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few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it's pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at n...

that evening, welcome to bbc news. culture secretary nadine dorries has called on european football's governing body uefa to "launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why" after chaotic scenes at last night's champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tear gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was "deeply concerning". the mayor of liverpool — who was at the game — described the police actions as brutal and ...

children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time — lester piggott — has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance — directed at russia — president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situatio...

6 00 a. M. , sun is not up yet but you are watching the largest Healthcare Strike in American History and it is the third and final day today. You got 75,000 workers striking against Kaiser Permanente, protesting over wages and staff shortages. No signs of a deal between the two sides so well watch that and bring you updates as we get them this morning. We have a lot of backlash now at the border, america. President biden defending his decision to build more wall and the white house messaging is all over the place as we say hello on a friday. You have almost made it, america. Dana is off today...

Premier league, for the other set its a wretched way to end the it's a wretched way to end the season. it's cruel but it's always exciting. it season. it's cruel but it's always excitina. . legendaryjockey lester piggott, who won the derby a record nine times, has died aged 86. he won 30 british classic races in a career which yielded 4,493 winners. he also had 116 royal ascot victories and was named championjockey 11 times between 1960 and 1982. piggott, who was partially deaf, won the derby at epsom for the first time in 1954 aboard never say die. his ninth win came on teenoso in 1983. the r...