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UPDATED 7:32PM, APR 27 2021 Wembley became the new favourite on Tuesday for Saturday's Qipco 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket as bookmakers trimmed the Aidan O'Brien-trained runner into a top-priced 9-2. The Galileo colt ran six times as a juvenile last season, winning a minor event at Roscommon, but finished runner-up at the highest level in the National Stakes and the Dewhurst Stakes on the Rowley Mile. He is among five challengers O'Brien could field in the Classic. Coral made Wembley their 9-2 joint-favourite (from 6-1) for the Guineas alongside Thunder Moon, who is trained by O'Brie...
However, most reports were made within County Down and County Antrim. Dr Jon Lees, Northern Ireland Environment Agency – Wildlife Officer and Chair of the PAW NI Badger Subgroup said, “Around 50 incidents of crime against badgers are reported annually, but as with other wildlife crime we suspect this is not the full picture and many more occurrences may be going unrecorded. “Incidents of badger baiting for ‘sport’ are unfortunately still occurring in across Northern Ireland in the 21st century. “Additionally, willful or careless destruction of sett structures by landow...