Gary Stevens returned after seven years out to ride Oxbow to Preakness Stakes win

Frankie Dettori may remain in bureaucratic limbo, instead of ending his ban at Leicester this evening, but it was a weekend of inspiring comebacks all the same.

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Racing: Adair entered for the Derby

THE EX-AMERICAN colt Adair is to be entered in the Derby, Godolphin confirmed yesterday. Sheikh Mohammed's organisation already have the Kentucky Derby hope Aljabr in the Epsom Classic, for which there were 143 acceptors after the first forfeit stage yesterday.

Film: Tasteful, all too tasteful

The Big Picture; BELOVED (15) DIRECTOR: JONATHAN DEMME STARRING: OPRAH WINFREY, DANNY GLOVER, THANDIE NEWTON, KIMBERLEY ELISE 171 MINUTES

Racing: Bionic weak in betting for Guineas

OPPOSITION TO Bionic, initially made favourite for the 1,000 Guineas after the death of Bint Allayl, has resulted in William Hill pushing the Henry Cecil-trained filly out to 9-1 from 6-1 for the first fillies' Classic.

Art: Trust her, it's important

Who needs hype? Barbara Kingsolver's novels become best-sellers by the back door.

Racing: Favourite Aljabr is doubtful for 2,000

ALJABR, THE 2,000 Guineas favourite, may miss the race on 1 May at Newmarket and instead tackle the Kentucky Derby on dirt at Churchill Downs the same day.

pounds 12m for four sacked staff

A JURY has awarded $20m (pounds 12m) to four former employees of a Wal-Mart store in Kentucky after deciding that the company unfairly fired them for eating damaged nuts and confectionery.

Racing: New career beckons for Cigar

THE SECOND most famous cigar in America, the racehorse of that name, could soon be back on the track, but not to race.

Embryos for sale at pounds 300 on the internet

AN INTERNET site is advising childless couples to take advantage of $500 (pounds 300) "embryo adoption" procedures as a money-saving alternative to other fertility treatments. The advice has been denounced as "scandalous" by one of the world's leading fertility experts.

Racing: Cauthen finds bluegrass is greener

Horse racing: The former champion jockey from Kentucky has no regrets about rejecting Britain and the bottle

Arts: Uncle Tom Cobley and all

So British popular music began in the Sixties, did it? Of course not. A new CD survey of original folk recordings shows today's pop groups a thing or two about musical grit.

Thatcher to mums: go into a nunnery

BARONESS THATCHER pro- voked outrage last night when she said that single mothers and their children should be denied benefits and placed in the care of religious organisations.

Huck revisited

The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by Jane Smiley Flamingo pounds 17.99

Face transplants 'within five years'

FACE TRANSPLANTS could be technically possible within five years, a leading American plastic surgeon has predicted, a week after surgeons in France transplanted a hand.

Rival hand surgeon angry over transplant

CLINT HALLAM, the New Zealander who was given another person's hand in a pioneering operation in France last week, should not have been sitting in a hospital bed last Friday. He was supposed to be in New York, talking to a surgeon about the possibility of having a hand transplant from an American team.
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Newly unearthed papers reveal a shocking extra dimension to the constitutional crisis over monarch’s abdication
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Sent down at the Old Bailey

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Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy  – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness
British football scores an own goal

British football scores an own goal

Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff
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Dylan Hartley: Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong

Dylan Hartley talks tough

Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls 'Intimate Encounters' option to ward off sleazy men

Plenty of sleaze

Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

The Freemasons’ Code

Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’: Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar

How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

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Why clubs are keen to take a stand

Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death