Trainer Willie Mullins bagged his 100th Cheltenham Festival winner with Jasmin De Vaux claiming the Champion Bumper in the final race of Style Wednesday. The second day of the Festival …
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Irish raider Kayf looks the Answer in Festival finale
LOOKING at the remainder of the action on Friday and the form of the Nicky Henderson stable is a huge worry for backers of Sir Gino in the Triumph Hurdle …
Rambler won’t leave you lost in superb Gold Cup
AS SHOULD be the case with the showcase event in National Hunt racing, this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup (Friday, 3.30pm) is undoubtably the race of the meeting and probably the …
Lloyds to sell £6bn of Scottish Widows bulk annuities to Rothesay
Lloyds Banking group will sell a £6bn bulk annuity portfolio from its Scottish Widows business to pensions insurance specialist Rothesay. The companies said in a joint statement that the portfolio …
Bonus points create positive rugby, Six Nations chief exists
Six Nations chief executive Tom Harrison has defended the use of bonus points ahead of Super Saturday dispute a possible scenario occurring where England win more matches than Ireland but …
Hunt doubles down on ‘long term ambition’ to abolish National Insurance
Jeremy Hunt today doubled down on his “long term ambition” to abolish employee National Insurance, but economists are doubtful that the measure will ever be implemented. The Chancellor reduced National …
Legal and General hits out at Apple’s plan to keep AI use secret
Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) has announced it will vote against Apple’s plan to keep the way it uses artificial intelligence (AI) secret at the tech giant’s upcoming Annual …
How community groups are making the city greener
London has amazing parks, but community gardens are just as important for recreation, wellbeing and climate resilience. Jamie Quinn explains how you can get involved… Green spaces in the City …
Football regulator must be radical not ‘damp squib’, warns former FA chief Bernstein
The former chairman of the Football Association, David Bernstein, has warned that the government will “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory” if it waters down plans for a regulator. …
Forget saving for a mortgage, one in ten renters still rely on food banks
A survey of tenants has found that one in ten rely on support from food banks, while only nine per cent would describe themselves as financially comfortable. Nearly half say …