Ashlan sets up Chicago trip with Listed success

Alain de Royer-Dupre: could take Ashlan to America   PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)   Report: France, Wednesday Maisons-Laffitte: Prix Matchem (Listed) 1m1f, 3yo colts geldings THE Aga Khan's Ashlan (Alain de Royer-Dupre/Christophe Soumillon) just got the better of longtime leader Inordinate to extend his winning sequence to three and set up a potential trip to America. Soumillon settled the grey son of Dansili at the rear of the six-runner field and came wide and Read more [...]

France: Ashlan sets up Chicago trip with Listed success

Alain de Royer-Dupre: could take Ashlan to America   PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)   Report: France, Wednesday Maisons-Laffitte: Prix Matchem (Listed) 1m1f, 3yo colts geldings THE Aga Khan's Ashlan (Alain de Royer-Dupre/Christophe Soumillon) just got the better of longtime leader Inordinate to extend his winning sequence to three and set up a potential trip to America. Soumillon settled the grey son of Dansili at the rear of the six-runner field and came wide and Read more [...]

SeaEnergy short-listed for innovation award

Innovative provider of solutions to the global energy industry, SeaEnergy (LON:SEA), has been short-listed for a press award. The first Press Journal Gold Awards ceremony will be held this week in Aberdeen, centre of the UK's North Sea oil industry, and SeaEnergy is in the running for the “Innovation in the Future” category. A delighted John Aldersey-Williams, chief executive of SeaEnergy, said: “To have been nominated in this category is particularly important and exciting for us at Read more [...]

Woman horrified after discovering her Facebook photos on Plenty of Fish …

A young woman's Facebook photos were stolen from her account and used on a dating profile that stated 'not looking for anything serious'. Karen Woodley was horrified when her university friend James Chisholm got in touch saying one of his mates had been chatting online to someone who was using two of her photos. In a bizarre coincidence, James' friend mentioned to him that he was going on a date with a girl and showed him the profile on dating website Plenty of Fish. The girl called herself JodieWW Read more [...]

Australia: Koalas to be listed vulnerable across Queensland as numbers plummet

Australia's iconic mascot the koala will be listed as a "vulnerable species" in Queensland state with its numbers dropping by 80% in recent times. The state government has accepted a recommendation by an independent panel of scientists to lift the conservation status of the koala. It will specifically look into potential impacts on koala populations from development and resource projects. The marsupial has lost much Read more [...]