HAVE some brotherly love with COLIN’S BROTHER (2.45 Leicester, NAP). He won well on his last start at Ludlow and is worth another try at this trip. Jockey Jamie Bargary gets on particularly well with him. Getty Images SPARE PARTS (7.30 Chelmsford, nb) has been in flying form for Phil McEntee and there could well […]
KIM Kardashian is among a host of celebrities calling for tighter gun controls after a gunman went on a rampage at a school in Florida on Valentine’s Day. Expelled student Nikolas Cruz, 19, returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School armed with an assault rifle and opened fire at students and teachers. What we know so […]
A FOOTBALL coach is reportedly fighting for life after he “threw himself in front students” to shield them from bullets when an ex-pupil went on a gun rampage. Coach Aaron Feis was critically injured when Nikolas Cruz, 19, stormed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Wednesday and killed 17 people. The teacher, who was also […]
THIS is the moment that a private ambulance teeters on a cliff edge after crashing through a wall in the snow on Sunday evening. The crash closed the road in both directions in rural Hebden Bridge, West Yorks, as the paramedics waited for specialist police units to tow away the ambulance. The vehicle was eventually […]
MINISTERS are too scared to ban girls wearing hijabs in primary school because they fear being branded politically incorrect, the ex chief inspector of schools warned yesterday. Sir Michael Wilshaw demanded the Government bring in rules on the garments saying headteachers were being left “alone, isolated and vulnerable” owing to a lack of policy. Asked […]
MILLS and Boon has admitted it has too few ethnic faces on its book covers. The romance publisher said market research shows its readers prefer white characters on the front. Executive publisher Lisa Milton told Radio 4’s Open Book: “We do have a lot of diverse characters but fewer diverse book covers. “That is absolutely […]
THERESA MAY and Michel Barnier hoodwinked Britain with financial “acrobatics” to mask a true Brexit bill of £90billion, smug EU chiefs boasted yesterday. Brexit negotiators allegedly performed “math acrobatics” to keep the public figure as low as possible to help Theresa May stave off a rebellion back home. UK negotiators were stunned after eurocrats briefed […]
OXFAM’S own staff training guide told workers they are allowed to use prostitutes. It said any ban on paying for sex in developing countries would “infringe on people’s civil liberties”. The training guide — written by its current global adviser Yoma Winder — accepts that staff will use sex workers, even though it describes prostitution […]
DAVID CAMERON secretly apologised to Jean-Claude Juncker for trying to block him from becoming EU President, the Eurocrat said on Wednesday. Britain tried to block the famously thirsty ex-PM of Luxembourg from getting Brussels top job in 2014 – leaving bad blood on both sides. But last night Mr Juncker revealed how the former PM […]
Theresa May has delayed plans to stuff the Lords with new Tories – as research shows overwhelming opposition to more peerages. A poll from the Electoral Reform Society found a huge majority of Tory voters – almost 4 in 5 – think the House of Lords is too big. And almost two thirds of Labour […]
A SCRUFFY beggar menacing people for cash was arrested by police – who found his pockets stuffed with notes with a value of more than half-a-million pounds. The man was threatening people who would not hand him cash outside the Resecentrum bus and train station in Uppsala, 50 miles north of Swedish capital Stockholm. When […]
A COP accused of pestering a colleague for sex admitted sending a text praising her bum. Mum-of-two Lisa Myers, 38, claims British Transport Police Sergeant Paul Nightingale, 40, touched her breast and bottom and kissed her neck. He denies sexual harassment. A tribunal heard he did send a text saying: “Your bum looks very nice […]
DODGY kitchen appliances cause more than 60 house blazes a week, shock figures show. Washing machines and tumble dryers spark over a third of the fires. Cookers, dishwashers and fridges and freezers are each behind a further one in ten, consumer watchdog Which? said. It called ministers’ efforts to protect families “woefully short” given that […]
HELEN Mirren looks all set for a bussed actress award — as she arrives by single decker for the Rome premiere of her new horror film Winchester. The 72-year-old Dame wore a blood-red dress for Tuesday’s screening. In it she plays Sarah Winchester, heiress of the US rifle company and owner of a house full […]
IT’S no wonder she’s playing Saturn Girl as Amy Jackson looks out-of-this-world in this red bikini. The Bollywood star, 26, was seen filming scenes for DC series Supergirl in Canada on Tuesday. The British beauty — dressed in fitted brown and maroon leather — was spotted arguing with the title character played by Melissa Benoist. […]
TRAGIC ex-England soccer ace Ugo Ehiogu left just £1.1million in his will. The former Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Rangers defender died from cardiac arrest last April aged 44. He earned £20,000-a-week at the height of his career after signing for Boro for £8 million in October 2000. But despite leaving a fortune of £5.9 million, […]
A TRAVEL agent was branded irresponsible after planning to release balloons in a protest against plastic pollution. Campaigners warned they would destroy wildlife — and see the firm itself targeted by protests. York-based Quartz Travel said it would release 500 biodegradable balloons after seeing Sir David Attenborough’s BBC show Blue Planet II. But Karen Busby […]
A TAXI driver was shot four times before his killers ran him over as they drove off. The unnamed victim, 41, had climbed out of his Merc Vito when three or four attackers pulled up behind in a blue van, got out and opened fire. Residents gave the man CPR before emergency services took over […]
A PC who faced the sack for repeatedly travelling by train without a ticket has quit the force. Benjamin Cassar, 24, who was attached to the Met’s Roads and Transport Command, left before gross misconduct was proven at a hearing. Each time he allegedly presented his warrant card to Bromley South station staff so he […]
JAMES MAY is poorly. He sneezes once, twice three, four, five times in succession – and then looks up at me and says: “I think seven equates to an orgasm.” Praise the Lord he stopped at five, then. Fast-forward a few days and May is here with me in Italy, testing the new Ferrari Portofino. May […]
JAMES MAY is poorly. He sneezes once, twice three, four, five times in succession – and then looks up at me and says: “I think seven equates to an orgasm.” Praise the Lord he stopped at five, then. Fast-forward a few days and May is here with me in Italy, testing the new Ferrari Portofino. May […]
ALZHEIMER’S disease has been successfully reversed in mice — offering hope for humans. Researchers found that gradually reducing an enzyme called BACE1 in the brain can undo damage caused by the illness. The process cleared amyloid plaques, a sign of Alzheimer’s, from brains of dementia-hit mice. It improved the rodents’ cognitive function — boosting learning […]
SHE became one of the world’s most hated sports stars, accused of ordering a brutal attack on her Olympic skating rival. Even harder to stomach was that Tonya Harding’s alleged target was her US team-mate, Nancy Kerrigan. More than two decades on, Tonya is still reluctant to discuss the attack that brought her more fame […]