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“I couldn’t ask for a better horse – Guchen gave me such a great feeling and I will remember this day forever.”I just wanted to get round safely and repay the trust that Kim and Mat have had in me.”I am really proud to be the first black British female jump jockey. When I was growing up I looked up to Khadijah Mellah and I hope that now other young people will look up to me as well and know that they can also reach their dreams.”Mellah became the first British Muslim woman to win a horse race in Britain…
The Bank of England has today set out plans to regulate new forms of sterling-based payments that aim to keep a stable value. The move marks an important step in preparing for a future where new types of money could be used alongside cash and bank deposits.The consultation outlines how these payment systems could be safely introduced and used for everyday spending and larger financial transactions. The proposed rules focus on payment-related uses, rather than the speculative trading side of cryptocurrencies.The plans follow feedback from banks, fintechs and other industry players after last year’s discussion paper, and form part of…
Peter Andre and his wife Emily have withdrawn from his daughter Princess’s ITV2 reality programme following controversy over her mother Katie Price’s exclusion from the first series.The 52-year-old singer and his 36-year-old wife will not appear in the second and third series of The Princess Diaries, according to sources.The decision comes after Ms Price, 47, publicly criticised being left out of the show, accusing Mr Andre and his management team of considering her “trash” and deliberately excluding her.Insiders revealed the 18-year-old influencer discussed the matter with her father, who agreed to step back to reduce the “noise” surrounding Ms Price’s…
Paul SeddonPolitical reporterRachel Reeves: I don’t think it’s right that a child is penalised for being in a bigger familyRachel Reeves has suggested she favours removing limits on benefits linked to family size at next month’s Budget.The chancellor told the it was not right that children in bigger families were “penalised” through “no fault of their own”.The comments are a sign she could remove the two-child limit on working-age benefits introduced under the Conservatives in 2017.Some Labour MPs have been calling for a full reversal of the policy, amid reports she was considering paring back payments after two children instead.In…
England’s Judd Trump booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Champion of Champions tournament with a 4-1 win over Bai Yulu of China.Reigning women’s world champion Bai, 22, won the opening frame of a first meeting between the players.But men’s world number one Trump held his nerve at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester to win the next two frames.The 36-year-old then found his rhythm with breaks of 84 and 71 to progress to the last eight of the non-ranking invitational tournament.Trump will face another Chinese player in Lei Peifan, ranked 31 in the world, next after he knocked out…
A local authority is set to splash £30,000 on an investigation into a sinkhole that appeared in a publicly owned field almost one year ago. Redcar & Cleveland Council has hired a contractor to carry out inquiries after the mysterious hole was discovered on Eston Recreation Ground in December 2024.It is part of a whopping £150,000 that the authority had earmarked to spend on resolving the situation, including the installation of metal fencing around the sinkhole. The fences replaced temporary barriers after local media reported that a local grandmother, Carol Carne, and her dogs had fallen into the Teesside hole.It…
Meghan Markle’s reason for not wearing a poppy at two high-profile events over the weekend has been revealed, as sources claimed they are difficult to find in America.The Duchess of Sussex sparked outrage online when she attended Jeff Bezos’s mansion on Remembrance weekend without wearing the commemorative poppy on her outfit. Prince Harry was seen wearing a poppy pinned to his tuxedo. He was given one after he donated to the Poppy Appeal during his recent visit to Canada, where he spent time with some of the nation’s oldest veterans.Sources revealed to The Daily Mail that Meghan was unable to…
Rachel Reeves has indicated she is open to removing the two-child benefit cap, saying she does not believe children should be “penalised” for being part of larger families.Her remarks followed comments from former prime minister Gordon Brown, who said he was “confident” the Government would make changes to the policy in the upcoming Budget.The Chancellor has suggested she is open to scrapping the two-child benefit cap during an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live’s Matt Chorley. Rachel Reeves said children should not be penalised because of their family size or their parents’ income.Speaking from Number 11 Downing Street, she stressed…
Comedians Katherine Ryan and Maisie Adam recently prompted fury after labelling David and Victoria Beckham “c***s” on last week’s Have I Got News For You. However, the former seems unperturbed by the outrage.The controversial episode of the BBC panel show aired on Friday, with one segment seeing the group of famous faces discussing the Beckhams.Ms Adam, 31 initially used the expletive while talking about Sir David’s knighthood, which came this year.Ms Ryan then recalled how Mr Beckham had allegedly sent his PR team a stern email in 2023 in which he is believed to have called the honours committee “a…
A second migrant who had been sent from the UK to France under the government’s “one in, one out” deal has returned to the UK, the Home Office has confirmed.The man was detained immediately, having been detected by biometrics, and will be sent back to France “as quickly as possible”, the Home Office has said.The “one in, one out” pilot scheme with France is aimed at deterring migrants from coming to the UK in small boats across the English Channel.Last month, an Iranian man re-entered the UK by small boat one month after being removed to France. He was deported…