Tag: Turns
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Michael Verney: Willie Mullins’ Melbourne Cup dream turns into a nightmare but he’ll be back for more
[ad_1] Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight, with Mark Zahra on board. Willie Mullins’ Vauban and Absurde finished out of the placings. Photo: Reuters This was the one he wanted and he made no bones about saying it, so coming up some way short in the Melbourne Cup will have hurt Willie Mullins. The all-conquering…
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Israel turns northern Gaza into brutal battlefield as death toll soars – Channel 4 News
[ad_1] After a week of heavy fighting Israeli troops have effectively severed Gaza in two. Meanwhile fighters from Hamas, which the UK proscribes as a terrorist organisation, are reported to have pulled back to embed themselves in dense urban areas. Israeli forces have almost completed their encirclement of Gaza City from the north west, the…
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Day at the races turns to chaos with drinks & limbs everywhere as Willie Mullins lands to ready Vauban for Melbourne Cup
[ad_1] A DAY at the races turned to chaos with drinks and limbs everywhere – as Australia got ready for the Melbourne Cup. But even punters there will probably be cheering on Vauban in the big race itself, which will be on at 4am UK time on Tuesday. 5 Racegoers leave Flemington racecourse after Victoria…
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Delhi primary schools shut for 2 days as air quality turns ‘severe’
[ad_1] At least 18 out of 37 monitoring stations in Delhi recorded Air Quality Index (AQI) in the ‘severe’ category. All government and private primary schools in Delhi will remain closed for the next two days in view of rising pollution levels, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced Thursday night. Pollution levels in the national capital…
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Christina Aguilera Turns Back Time in Spot-On Cher Halloween Costume: See Her ‘Burlesque’ Recreation
[ad_1] Tess and Ali body swap! Christina Aguilera is paying homage to her Burlesque co-star Cher with her spot-on Halloween costume. The 42-year-old pop star took to Instagram to share a slew of photos and video of herself dressed as the legendary 77-year-old performer for the holiday. Kicking off the look with a video of…
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Mystery injury turns fatal for Iranian teen not wearing headscarf on subway, says state media
[ad_1] An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago on Tehran’s Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, Iranian state media reported Saturday. The death of Armita Geravand comes after her being in a coma for weeks in Tehran, and the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini that sparked nationwide protests. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency…
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Artist David Shrigley turns 6000 unwanted Da Vinci Code books into George Orwell’s 1984 – Channel 4 News
[ad_1] When the artist David Shrigley discovered that there were so many returned copies of Dan Brown’s thriller the Davinci Code, that an Oxfam shop in Swansea was refusing to accept any more – he set out on a challenge. Mr Shrigley managed to gather about six thousand rejected copies of the Da Vinci Code.…
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EU turns to legal migrants to fill labour shortages
[ad_1] The EU Commission, on Wednesday (12 October), unveiled a “toolbox” for addressing Europe’s demographic changes, after member states, earlier in June, raised concerns about the impact of an ageing population on public finances and labour markets. The toolbox is based on four elements — migration, parents, youth and older people — and includes regulatory…
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Report of men with armour, guns turns out to be film set: B.C. police
[ad_1] Article content A large number of RCMP officers in North Vancouver raced to an underground parking garage Saturday evening after a security guard reported seeing a group of men in body armour carrying rifles. It turned out to be an amateur film set and the guns were fake. Article content Police discovered the men were…
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Fervent Trump ally turns up at DeSantis fundraiser — and raises hell
[ad_1] A passionate supporter of Donald Trump known for her right-wing conspiracy theories and anti-Muslim activism turned up at a fundraiser for rival GOP candidate Ron DeSantis — and launched a verbal assault. Laura Loomer, who was once labeled “mentally unstable and a documented liar” by right-wing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, was filmed shouting through…