19 h. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Sunday's meetings at Fontwell Park, Hereford and Naas

Newsboy's nap selection for Sunday,February 23, is the Anthony Honeyball-trained Dear Ralphy (4.30) at Fontwell Park. His next best is another runner at the West Sussex track, Salver (3.00)

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45 h. ago Value Scope: Each way horseracing tips from Steve Jones for Saturday on ITV

Our man likes the look of a challenger from Ireland in the marathon at Newcastle and has made selections for races at Kempton and Chepstow

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50 h. ago Dumfries and Galloway council tax set to be hiked by at least 8.5 per cent

The local authority is facing a financial black hole of nearly £12million in 2025/26, meaning councillors will need to make some tough decisions when they meet to set their budget on Thursday.

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55 h. ago Trump jokes that Canada can keep O Canada anthem as 51st US state

Donald Trump joked that Canada can keep ‘O Canada’ anthem as 51st US state while speaking at Republican Governors Association meeting in Washington on Thursday, 20 February.

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62 h. ago Keir Starmer takes back seat to Emmanuel Macron in race to be first to see Donald Trump in Washington

The White House confirmed last night that Keir Starmer leader will meet Mr Trump next Thursday, after French president Emmanuel Macron visits him on Monday.

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67 h. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Friday’s three UK meetings, including Southwell Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Whizz By, to win at Southwell and also hopes Taskheer can score on the same card and complete his Daily Double

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69 h. ago Police Scotland chief warns national insurance hike could risk officer numbers

Jo Farrell was speaking at a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority on Thursday.

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2 d. ago Donald Trump and Tiger Woods to meet at White House for talks on golf’s future

Woods to join PGA delegation on Thursday for meetingLIV representatives also set to be present in WashingtonDonald Trump’s involvement in professional golf’s peace talks has ramped up further, with Tiger Woods among those due to be afforded an audience with the US president at the White House on Thursday afternoon.Woods is expected to join the PGA Tour commissioner, Jay Monahan, fellow board member Adam Scott and representatives of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in a meeting hosted by Trump amid increasing hopes the fractured sport can unite over the coming months. Key sticking points surround the precise role for Yasir al-Rumayyan, the PIF’s governor, in golf’s new world and where the Saudi-established LIV Tour sits on the sport’s schedule. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Zelenskyy to meet US envoy after fallout with Trump as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

Ukrainian president says he will meet US envoy Keith Kellogg on Thursday; UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US-Russia talksTrump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable riftLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards ...

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3 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Thursday's three meetings, including Lingfield Nap

Come along for the ride with LAST RODEO (3.05, NAP) who can get off the mark for the first time at Lingfield today.

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4 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Wednesday's three meetings, including Kempton Nap

Newsboy believes his Nap, Party Bear, can get on the score sheet at Kempton Park (6.00) and he also rates Cracking Gold, who runs later on the same card (8.00)

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4 d. ago Elon Musk keeps bringing his kids to work – and the reasons aren’t cute at all | Arwa Mahdawi

Is this fun fathering or a cynical and exploitative PR strategy from the tech billionaire? I suspect the latter ...Welcome to the White House, where every day seems to be bring-your-kid-to-work-day if you’re Elon Musk. The tech billionaire, fascist-salute-enthusiast, and de facto president of the US hasn’t just moved himself into government digs – he has seemingly moved in a selection of his kids as well. Over the last couple of weeks, mini-Musks have been popping up at high-profile political events, generating a steady stream of memes, headlines and analysis.Three of Musk’s young children were at a meeting with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi last Thursday, for example. Why were Musk and Modi meeting? Good question. Even Trump doesn’t seem to know, but told reporters he assumed Musk “wants to do business in India”. Which, considering Musk has burrowed his way deep into the US government, sounds a teeny bit like a conflict of interest. But let’s not focus on that, eh? Let’s focu...

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5 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Tuesday's three meetings, including Market Rasen Nap

Newsboy believes his Nap, Sunset Hill, can rise to the challenge in the Visit racingtv.com Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (3.20) at Market Rasen, and he also expects a strong showing from City Of God in the 7.00 at Wolverhampton

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5 d. ago Racing cancelled at track where Michael O’Sullivan suffered tragic fall ‘as mark of respect’

The Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey died as a result of the injuries he sustained when his mount was one of three fallers in a race at Thurles, where another meeting was due to be held on Thursday

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