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Three-time champion Stan Mellor, the first jockey to ride 1,000 winners over jumps, has died at the age of 83. Mellor was one of the outstanding riders of his generation, admired as much perhaps for his using his head as his strength and style, and he was champion jockey in successive seasons …

Saturday, August 01, 2020 11:45 a.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters (Reuters) – Three-times champion jockey Stan Mellor – the first to ride 1,000 winners over jumps during a celebrated career – has died aged 83, the British media reported on Saturday. Mellor, the champion jockey between 1959 and 1962, also …

On Thursday, Brits were shocked by the sudden imposition of new lockdown-style restrictions on parts of Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. Locals in those areas, where Covid-19 infection rates were said to be rising too fast, were banned from meeting family or friends indoors or in gardens, while many in other …

Three Coldstream Guards are being questioned by police after becoming embroiled in a fight with royal footmen. The fracas left four of the Queen’s footmen injured with two needing hospital treatment. The Guards, often seen wearing their famous red jackets and bearskin hats, have a special ceremonial role guarding the …

The Great Train Robber and the Colombian drug lord: How Charlie Wilson’s secret pact with notorious cartel boss Pablo Escobar helped get Britain hooked on cocaine A new book explores the less well-known latter half of Charlie Wilson’s career  Wilson, known as one of the Great Train Robbers, had links …

Jeffrey Epstein allegedly forced then-underage Virginia Roberts Giuffre to have sex with Prince Andrew in order to gather incriminating evidence so he could blackmail the British Royal, according to court documents. Court papers released in New York on Thursday allege Epstein trafficked underage girls to the Prince as well as …

A grieving mother has paid tribute to her Royal Navy son who tragically lost his battle to cancer. Mark Richardson, 55, died on July 4 – just one month after getting back ache, the first signal of the deadly disease. Mr Richardson’s heartbroken mum, Patricia, 79, of Sutton, described her …

You could be sitting on hundreds of pounds – and not even know it. An ordinary looking 50p coin sold this week for more than 400 times its face values and the best thing is, there are plenty more where that came from. The Kew Gardens 50 pence piece is …

Just south of the River Avon, a curious sign perches near Bedminster Bridge Roundabout. A mostly unremarkable guidepost gives directions to places including Temple Meads, St Mary Redcliffe and the city centre. But it also points east with an arm which reads: “Too far.” One of the zany relics of …

Britain is reeling from the freezing of lockdown easing with the imposition of new measures across large swathes of the north. People in Greater Manchester, and parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire cannot now meet up with family or friends indoors or in gardens after a surge in cases. …