Champion jockey Lester Piggott, 84, puts 70 trophies from his 4,493 career wins up for auction to raise £80,000 to fund his retirement Lester Piggott, 84, has put 70 trophies and personal items up for auction Auctioneer Graham Budd said Mr Piggott was having a major clear out His 1957 and 1960 Epsom Derby winner’s … Read more
The Jockey Club’s group chief executive stepped down after making comments about the Black Lives Matter movement and sharing a meme about Britain’s Got Talent singer Susan Boyle, sources said. Delia Bushell, 48, tendered her resignation on Sunday after independent barrister Jack Mitchell found evidence to support a number of the allegations of misconduct against her – … Read more
Jockey Club chief executive slams ‘deeply unpleasant stitch-up’ as she quite horseracing organisation amid claims of bullying and racism Delia Bushell, 48, tendered her resignation last night amid bullying allegations Independent barrister found she had a case to answer for gross misconduct It was found to be ‘untenable’ for the former BT Sport and Sky … Read more
Public Health England was axed today after a series of failings during the coronavirus crisis – but the woman to be handed the reigns of its replacement is a Tory peer with no scientific background whose husband called for PHE to be abolished. Questions are being raised over the appointment of Baroness Dido Harding as … Read more
Baroness Dido Harding, the former horse jockey who runs the NHS’s disastrous Test and Trace scheme, is to be handed the reigns of Public Health England’s replacement. The 52-year-old is set to be announced today as the head of the Government’s new Institute for Health Protection. Baroness Harding, former chief executive of TalkTalk, was appointed in … Read more
Jockey Liam Treadwell – who shocked the world with his sensational Grand National win on 100/1 outsider Mon Mome in 2009 – is found dead aged 34 Jockey Liam Treadwell, who won the 2009 Grand National, has died aged 34 Trainer Alastair Ralph described the death on Tuesday as ‘unbelievably sad’ Tributes have poured in … Read more
The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80 million cyber attack in 2015, will lead the UK’s test and trace scheme to tackle the coronavirus, set to launch tomorrow. Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe, 53, was raised on a Somerset pig farm … Read more
The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80 million cyber attack in 2015, will lead the UK’s test and trace scheme to tackle the coronavirus, set to launch tomorrow. Baroness Dido Harding, 53, was raised on a Somerset pig farm and is the … Read more
Former jump jockey Richard Pitman would abolish income tax if he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Pitman rode 470 winners in his career, but was famously beaten into second place in the 1973 Grand National on board Crisp by Red Rum, three-time winner of the Aintree race. He reveals he could earn the equivalent of … Read more