8 h. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Thursday’s four meetings, including Warwick Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Rodney, to win at Warwick and also hopes Smugglers Haven can score at Taunton and complete his Daily Double

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31 h. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Wednesday’s four meetings, including Hexham Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Wee Alki, to win at Hexham and also hopes Kicour La can score at Leciester and complete his Daily Double

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32 h. ago Five horses to follow at Cheltenham races after Storm Bram turns the ground soft

Storm Bram brought torrential rain and strong winds to the UK on Tuesday meaning R=runners at Cheltenham's Christmas Meeting on Friday and Saturday will need to act in the mud

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55 h. ago ‘Panto season’ hits Executive amid row between ministers over budget

The Executive is expected to meet on Tuesday following budget tension between Education Minister Paul Givan and Finance Minister John O’Dowd.

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56 h. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Tuesday's two meetings, including Uttoxeter Nap

Newsboy believes his Nap, Railway Bell, can hit the right note in the 3.00 at Uttoxeter and he also fancies Lethal Nymph to come good on the all-weather at Newcastle (5.00)

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

Newsboy fancies his nap, Emma's Letter, to win at Wolverhampton and also hopes Mask Of Zorro can score at Fontwell and complete his Daily Double

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6 d. ago Newsboy's horseracing tips for Friday's four meetings, including Sandown NAP

A quality card at Sandown includes the latest appearance of the exciting No Drama This End in one of two Graded races at the meeting where Newsboy has picked his Nap and next best

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6 d. ago US envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Ukraine national security chief in Miami

Meeting comes two days after Witkoff and Jared Kushner held five hours of talks with Vladimir Putin in MoscowAnalysis: Ukraine peace deal has stumbled yet againThe US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Ukraine’s national security council chief, Rustem Umerov, in Miami on Thursday as Washington steps up its diplomatic push to secure a pathway to peace in Ukraine.Witkoff, accompanied by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, spent nearly five hours in talks with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday. Moscow later said the meeting had not brought the sides any closer to a peace agreement. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Thursday’s four meetings, including Leicester Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Roe And Co, to win at Leicester and also hopes Special John can score at Wincanton and complete his Daily Double

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7 d. ago Fox News doctor tries to spin sleepy Donald Trump by comparing him to Thomas Edison

President drowsed for an estimated six minutes during Tuesday’s cabinet meeting

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7 d. ago Putin aides say there is a 'lot of work ahead' after 'useful' US

The Russian leader hosted a face to face meeting with Donald Trump's top envoys in the Kremlin on Tuesday in a bid  to discuss possible peace plans to end the invasion of Ukraine.

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8 d. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says as peace talks with US begin

Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and KushnerRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has accused European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine and threatened that Russia was ready for war as Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived for talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday evening.Moments before the closed-door meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, Putin made a series of hard-edged remarks. Speaking to reporters, he accused European governments of sabotaging the peace process and said that “European demands” on ending the war in Ukraine were “not acceptable to Russia”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'Dozy Don' accused of falling ASLEEP as he closes his eyes during Cabinet meeting

Sleepy Joe has been replaced by 'Dozy Don, as President Donald Trump appeared to nod off during Tuesday's Cabinet meeting, which stretched two hours and 18 minutes.

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8 d. ago Donald Trump says he would target ANY country trafficking drugs into US

During a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, US president Donald Trump said any country trafficking drugs into the US is 'subject to attack'

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8 d. ago Trump expected to face questions on Hegseth ‘war crimes’ claims at Cabinet meeting as admin tries to switch focus to admiral: Live

The president will likely take questions from the press ahead of a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning

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8 d. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Wednesday’s four meetings, including Lingfield Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Lahina Bay, to win at Lingfield and also hopes Small Town Hero can score at Haydock and complete his Daily Double

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8 d. ago Witkoff in Moscow for talks as Putin claims to have taken key Ukrainian city

Trump’s special envoy lands in Russia as Putin hails ‘important’ capture of Pokrovsk, although this is disputed by KyivRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has claimed Russian forces have taken control of the strategic city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine, as he sought to project confidence before a key meeting on Tuesday with a US delegation to discuss a possible peace deal to end the war.Dressed in military fatigues during a visit to a command centre on Monday evening, the Russian president hailed what he called the “important” capture of Pokrovsk – once a major logistical hub for the Ukrainian army – though Ukrainian officials later disputed the claim. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Ukraine war live: Trump envoy Steve Witkoff set to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow amid US push for peace deal

Talks come after Witkoff led US discussions with Ukraine at weekend amid European concerns that Kyiv will be pressured to make concessions to MoscowUS-Russia talks may pile pressure on Kyiv to make concessions, says EU foreign policy chief See all our Ukraine war coverageThe Kremlin has said Vladimir Putin will meet Steve Witkoff for their talks on Tuesday afternoon. It’s now approaching 9.10am local time in Moscow.Their meeting would take “in the second half of the day”, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, while refusing to be drawn on Russia’s red lines, saying megaphone diplomacy was not helpful.Russian military commanders told Putin in comments reported on Monday that Russian forces had captured the frontline Ukrainian towns of Pokrovsk – a key logistics hub – and Vovchansk and were advancing elsewhere, which the Russian president hailed as successes to enable further gains. Ukrainian officials have made no acknowledgement that either place has fallen into Russian hands. Co...

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

Newsboy expects his Nap, Aisling Oscar, to take top billing at the all-weather meeting at Newcastle in the 5.45 and he also rates State Of Madness in the 6.45

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1 week ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Monday's four meetings, including Kempton Nap

Newsboy reckons Chancellor will deliver value for punters in the 3.27 at Kempton Park and he also fancies No More Bolero to lead his rivals a merry dance at Plumpton (3.05)

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