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Princess Anne has received a unique honour ahead of Cheltenham Festival next week.One of the races at the event, formally known as the Amateurs’ Gold Cup, will be renamed after the Princess Royal.The race will cover the same three-and-a-quarter-mile track as the Cheltenham Gold Cup, featuring 22 fences and a tough uphill climb.Cheltenham Racecourse CEO Guy Lavender confirmed the new name will be the “Princess Royal Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Steeple Chase”, set to take place on Friday, March 13.The second-to-last race at the festival will be renamed after Anne | GETTYMr Lavender said: “The Hunters’ Chase at the festival…
Jeremy Clarkson’s newest update about his Oxfordshire farm, Diddly Squat, prompted some concerns from fans, leading him to issue a blunt response back at them in the comments section.The remarks came on Tuesday, when the former Top Gear star shared an adorable photo of the newest member of the farm, a donkey named Ben.The Clarkson’s Farm star wrote in the caption: “Please welcome to Diddly Squat. New Ben.” While many gushed over the sweet newcomer, other fans expressed their worries about the addition.One asked: “Does he have a donkey friend to live with? Very important!””Beautiful but needs a friend they…
And how. A swimmer of some repute during her teenage years, Gordon maintained that initially but found herself keen to try something else. That something would be para-canoeing. “You’ve still got the the water element and, if you’ve got a disability, water gives somebody such a sense of freedom because it’s easier to move around on water than on land,” she says. “It just ticked the boxes.”Soon, she was invited on to the British team, moved to Nottingham and has been there since, winning world medals and Paralympic silver in Paris in 2024.Gordon even found time to dip into winter…
A murder investigation has been launched following a stabbing outside a primary school and a church in Birmingham, with police units and an air ambulance on the scene.The incident occurred on Bridge Road in the Alum Rock area of Birmingham, where a victim died after being attacked outside Our Lady of the Rosary and St Therese of Lisieux, with officers performing CPR.Rosary Catholic Primary School was put into lockdown, with multiple ambulances at the scene attending to those injured in the incident.Reports from eyewitnesses describe “a woman with bloodied hands screaming from an upstairs window”, with reports a passer-by tried…
Labour has vowed to “double down” on Net Nero, claiming it is the only way Britain can shield itself from future energy shocks after the Iran crisis sent global prices surging.Business Secretary Peter Kyle argued accelerating the rollout of renewables such as wind and solar would reduce the UK’s reliance on oil and gas from “parts of the world which are fundamentally unstable”.His comments follow a sharp jump in energy markets, with European gas prices rising by 80 per cent and oil climbing by nearly 20 per cent after Iranian strikes on Gulf production facilities unsettled traders and raised fears…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s quiet squeeze on workers is set to push Britain’s tax burden to its highest level in the post-war era, with the overall take rising faster than previously forecast.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now expects annual tax revenues to reach £1.4billion by the early 2030s, up from £1.2billion today.That would lift the overall tax take to 38.5 per cent of gross domestic product, exceeding the 38.3 per cent projected at the time of Rachel Reeves’s November Budget.It would also overtake the previous post-war record of 37.2 per cent in 1948–49, when Britain was beginning to reduce debts…
When Saharan dust mixes with rain it creates what is commonly known as blood rain. Tiny dust particles suspended in the atmosphere are captured by raindrops and deposited onto surfaces, leaving a thin, gritty, reddish-brown residue. Cars, windows, garden furniture and other outdoor items can become noticeably coated, sometimes requiring a wash to remove the marks.Parts of England and Wales are expected to experience the most pronounced effects, as dust concentrations are forecast to be highest there due to prevailing winds and the position of high pressure system. Even areas with lighter dust may notice a faint film on surfaces…
Looking at the combined metrics of Scotland compared to 10 top leagues around the continent, there are more than 35% more heading actions in Scotland.The figures may not come as a shock to those who watch Scottish football on a regular basis, but they do throw up questions about what it means for the discussion around safety.Since the death of former England centre-forward Jeff Astle from dementia in 2002, scientists have increasingly linked repeated head impacts to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which can also lead to neurodegenerative disease.In January, a coroner investigating the death of former Scotland and Manchester Utd…
A parking row has erupted after a Welsh council car park removed its disabled parking spaces. Monmouthshire Council made changes to Tiverton Place Car Park in Abergavenny which saw hatched yellow markings surrounding disabled bays replaced with ordinary white lines.Disabled motorists have reported being left bewildered and unable to get into their vehicles following the changes.The dispute in has now escalated to the Welsh Parliament, with a Senedd Member now demanding action from both local and national government.Laura Anne Jones MS has hit out at the council’s approach and called for Wales-wide protections for accessible parking.”Accessible parking is vital for…
Cheshire Police said: “Following the recent Warrington Borough Council budget meeting, Cheshire Constabulary and the Police and Crime Commissioner Care look forward to working closely with the local authority to identify a solution to ensure CCTV within the town centre will continue to be monitored and managed.”