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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 night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o clock. lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987 piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped ....
0ur diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. with heavy artillery russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that is taking more lives every day. with all this firepower moscow is a debtor steady advancesin firepower moscow is a debtor steady advances in the east. translation: president zelensky has admitted the situation is difficult. president zelensky has admitted the situation is difficult. nowhere has it been harder than in the port city of mariupol and these pictures show it before the wall. this is what it looks like now. but in a bbc interview moscow s emissary here defended the conduct of russian forces. , . , ., ., ., , forces. these are residential areas. these are not forces. these are residential areas. these are not legitimate forces. these are residential areas. these are not legitimate military i these are not legitimate military targets. these are not legitimate military taraets. . ., ., ., targets. there are a lot of register ....
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Despite his personal controversy, his sporting ability beyond dispute. one of the greatestjockeys that racing has ever seen. lester piggott, who s died at the age of 86. heavy fighting is continuing in the luhansk region of eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. moscow says it has taken the town of lyman, a key railway hub. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, said moscow was trying to squeeze out some result for itself in the region. here, russia s ambassador to the uk in an inteview with the bbc has described alleged war crimes by russia in ukraine as a fabrication . ....