Solo is 3-1 favourite for the Triumph Hurdle after sweeping to a 13-length demolition job from Fujimoto Flyer in the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton for trainer Paul Nicholls and jockey Harry Cobden.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: ITV are in danger of losing the live rights to televise horse racing as the broadcaster are refusing to guarantee will be shown on their main channel.

Honeysuckle got the better of Benie Des Dieux in an titanic tussle for the David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham. The horse ridden by Rachel Blackmore won by half a length to the favourite.

The reality star, 30, oozed sophistication in the look which she teamed with a matching pearl-studded fascinator as she arrived for the first day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday.

Up to 70,000 spectators (pictured, packed stands today) are expected to attend the first day of the annual horse racing festival with fans travelling from across Britain to the Gloucestershire course.

Willie Mullins' charge was set to clash with main market rival Defi Du Seuil in Wednesday's two-mile Grade One feature, but has been withdrawn with a vets certificate.

The 28-year-old looked sensational when she stepped out on Saturday night for a date night with her beau who is back in London.

On Tuesday, just days after the Cheltenham Festival had reached a conclusion, it was announced there will be no more racing in Britain until at least the beginning of May.

The Little Mix star, 28, took to Instagram on Wednesday night to admit that she doesn't have abs and that her taut torso is created by 'breathing in'.

SPORTS AGENDA: It would appear to have been a week of cock-ups by sporting authorities. UEFA sent out a tweet announcing that it would still be 'Euro 2020' next year, before backtracking. 

Trainer Nicky Henderson is formulating a plan to send Champ back to jumping school with former trainer Henrietta Knight ahead of a potential shot at the biggest jumps prizes next season.

Cheltenham Festival went ahead two weeks before the lockdown, but there was a debate at the time if it should be scrapped after other sporting events were called off.

The former Made In Chelsea star, 25, looked summery as she soaked up the spring sunshine in a white cropped crochet cardigan.

IAN HERBERT: Looking back now, those last few innocent days in the Cotswolds seem extraordinary - faintly comical you might even say, were it not for the gravity of all that followed.

David Hunter, professor of population health at Oxford, condemned the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' attitude among ministers, while scientists have repeatedly pressed the 'panic button'.

My partner's father died in South Africa and his girlfriend has cut all ties with us after the funeral. We think she may have made of with the inheritance - what can we do?

My 22-year-old son graduated university last July and recently received his loan statement through the post. If I pay off the debt and he instead owes me the money what route could I go down?

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) claims that I have received untaxed interest of £2,640 from Secure Trust Bank and owe £300 income tax.

My Tesco credit card has been blocked since January. I am a deaf lip-reader so cannot contact the bank by phone. I wrote asking if we could communicate by different means but was refused.

Labour promises, such as free broadband and a pensions bailout for women born in the Fifties would eviscerate public finances, destroy our credit rating and lead to a run on the pound.

It was a pretty good 2019 for most equity investors, unless you were unlucky enough to be caught up in the Woodford quagmire.

My partner and I booked a short break in New York to celebrate my 50th birthday. At the beginning of August, my son was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma blood cancer.

I am a shared ownership resident in a London block of flats who recently tried to staircase my mortgage. However, the lender was worried my balcony might be flammable. Now I can't remortgage.

I was listening to music on my Spotify account when I found it had been taken over by someone else and I couldn't listen to my own music. How was someone able to get access to my account?

Six years ago due to a situation which led to an untenable dispute with an aggressive neighbour my husband and I became what is broadly termed as accidental landlords.

I have an annual train season ticket which cost just over £5,000. However, I now have to work from home until June 2020. Can I get a refund or delay the ticket until I am back to work?

I received two texts from PayPal in the early hours of August 6 about a suspicious transaction. It was for £170.94 to a company called Zalando SE. I replied at 10.21am to say it was unauthorised.

My wife and I received a message from our bank saying there had been an 'unusual' request for payment on our account and it had declined to pay it. The payment was to Morrisons.

My son has been laid off due to the coronavirus, so he contacted Suzuki Finance to arrange a one-month payment holiday. It agreed to this, but said it will charge him £51 for this month.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DANIEL MATTHEWS: He won Britain's first ever super-heavyweight gold but his pro career would become synonymous with ridicule and potential unfulfilled.

Fans of the BBC hit drama Killing Eve have been thrilled to spot so many filming locations they recognise from suburban London neighbourhoods in the programme.

Families without a TV licence said they cannot access some of the BBC Bitesize Daily's video content, which is available each week day on BBC iPlayer and via the red button at 9am.

Postman Darrell Gilmour, 56, from Sheffield, was baffled at first when he saw the vague address along with a rambling description of the intended recipient, David Easson.

Producers at BBC Breakfast worked alongside Buckingham Palace to organise the celebrations to mark the war hero's big day on Thursday.

Louis Theroux, 49, has revealed he continues to feel 'a bit of rivalry' with journalist Jon Ronson in his BBC Radio 4 Podcast, Grounded with Louis Theroux.

The professional dancer, 37, revealed on his podcast that Strictly Come Dancing bosses refused to allow him to dress as Edward Scissorhands for the Halloween specials.

It was confirmed by the BBC on Tuesday that the dance competition show would not return,  after it was reported that it had been dropped by the channel following dwindling ratings.

Sam, 25, and partner Jordan, featured in last night's episode of BBC 1's Life and Birth. Viewers were left emotional after the first-time father vowed to love his 'perfect' son for the 'rest of his life.'

Speaking to Tamzin Outhwaite about a new menopause drama, the Radio 2 Breakfast star listed the symptoms the menopause is throwing at her, including 'rage, sobbing, heat and anxiety.'

Strictly Come Dancing may go ahead this autumn without its usual studio audience cheering on the performers.

Sarah Jayne Rook, 43, fired her lawyer Theresa Gerald on Friday after claiming she has been 'heavily intimidated'. She plans to represent herself and said her family have received death threats.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: The board want youth, Zidane wants French stars and fans want a return to signing most expensive players. Sportsmail asks what Zidane will be allowed to build next term.

Speaking to BBC World Service's Witness History, Count Bernadotte's youngest son, Bertil Bernadotte, told how he first learned of his father's death while listening to the radio at the age of 12.

An astonishing four-minute 'soundscape', compiled from the archives of the Imperial War Museums, will be available for us all to listen to on the VE Day Bank Holiday.

TALK OF THE TOWN: Eleanor Tomlinson, who played flame-haired Demelza in Poldark, has revealed KFC is her late-night choice of takeaway, rating it superior to one high-street rival.

The show, which is based on Sally Rooney's best-selling second novel, follows troubled lovers Connell and Marianne from their school days in Sligo to university at Trinity College Dublin.

Don't the older generation realise that the enforced coronavirus lockdown is proof that the elderly are valued, that the nation is trying to protect us and keep us safe, ESTHER RANTZEN, 79, writes.

Britt Ekland, now 77, was married to British comic actor Peter Sellers from 1964 to 1968. She's spoken candidly for the first time about their fights and his controlling ways in a new BBC documentary.

Tim Richards, chief executive of the Vue Cinemas chain, said he is 'hopeful' that cinemas can be open in time for the release date of Nolan's new film, Tenet, on July 17.

Antonia Staats, 38, joked to neighbours in her affluent area of south-west London about her wealthy family's 'middle class problems' like 'sharing chores' and losing their au pair and cleaner.