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Grey Dawning bids to follow in Desert Orchid tradition for King George glory
A bold-jumping grey in the King George at Kempton: for a dozen years from the mid‑1980s, it was a Boxing Day tradition as Desert Orchid, One Man and Teeton Mill racked up seven wins from nine appearances between them. And as Robert Kirkland, a racehorse owner for nearly 40 years, …
Man charged with murder of Elizabeth line worker in east London
A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of an Elizabeth line worker in east London.
Jorge Ortega, 61, died in hospital from head injuries after officers from the British Transport Police (BTP) were called to Ilford station just before 8.50pm on 5 December. He died the …
‘We need to be prepared’: China adapts to era of extreme flooding
Every summer, Dongting Hu, China’s second-largest freshwater lake, swells in size as flood water from the Yangtze River flows into its borders. Dams and dikes are erected around the lake’s edges to protect against flooding. But this year, not for the first time, they were overwhelmed.
For three days in …
UK car industry hails plan for Prius-style hybrids to stay on sale after 2030
The Breakdown awards: best rugby matches, players and quotes of 2024
Players of the year
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Antoine Dupont (France, Toulouse, France sevens)2
Eben Etzebeth (South Africa)3
Pieter-Steph du Toit (SA), Ox Nché (SA), Wallace Sititi (New Zealand), Ellie Kildunne (England)
Head coaches of the year
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Rassie Erasmus (SA)2
Joe Schmidt (Australia)3
Franco Smith (Glasgow Warriors)
Most memorable games attended
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…Nasa solar probe to make its closest ever pass of sun on Christmas Eve
Nasa’s Parker solar probe is about to make its closest ever flyby of the sun, passing 3.8m miles from its surface on Christmas Eve.
The spacecraft will make the record-breaking approach, known as a perihelion, at 6.53am US eastern time (1153 GMT).
The mission team will lose contact with their …
‘I don’t want a fight’: the Brazilian samba composer suing Adele for plagiarism
More than 10,000 members of UK armed forces ‘not medically deployable’
More than 10,000 serving in the armed forces are “not medically deployable”, according to figures from the Ministry of Defence .
The defence minister, Alistair Carns, revealed in a written parliamentary question that throughout the military, 99,560 service members are medically fully deployable, with 14,350 having limited deployability and 13,522 …
‘Protests that were not allowed’: does Britain have a two-tier policing problem?
The bar is said to be appropriately high, but there have been 24 marches banned by a home secretary following a police request in the past 30 years under section 13 of the 1986 Public Order Act.
Two of those prohibited had been organised by “anti-capitalist groups” and one was …
UK housebuilder Vistry’s shares plunge as it issues third profit warning
UK housebuilder Vistry has issued its third profit warning in three months, in a year-end blow to the construction company that sent its shares to a two-year low.
The business, which was relegated from the FTSE 100 share index on Monday, now expects annual adjusted pre-tax profit of just £250m, …