Football Betting Tips: Expect United and Chelsea to continue their failure to fire April 25, 2019 LIVERPOOL fans were worried Manchester United’s players wouldn’t play to their best ability against Manchester City on Wednesday night in a bid to stop their fierce rivals winning the title. But that couldn’t have been further from the truth, with a determined United side getting stuck in early on at Old Trafford and the fans [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Man to give Frost an end of season Present April 25, 2019 AS WE draw the curtain on another National Hunt season, there have been a number of memorable moments. One of those was certainly Altior’s world record-equalling 18th straight win in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. Nicky Henderson’s superstar is a once in a lifetime horse and we are lucky to have [...]
Horse Racing: David Pipe’s Column April 25, 2019 THIS season comes to an end at Sandown tomorrow where I'm hoping for a bit more rain for RATHLIN ROSE in the bet365 Gold Cup (3.35pm). There is bits and bobs forecast, but whether that's a sufficient amount to help him enough remains to be seen. He actually ran a good deal better than his [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Bangkok set to pass Classic Trial April 25, 2019 IN JUST over a month’s time, the very best of this season’s three-year-old crop will assemble on Epsom Downs for the Investec Derby. Late April is therefore a time for sorting the wheat from the chaff and this afternoon’s 1m2f bet365 Classic Trial (3.00pm) may provide us with some further Derby clues. Granted, this race [...]
Ollie Phillips: Newcastle face do or die fixture against Northampton in bid to beat the Premiership drop April 25, 2019 What a difference a year makes. Last season Newcastle were toasting a Premiership semi-final place; this time they are staring down the barrel of relegation. It has reached do or die time for the Falcons, who are bottom of the table, seven points behind 11th-placed Worcester with just three matches remaining. Newcastle still have their [...]
The Huawei 5G partnership is a threat to the UK’s national security April 25, 2019 Imagine if you were told that your new home internet network was going to be part built and maintained by a company alleged to have links to some of the most prolific identity thieves in your area. In all likelihood, you would change your provider. Yet that is precisely the course of action the British [...]
DEBATE: Is the uproar over Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK in June unwarranted? April 25, 2019 Is the uproar over Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK in June unwarranted? Freddie Jordan, a freelance writer, says YES. President Trump’s visit has unleashed the same public mania as would Lord Voldemort’s. He may be unctuous, and some might prefer to watch his comedy of errors play out from afar, but to throw a childish [...]
We’re calling on British business to step up in the global fight against Malaria April 25, 2019 Today is World Malaria Day, a time to take stock of what we have achieved in the fight against this disease, and what more we all can do. In 2017 alone, malaria – a disease that is both treatable and preventable – killed 435,000 people worldwide. Nearly half of the world’s population was at risk, and [...]
Labour’s top Trotskyites want to crash the economy and spark a revolution April 25, 2019 In the wake of the political chaos, with the government fixated on Brexit, there is a credible threat of two Trotskyite Marxists becoming Prime Minister and chancellor. While the likelihood of a General Election this year remains low, it cannot be ruled out. This means that there is no greater task for the government at [...]
Chris Tremlett: England’s bowlers are beginning to feel the pressure with World Cup edging closer April 24, 2019 Having watched England push the boundaries of one-day cricket over the past four years it’s clear to me just how much the format has changed since I retired. I used to bowl pretty much the same way with the red ball and the white ball. Like most seamers I tried to hit the classic Glenn [...]