hat for Ibrox comeback after Russell Martin sacked as manager

JERMAIN DEFOE admits he’s ready to help Rangers in the club’s hour of need. Former England striker Defoe helped fire Steven Gerrard’s side to the 2021 Premiership title. He was part of the caretaker staff appointed when Gerrard left the club and has since worked in Spurs’ academy after hanging up his boots. Defoe, 42,...

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2 w. ago NHS dentistry crisis sees thousands of kids hospitalised to have teeth extracted

Mirror’s Dentists for All campaign petition surpasses 50,000 signatures as Royal College of Surgeons brands the oral health crisis ‘a public health emergency’

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2 w. ago AMANDA PLATELL: Like Nicole Kidman, I too was abandoned by a pathetic mid

I also know from bitter personal experience that when the woman is the biggest breadwinner - as I was with my former husband - and when she is always away at work, choppy waters lie ahead.

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3 w. ago Mother drugged her three children with Nyquil and tried to drown them in pond of their $3m Texas home, cops say

Investigators discovered an emaciated cat while investigating the near-drowning incident in Liberty County, Texas, leading to the arrest of the woman’s husband

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3 w. ago Man posing as valet kidnapped elderly woman from restaurant and ditched her in a different state, officials say

The 36-year-old man demanded the 75-year-old woman to ‘perform lewd acts,’ warning that he had a gun if she did not comply, prosecutors say

Society

3 w. ago Premier League star Tosin Adarabioyo supports charity for critically ill kids

Chelsea defender Tosin, 28, has become an ambassador for Lia’s Wings, which saves lives by jetting critically ill babies and children to hospital

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3 w. ago Best bedside cribs for soothing and safe sleeping, tried and tested by a parent

Sleep soundly knowing little one will be safe, comfortable and close by

Politics

3 w. ago From the terraces of 1966 to the Wembley tunnel, lifelong fan Adron O'Connor relives his glory days thanks to the FA and Alzheimer's Society

Above the fireplace, Sir Geoff Hurst is suspended in midair having unleashed a fierce left-footer on goal. England's hero, a split second from the hat trick in a classic image from the 1966 World Cup final.

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