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Jump racing’s half-term report a boost with Cheltenham festival on horizon
The busiest day in the racing calendar next week, with eight Boxing Day meetings dotted around the country, also marks the effective mid-point of the National Hunt season, and the half-term report on the 2024-25 campaign offers several reasons for British jumps racing to head into the new year in …
EU launches €10bn space programme to rival Musk’s Starlink
The EU has launched an ambitious €10bn (£8.3bn) space programme with a constellation of 290 satellites to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink, further widening the post-Brexit security gap with the UK.
The constellation is intended to secure the bloc’s security for governments and armies, amid increasing global concerns over cybersecurity.
Officials …
Turkey condemns Israel plan to double Golan Heights population
Turkey has denounced Israel’s plan to double the population living in the occupied Golan Heights at the south-western edge of Syria as an attempt to “expand its borders”, as international concern grows over Israel’s actions in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime.
Israel captured about two-thirds of the …
Who is Daniel Křetínský, the new boss of Royal Mail?
The UK government has waved through the historic takeover of Royal Mail’s owner by the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský.
Here is what you need to know about the businessman and the takeover.
Who is Křetínský?
Křetínský, the son of a computing professor and a senior judge, studied political science and …
Lucy Letby lawyer seeks fresh appeal over reliability of expert witness
Lucy Letby’s lawyer has announced he is seeking to reopen her appeal because the prosecution’s lead medical expert witness, Dr Dewi Evans, has changed his mind on some key evidence.
At a press conference held at the Royal Society of Medicine on Monday, Mark McDonald said Evans was not a …
‘That’s the Christmas No 1!’ How East 17 made festive favourite Stay Another Day
Tony Mortimer, singer, songwriter
I didn’t see the band going much further than two or three singles, but our early dance hits built up such a fanbase that we had to keep going. The dance era was coming to an end and Britpop was exploding, but then this American rock …
Athletics the biggest loser in funding cut of nearly £1.75m for LA 2028 Olympics
Canada’s deputy PM resigns as tensions with Trudeau rise over Trump tariffs
Canada’s deputy prime minister and minister of finance has resigned amid growing tensions with the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, over the looming threat posed by Donald Trump’s “America First” economic nationalism.
Chrystia Freeland stood down on Monday, just hours before she was due to release the country’s first economic plan …
Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee aims to run 2hr 7min London Marathon
“With running, I feel like I’ve never stopped itching the scratch,” the …
Rescuers work to save Italian caver trapped 585m underground
A huge rescue operation was under way north-east of the Italian city of Bergamo to free a caving instructor who became trapped while exploring a cave.
Ottavia Piana, 32, considered an expert spelunker, injured herself after falling 5 metres (16ft) on Saturday evening during an expedition with eight others to …