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THE WEEK THAT WAS: Theres always one... 2024-01-05

Baroness Harding of Winscombe, the former chief executive of TalkTalk, is poised to saddle up as the first woman to become senior steward of the Jockey Club in its 273-year history.

Constitution Hill is hailed as the "horse of a generation" after his breathtaking Champion Hurdle victory at Cheltenham.

The first six races at Cheltenham on Gold Cup day are put under the microscope as we share our suggested Tote Placepot perm

Donn McClean takes a look at the contenders for the Gold Cup, three weeks out from the Cheltenham festival.

Failing upwards is often used to explain the inexorable rise of Dido Harding, who Boris Johnson hired last year to create and run Britains supposedly world-beating Test and Trace scheme.

Rohingya. hundreds of thousands have fled to neighboring bangladesh just since august, crowding refugee camps. theyre homeless and desperate. our clarissa ward spoke to many who are risking everything to escape. >> reporter: at first light, can you see them, dotted along the coastal road, homeless, stateless, huddled in the cool dawn. they are known as the most persecuted minority in the world. the distance they have come is not far, but the journey is long. for many, it begins on this river. th...

The cool dawn. theyre known as the most persecut persecuted minority in the world. the distance they have come is not farabee the journey is long. for many it begins on this river, thats myanmar on the other side. every day, hundreds of them try to cross it to safety. so we can see now coming towards the shore, one, two, three, four, five, six different rats. all of them have at least 20 to 30 people on them. crudely made of plastic and bamboo and laidened with whatever belongings that could be ...

>> were deeply concerned about credible reports of widespread atrocities committed by myanmars security forces and by vigilantes who are unrestrained by the security forces during the recent violence in rakhine state. were also distressed by the fact that hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have been forced to flee to bangladesh. >> no matter what you label the situation, the fact is a religious minority is being targeted in their homeland of myanmar. they are homeless, they are des...