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A pizza shop owner has won a lucrative greyhound race Jihad Talgi’s dog, Schillaci, finished first on Saturday The greyhound trainer was emotional after the race By Ollie Lewis For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:11 EST, 18 December 2023 | Updated: 08:11 EST, 18 December 2023 A pizza shop owner from Melbourne has become a millionaire overnight after his rank outsider greyhound won the world’s richest race.Jihad Talgi runs Uncle Drews Pizza in Carrum Downs by day but he has long held a passion for greyhound training.After many false dawns the father of three has finally hit the jackpot in some style, with…

The fugitive mother of abducted British teenager Alex Batty is a conspiracy theorist who wanted to set up a ‘spiritual community’ in the south of France, MailOnline has learned.As Interpol joined the hunt for Melanie Batty, a friend told how the mother lived in an American-style caravan at a campsite in the remote Ariege region close to where her son was picked up by a lorry driver in the dead of night last week. She is since believed to have travelled to Finland.French police said the 17-year-old made the decision to flee the ‘spiritual community’ after his mother made plans to…

By Jessica Clark Updated: 16:50 EST, 17 December 2023 The world’s biggest unicorn companies have suffered an £8billion slump in value this year, with retailers seeing the biggest drops as households struggled with the cost-of-living crisis.Research showed the total value of the top 100 unicorn firms – which are private companies with a valuation of at least $1billion (£800m) – dropped 1 per cent in the 12 months to September 2023. There was a 30 per cent increase in value in the previous year.In Europe and the rest of the world, valuations tumbled £70billion, or 18 per cent, during 2023.Fashion…

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By Francesca Washtell Updated: 16:52 EST, 16 December 2023 The publisher of literary greats including WH Auden and James Joyce saw its profits halve last year.Faber made £1.2 million in the year ending March 2023, down from £2.4 million previously.Administrative costs rose substantially because the independent publishing house moved offices. ‘Excellent’ year: Administrative costs rose substantially because Faber moved officesBut chief executive Mary Cannam said it had still been an ‘excellent’ year as sales hit £25.4 million – although this was lower than the record £28 million previously.Faber’s bestselling titles this year have included the Pulitzer Prize-winning Demon Copperhead by…

Casey O’Neill was just eight-years-old when her family traded the blustery beaches of North Ayrshire for a life walking silkier sands on Australia’s Gold Coast.Now 26, the Irvine-born kickboxer has another brawl to contend with as her lingering Scottish accent tries to wrestle its way through in every word she speaks.Her fighting craft was formed and honed in Thailand – and has seen her rise up UFC’s flyweight ranks where she currently occupies 12th position – but it was in Scotland where Casey’s love for martial arts was born, initially following in her father’s footsteps. ‘When my dad went kickboxing…

Autumn statement did little for savers and entrepreneursChancellor could re-ignite City by reversing changes in capital gains tax break Jeremy Hunt should remember damage done to investment by Labour in 1997By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 16:54 EST, 15 December 2023 Under pressure: Chancellor Jeremy HuntKilljoys at the Bank of England are in danger of smothering the optimism of consumers and business about UK prospects.One fully understands that the interest rate setting Monetary Policy Committee wants to banish the lurgy of inflation. But it would be a dreadful shame if Britain is plunged into unnecessary recession.Chancellor Jeremy Hunt began…

The British boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his mother and grandfather to live in a ‘spiritual commune’ has spent the last six years travelling from house-to-house with his ‘solar panel obsessed’ family while foraging for food, it was revealed today. Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017. Alex, now 17, has spent the last two years living in a ‘spiritual community’ in the foothills of the French Pyrenees with his mother and grandfather and a changing…

By Will Stewart Published: 08:35 EST, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 12:31 EST, 15 December 2023 Advertisement This is the appalling moment a local politician let off three grenades in a village council meeting in Ukraine.The man, named as council representative Serhiy Batrin, 54, is seen entering the meeting late and standing by the door during a heated discussion at the session in Keretsk, in the Zakarpattia region.He is seen taking two grenades from his pocket as he begins talking, appearing irate. Holding a grenade in each hand, he then asks ‘may I’, before tossing them on the floor close to him and…

Lance Armstrong won a record seven Tour de France titles from 1999-2005The American admitted to doping allegations in 2013 after a second retirement He explained that he had passed over ‘500’ tests throughout his cycling career By Dominic Hogan For Mailonline Published: 07:15 EST, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 07:31 EST, 15 December 2023 Lance Armstrong has opened up on just how he managed to escape detection as a drugs cheat after taking ‘undetectable’ substances for years. Armstrong was previously regarded as perhaps the greatest ever road cyclist in the history of the sport, dominating the Tour de France from 199-2005 winning an…