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Porter can floor his rivals in Stayers’ Hurdle Gavin Cromwell won the Champion Hurdle and could win another championship race on Thursday. A LARGE field of 15 is set to line up for Thursday’s highlight, the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (3.05pm), where Paisley Park will bid to join the likes of Big Buck’s, Inglis Drever and Baracouda as dual winners of this race. Emma Lavelle’s stable star won the 2019 renewal impressively but he was a bitter disappointment 12 months ag...

Plans to demolish 116-year-old Oldham mill and replace it with housing estate A developer wants to knock down 16:07, 17 MAR 2021 Updated Vernon Works mill in Royton (Image: Google Maps) A developer has revealed plans to demolish a 116-year-old mill in Oldham and replace it with almost a hundred new homes. Kellen Homes has begun to leaflet residents to get feedback from the local community ahead of submitting a planning application to the council. They are seeking to demolish the Vernon Works m...

EXCLUSIVE: Locals confirmed to Edwin Williams was man who died in Suffolk The former Met Detective Superintendent, in his 70s, found dead by firefighters Locals revealed that he had been involved in a series of disputes with neighbours They said one of the issues was with officials at St Mary the Virgin church nearby Mr Williams had complained he had been reduced to a frazzle by the bell noise Call Samaritans on 116123 or visit local Samaritans branch. www.samaritans.org

After many years of trying Porthleven Town Band now has a permanent home in the centre of the village. The bands board of trustees has today announced the purchase of the Old Sunday School off Chapel Terrace for a band room. In recent years the building has been used a holiday let, but it has now been returned to the community. Trustees David Mitchell, Lynne Lees, Paul Combellack, Justin Uren and Vivian Hendy are said to have "worked tirelessly" to make their vision a reality for the me...

Image: PA Images GORDON ELLIOTT STRENGTHENED his hand in the four-year-old division when Teahupoo stretched his unbeaten record to three in the Norman Colfer Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle at Fairyhouse. Elliott already houses JCB Triumph Hurdle favourite Zanahiyr and the next in the betting Quilixios, and following this performance Betfair cut Teahupoo to 10-1 from 14-1 for Cheltenham. Always handy under Robbie Power, riding in his role as retained jockey for owners Robcour, the 4-9 favourite ne...

THE STANDARD Elijah Kimaiyo and his wife Beatrice Kimaiyo mourn their son Kelvin Kipkoech at Ngobitwa-Chemoset village Uasin Gishu County yesterday. Kipkoechs body was found in Government Quarters Jogoo road in Nairobi on Tuesday. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] A man who was found dead alongside a woman and a child in Government Quarters on Jogoo Road, Nairobi on Tuesday was a seminarian due to graduate as a Catholic priest this year. This came as detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Invest...

By Adam Hughes Rebecca Curtis is delighted with the performance of Lisnagar Oscar, pictured leading at Haycock Park, going into the last hurdle. PEMBROKESHIRE racehorse trainer Rebecca Curtis could take plenty of heart from a strong run by Lisnagar Oscar at Haydock Park - and all roads now lead to the defence of the Stayers Hurdle crown at Cheltenham next month. Lisnagar Oscar, ridden by Sean Bowen of Little Newcastle, at 6-1, was ahea...

); It’s still all systems go for Cheltenham: Elliott unconcerned as Tiger Roll fades in Boyne Hurdle Beacon Edge won today’s Grade 2 feature at Navan. By Press Association Sunday 21 Feb 2021, 4:03 PM Feb 21st 2021, 4:03 PM 2,732 Views 2 Comments Beacon Edge, left, chases down Fury Road to win the Boyne Hurdle. Image: Niall Carson/PA Image:...

IT’S the final big weekend of trials for the Cheltenham Festival, and tomorrow’s cards look hugely competitive — with SONG FOR SOMEONE set to enhance his already solid each-way Champion Hurdle prospects in the Grade Two Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton (3.18). This slick-jumping six-year-old is on a four-timer following three wins at Grade Two level. The last of those was at Cheltenham in the International Hurdle, holding off the subsequent Christmas Hurdle hero Silver Streak under a fabulous...

SPECIALISTS restoring Ribblehead Viaduct have found it needs some extra care to secure its future for passengers and tourists. Network Rail is currently carrying out the upgrading of stone blockwork and drainage as part of a £2.1m investment into the historic structure which carries the picturesque Settle to Carlisle railway 400 metres across the Ribble Valley and close to Whernside. Detailed laser and drone surveys have mapped every inch of the Grade Two star listed viaduct for the firs...