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The Lennox Stakes has often been won by a seven-furlong specialist with a high cruising speed and turn of foot who tends to struggle once elevated to Group 1 company. That final point has applied much less since the significant cash injection to the race’s prize-money, and dual Group 1 winner Kinross seeks to land this £180,000 prize for a …

Reeves says winter fuel payments to be restricted to poorer pensioners Reeves says pensioners not in receipt of pension credit will no longer get the winter fuel payment. That means it will only go to poorer pensioners. She says this is not a decision she wanted or expected to make. But this is an urgent decision she has to make. …

The stress of bereavement may accelerate the ageing process, according to researchers who found evidence that losing a loved one early in life had an impact long before people reach middle age.Scientists spotted biological markers of faster ageing in people who had lost a parent, partner, sibling or child, but the signs were absent in others who had not experienced …

For the best part of two ­decades, Rafael Nadal has dominated the courts of Roland Garros like no tennis player has at any other tournament in the history of the sport. He has won the French Open 14 times, triumphing in 112 of his first 115 matches there. During certain periods, Nadal on Court Philippe-Chatrier has felt like the closest …

Max MiechowskiBritish windsurfers, sailors and rowers have been helping in the fight against invasive species – showing big sporting events like the Olympics can leave a legacy of biodiversity.Pumping the sail to gain speed, windsurfer Alice Read lifts out of the water and glides across the sparkling blue of Portland Harbour. The only sounds are the wind and the quiet …

Katie Price to be arrested over court hearings (Picture: PA)A warrant for the arrest of Katie Price has been issued by a judge after she failed to attend court hearings over her bankruptcy case. The judge said the warrant was not issued ‘lightly’ but Price had offered only ‘piecemeal co-operation’ to the courts. Judge Catherine Burton added she had failed …

Donald Trump promised thousands of bitcoin enthusiasts at the weekend that as president he would make America “the bitcoin superpower of the world”, winning him widespread support within a market resentful of regulatory scrutiny. “My job will be to set you free,” said Trump. With an enthusiastically pro-crypto speech on Saturday, the former president sought to deepen his ties to …

EXCLUSIVE: Sigourney Weaver will make her West End stage debut as storm-creating sorcerer Prospero in The Tempest and Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will play sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing when director Jamie Lloyd returns Shakespeare early this winter to the historic Theatre Royal Drury Lane, a landmark venue in Covent Garden owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Weaver, star …

A third child has died, and five remain in a critical condition, after an attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. Eleven children and two adults were stabbed in what police described as a “ferocious attack” in a studio on Hart Street on Monday morning, 10 minutes before the class was due to end. In an update on …