18 h. ago Newsboy's horse racing tips for Tuesday's four meetings including Brighton NAP

Newsboy is keen on a Dave Evans-trained runner making a quick reappearance and also likes the look of one from the Kevin Frost stable at Brighton

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41 h. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Monday's three meetings, including Chepstow Nap

Newsboy reckons his Nap, Thurso, can defy top weight in the Betting.Bet Betting Tips Handicap (4.20) at Chepstow, and he also rates Rogue Dancer a good thing on the all-weather at Wolverhampton in the 3.00

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7 d. ago WSL make huge announcement as clubs give green light to two changes

A proposal put forward by Nikki Doucet, chief executive of Women’s Professional Leagues Limited, was voted through at Monday’s WSL Football shareholders meeting - with an expansion and play-off confirmed

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8 d. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Monday's four meetings, including Wolverhampton Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Queensland Boy, to win at Wolverhampton and also hopes Dapper Charm can score at Carlisle and complete his Daily Double

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1 week ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Friday’s six meetings, including Goodwood Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Rye, to win at Goodwood and also hopes Antelope can stride ahead at Sandown and complete his Daily Double

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1 week ago Reeves says use of hotels for asylum seekers to end ‘in this parliament’ and NHS spending to rise 3% a year – UK politics live

Chancellor claims asylum move will save £1bn and says health spending represents a record cash investmentSpending review: key points at a glanceGreen party MPs and activists staged a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use the spending review to announce a wealth tax. In a post on social media, Adrian Ramsay, the party’s co-leader, said:We expect the Chancellor to take another axe to public spending today: decline by design from a govt that refuses to tax wealth to properly fund our overstretched public services & support the most vulnerable. We need to invest in a secure & fairer future. #TaxExtremeWealthSenior SNP figures held a secret meeting on Monday night to discuss removing John Swinney as party leader, The Herald has learned, following last week’s defeat in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse byelection.One of the 25 attendees said the first minister had two weeks to come up with a new strategy on independence — or risk facing a leadership...

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1 week ago PMQs: Starmer says there is ‘no easy answer’ to finding way of seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine – UK politics live

Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, asks prime minister about frozen Russian assets in the UK after sanctioning of two Israeli ministers on TuesdayGreen party MPs and activists staged a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use the spending review to announce a wealth tax. In a post on social media, Adrian Ramsay, the party’s co-leader, said:We expect the Chancellor to take another axe to public spending today: decline by design from a govt that refuses to tax wealth to properly fund our overstretched public services & support the most vulnerable. We need to invest in a secure & fairer future. #TaxExtremeWealthSenior SNP figures held a secret meeting on Monday night to discuss removing John Swinney as party leader, The Herald has learned, following last week’s defeat in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse byelection.One of the 25 attendees said the first minister had two weeks to come up with a new strategy on independence — or risk facing a leadership ch...

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1 week ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Wednesday's four meetings, including Hamilton Nap

Newsboy reckons his Nap, French Haven, is a safe bet at Hamilton in the closing Hampton By Hilton Hamilton Park Handicap (9.00) and he also rates Newfangled in the 7.10 at Kempton

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2 w. ago URGENT: Trump says U.S., China tariff teams to meet in London on Monday

URGENT: Trump says U.S., China tariff teams to meet in London on Monday  MSN

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2 w. ago US and China to meet for trade talks in London on Monday, Trump says

US and China to meet for trade talks in London on Monday, Trump says  Nikkei Asia

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2 w. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Thursday’s five meetings, including Chelmsford Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Dancingwithmyself, to win at Chelmsford and also hopes Smokey Malone can score on the same card and complete his Daily Double

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2 w. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Wednesday's four meetings, including Ripon Nap

Newsboy expects his Nap, Flamborough Head, to bounce back to form in the 8.52 at Ripon, and he also rates Get The Value as a good thing at Newton Abbot (4.05)

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3 w. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Tuesday's four meetings, including Leicester Nap

Newsboy reckons his Nap, Jack The Tooth, can have the last laugh at Leicester in the 3.17, and he also expects Drouthy Neebor to score a first success at Lingfield (6.45)

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3 w. ago See the moment a kangaroo comes within INCHES of causing a disastrous fall at horse race

A kangaroo came within inches of disaster after it bounded into the middle of the race track during Monday's meeting at Warren, New South Wales.

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3 w. ago Ukraine delegation arrives in Istanbul for talks with Russian officials following drone attack in Siberia – Russia

Second round of peace talks follows Kyiv drone attack on Russian air bases A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Istanbul for talks with Russian officials with a meeting planned for Monday afternoon, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s foreign ministry said.The two sides are set to hold their second round of direct peace talks since 2022, but are still far apart on how to end the war amid an increase in fighting.Ukraine said on Sunday it had destroyed Russian bombers worth billions of dollars as far away as Siberia, in its longest-range assault of the war. In a spectacular claim, Ukraine said it had damaged $7bn worth of Russian aircraft parked at four airbases thousands of kilometres (miles) away, with unverified video footage showing aircraft engulfed in flames and black smoke. A source in the Ukrainian security services (SBU) said the strikes hit 41 planes that were used to “bomb Ukrainian villages”.Several Russian and Ukrainian media outlets reported that Ukraine had carried out the ...

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

Newsboy fancies his nap, Bear To Dream, to win at Brighton and also hopes Forever My Prince can score at Windsor and complete his Daily Double

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3 w. ago Newsboy’s nap and selections for 5 UK and Irish meetings on Sunday, June 1

Newsboy's Nap selection for Sunday, June 1, is the James Owen-trained Carlton (4.00) at Chelmsford. His next best is Fakenham runner Gone In Sixty (5.05)

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3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of doing ‘everything it can’ to sabotage peace talks

President hasn’t committed to Ukraine attending Monday’s meeting with Russia in Istanbul, saying Moscow first has to provide its proposals. What we know on day 1,193See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine has said it does not expect any results from talks with Russia in Turkey, unless Moscow provides its peace terms in advance, accusing the Kremlin of doing “everything” it can to sabotage the potential meeting. Moscow said it was sending a team of negotiators to Istanbul for a second round of talks on Monday but Kyiv has yet to confirm if it will attend. “For over a week now, the Russians have been unable to present the so-called memorandum,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X on Friday, referring to a document Russia says it has prepared outlining its conditions for peace. “For a meeting to be meaningful, its agenda must be clear, and the negotiations must be properly prepared,” the Ukrainian president added. “Unfortunately, Russia is doing everything it can to ensure that the next pote...

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3 w. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Friday’s six meetings, including Carlisle Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Sergeant Mayer, to win at Carlisle and also hopes Keldeo can score at Catterick and complete his Daily Double

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3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kremlin holds back peace memorandum that it promised Trump

Zelenskyy says Moscow dragging out the process as Lavrov insists on another meeting; funeral for three sibling children killed by Russian cruise missile. What we know on day 1,191Ukraine has submitted its peace terms and insisted Russia do the same before further talks, which the Kremlin has demanded take place next Monday in Turkey. “We are not opposed to further meetings with the Russians and are awaiting their memorandum,” said the Ukrainian defence minister, Rustem Umerov. “The Russian side has at least four more days before their departure to provide us with their document for review. Diplomacy must be substantive, and the next meeting must yield results.”Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said instead that a Russian team “is ready to present a memorandum to the Ukrainian delegation and provide the necessary explanations during a second round of direct talks in Istanbul on Monday, 2 June”. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Wednesday called for Moscow to engage i...

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