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Galopin Des Champs defended the Cheltenham Gold Cup to crown a historic week for trainer Willie Mullins. The 10-11 favourite, ridden by Paul Townend, won in style from Gerri Colombe with Corach Rambler third.It was a fourth Gold Cup victory in six years for Mullins, who reached 100 Cheltenham Festival wins on Wednesday.In the race’s…

Image source, ReutersBy Samantha GranvilleBBC News, Los AngelesUS presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced Silicon Valley lawyer and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. Ms Shanahan, 38, the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has never before run for political office.Mr Kennedy, an environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist and scion of America’s most…

Image source, Keith Bernstein/NetflixImage caption, Dominic West played Prince Charles in The Crown’s last two seasons, with Elizabeth Debicki as Princess DianaBy Yasmin Rufo & Ian YoungsBBC NewsThe final season of Netflix’s The Crown leads this year’s Bafta TV Award nominations, despite controversy over its depiction of the Royal Family.The sixth season of the royal…

Neah Evans leaves no room for doubt when asked what she hopes to achieve at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. “A gold medal would be my target,” the Team GB cyclist says matter of factly.Three years ago, in the Covid-afflicted Toyko Games, the Scot claimed silver in the team pursuit. Far from sating…

Olympic gold medallist Kathleen Dawson says she is determined to shake off an injury-hit three years and make the Paris Games this summer.Dawson, 26, was part of the mixed 4x100m medley relay team that stormed to gold in Tokyo three years ago.Since then the Scot has had to recover from sciatica caused by a bulging…

Image source, Getty ImagesBy Nick TriggleHealth correspondentPublic satisfaction with the NHS has dropped again, setting a new low recorded by the long-running British Social Attitudes survey.Just 24% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2023, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns.That is five percentage points down on last year and a…

Image source, World Gold CouncilImage caption, India has thousands of workshops which melt down goldRefining gold has a long history in the family of Satish Pratap Salunke.Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, he and his business collect scrap gold from jewellers, melt it down and sell it back to the jewellers in…

Image caption, Queen Camilla with the winners and celebrity readers at a presentation for the BBC’s 500 Words competitionQueen Camilla has praised a group of young prize-winning writers for their talents as she announced the winners of the BBC’s 500 Words competition.The contest had been on hiatus for three years and 44,000 entries were sent…

Climbing is still relatively new to the Olympic Games, but one teenager hopes to be the first to bring home the gold for Team GB this summer in Paris.Toby Roberts, 18, from Elstead, Surrey, has been training at the Parthian Climbing Centre in Wandsworth, south-west London, on The Titan, an exact replica of the bouldering…

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Adidas has supplied the kit for the German national team for more than 70 yearsBy Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsThe German Football Association’s (DFB) decision to switch the supplier of the national team’s kit away from Adidas has been blasted by politicians.The contract will pass from the German company to…