9 h. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Monday’s three meetings, including Wolverhampton Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Daaris, to win at Wolverhampton and also hopes Brinton can score on the same card and complete his Daily Double

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27 h. ago Katie Price to hold meet and greet at ‘Skint Friday’ bash with £3 pints and free Greggs

Bankrupt Katie Price will meet hard-up clubbers over Easter as they down cut-price booze and sink their teeth into the popular pork products from high street store Greggs

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53 h. ago Academy board to meet as response to No Other Land director’s arrest decried

Meeting follows letter signed by prominent members urging more forceful response on Hamdan Ballal’s arrestThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has convened an extraordinary meeting to address a crisis over its tepid response to the arrest and detention of the Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal, of the documentary No Other Land, by Israeli authorities.The meeting on Friday morning Pacific time, first reported by Deadline, follows a strongly worded letter signed by many prominent members – including the actors Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Penélope Cruz and Emma Thompson, directors Ava DuVernay, Alfonso Cuarón, Adam McKay and Jonathan Glazer and writer Tony Kushner – calling for a more forceful response from the Academy’s board of governors than an initial statement that did not refer to Ballal or No Other Land by name and cited the Academy membership’s “many unique viewpoints”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Friday's four meetings, including Southwell Nap

Newsboy fancies two at Southwell on Friday with his Nap Twilight Diamond running in the 8.15 and Further Measure going for a five-timer in the 5.15

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4 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Thursday's four meetings, including Wolverhampton Nap

Newsboy reckons his Nap, Media Mogul, can get the job done in at Wolverhampton in the 3.20 and he also expects course and distance winner Ravenglass to come good again in the 5.35 on the same card

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5 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing tips for Wednesday’s meetings at Kempton, Market Rasen and Hereford

Newsboy's nap selection for Wednesday, March 26, is the Dylan Cunha-trained Collusion (8.00) at Kempton Park. His next best is another runner at the Sunbury track, Roi De France (7.00)

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6 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Tuesday's three meetings, including Newcastle Nap

Newsboy expects his Nap, Ana Emaraaty, to win for the second time in 12 days in the 1m 2f handicap at Newcastle (4.43), and he also rates Alex The Great highly in the 5.45 on the same card

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7 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Monday's three meetings, plus Lingfield Nap

Newsboy reckons his Nap, Brinton, can make amends for a runner-up finish last week in the 5.17 at Lingfield and he also reckons Heartrate can repeat his previous score over course and distance at Wolverhampton (8.00)

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9 d. ago Trump’s executive order to dismantle Department for Education sparks fears for students – live

Eliminating department, which distributes billions in federal money to schools and manages federal student loans, would likely require act of CongressDefense secretary Pete Hegseth said late Thursday that he would be meeting with billionaire Elon Musk at the Pentagon Friday to discuss “innovation, efficiencies & smarter production.”Musk, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, and his Department of Government Efficiency have played an integral role in the administration’s push to dramatically reduce the size of the government. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Friday’s four meetings, including Musselburgh Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Quian, to win at Musselburgh and also hopes Moolin Booj can score at Southwell and complete his Daily Double

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1 week ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Thursday's four meetings, including Newcastle Nap

Newboy belives his Nap, Reginald Charles can score again over seven furlongs in the 5.00 at Newcastle and he also expects long-distance traveller Siberian Star to come good at Sedgefield in the three-mile handicap chase

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1 week ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Tuesday’s three meetings, including Exeter Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Kelce, to win at Exeter and also hopes Starfighter can score at Wolverhampton and complete his Daily Double

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2 w. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Monday’s three meetings, including Southwell Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Escapologist, to win at Southwell and also hopes Paradoxical can score at Wolverhampton and complete his Daily Double

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2 w. ago F1 2025 season predictions: World champion, Lewis Hamilton vs Charles Leclerc and biggest shock

Ahead of 24 races in nine months, Kieran Jackson makes his selections for the new season

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2 w. ago Newsboy's horse racing tips for Sunday’s meetings at Chepstow and Market Rasen

Newsboy's nap selection for Sunday, March 16, is the Warren Greatrex-trained Shantwopointfive (3.37) at Chepstow. His next best is another runner at the Welsh track, Safe Destination (3.02)

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2 w. ago Geri Horner sees girl power lose out to Britpop at Cheltenham festival

Former Spice Girl watches Wonderwall finish well clear of her and husband Christian’s horse at famous jumps meetingGirl power took on Britpop at Cheltenham on Friday but a horse owned by Geri Horner proved no match for Wonderwall in the Hunters’ Chase, better known in racing as “the amateurs’ Gold Cup”.The former Spice Girl added a touch of glamour to the final day, and in the paddock beforehand she admitted she was looking forward to seeing Lift Me Up, named after her 1999 No 1, be come her first runner at the festival. “I’m very excited,” she said. “It’s amazing. I’m very excited.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago AD FEATURE: At least £100k up for grabs every day at Cheltenham Festival with the 6 Horses Challenge

Guess four, five or six winners from selected daily races for a chance to win cash prizes with bet365’s free-to-play predictor game

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3 w. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Monday’s four meetings, including Newcastle Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Neptune Legend, to win at Newcastle and also hopes Non Stop can score at Stratford and complete his Daily Double

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3 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer praises 'phenomenal courage' of Eli Sharabi as he meets freed Israeli hostage whose wife and two daughters were killed in Hamas' October 7 attack

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised to 'redouble' the UK's efforts in helping secure the safe release of hostages after meeting with freed Israeli Eli Sharabi at Downing Street on Friday morning.

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3 w. ago Trump to host crypto leaders after creating strategic reserve of bitcoin

Chiefs from Coinbase, Ripple and Robinhood to strategize with president on how to make US ‘crypto capital of world’Cryptocurrency industry elite are set to meet with Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to discuss how the government will enact Trump’s vision of making the country the “crypto capital of the world”. The day before, the president signed an executive order creating a strategic reserve of cryptocurrency for the United States.Trump will host players including Michael Saylor, co-founder and the executive chair of MicroStrategy, and Zach Witkoff, one of the founders of the president’s own crypto business, World Liberty Financial, according to the executives’ social media posts. Continue reading...

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