Hong Kong Racing Tips: Spicy could be So Good at Happy Valley April 20, 2021 LOCAL bettors will be whetting their lips with anticipation when they see the combination of Danny Shum and Zac Purton represented by SPICY SO GOOD in the Pedder Handicap (2:45pm) over five furlongs. Shum and Purton have been one of the dominant partnerships this season with a 25 per cent win strike-rate, one of the [...]
Rail union gears up for strike action amid fears of 10,000 job cuts April 19, 2021 The UK’s rail union is preparing for industrial action over fears that thousands of rail workers lose their jobs in the coming months. The RMT said that Network Rail had made plans that would result in “thousands of job losses by this September and a wholescale dilution of safety standards, including a halving the frequency [...]
CBI: There can be no true economic recovery until travel reopens April 1, 2021 Reigniting the UK economy will be a complex task. While vaccine rollout has increased optimism for a rapid recovery, plenty of hurdles remain. Business confidence must be renewed, consumer freedoms restored, and connections rebuilt between companies, cities and nations if we are to regain lost ground. Indeed, it is this idea of repairing connections which [...]
Transport for London to face funding squeeze as journey numbers will ‘never hit pre-Covid peak’ March 29, 2021 Transport for London to face funding squeeze as journey numbers will never hit pre-Covid peak
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Farshad with critical inside draw March 23, 2021 WITH the action taking place on the infamous C+3 track at Happy Valley on Wednesday, FARSHAD is a sporting bet to follow up his recent course and distance win with the inside draw a massive bonus. Past records show that when racing takes place on this track, which only measures 23.5 meters in width, being [...]
A London High Line: A New York-style makeover could help the capital thrive post-Covid March 14, 2021 The familiarity of empty streets as a result of lockdown has drawn attention to the reality that after more than a year of living with COVID, London urgently needs to be revitalised. So the news that Camden and King’s Cross is to receive a New York City-style makeover – with a section of disused railway [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Frankie Lor’s belated birthday celebrations ready to Peak February 16, 2021 ANTICIPATE trainer Frankie Lor celebrating a belated birthday present when he saddles improving PEAK TO PEAK in the Mut Wah Handicap (12.15pm) over six surlongs. Lor’s birthday coincided with the Chinese New Year racing at Sha Tin on Sunday, but the former assistant to John Size had to make do with his performer Right Choice finishing runner-up [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Shum and Purton set to Star February 9, 2021 TRAINER Danny Shum’s stable are continuing to churn out winners at regular intervals. Records show the stable hit the bullseye five times, with nine places, from just 32 runners in the past fortnight. Statistics read even better when reigning champion jockey Zac Purton climbs aboard Shum’s gallopers. The Australian has ridden four winners from his [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Kinda Cool banker material in Valley sprint December 1, 2020 IT LOOKS as if the gods of fortune have finally smiled on the Frankie Lor-trained KINDA COOL who rates the best bet of the meeting at Happy Valley on Wednesday. All the stars are aligned in favour for this New Zealand bred four-year-old who finally gets the all-important inside draw number in the Gloucester Handicap (1.15pm) over [...]
Local Tories urge Grant Shapps to save ‘vital’ Bakerloo Line extension July 28, 2020 Conservative councillors have urged transport secretary Grant Shapps to guarantee the future of long-awaited Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham after it was thrown into doubt. Transport for London (TfL) warned last week that the Bakerloo Line extension may “be unable to progress” unless a new funding model is agreed. It is one of four major [...]