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I’ve always been able to look up a horses form and then check to see if they’ve been entered for any races, but tried to do this today and it said I couldn’t access race entries. Is this new?

Given that my old Yaris is still going strong can I still get a satnav that would plug into the cigarette lighter? I tend not to go anywhere these days as the old sat nav stopped working years ago.

Disappeared into the time tunnel that is utube the other night when someone on Facebook posted a link to a documentary about Pentangle. Hadn’t realised that they were heavy drinkers and used to leave Jackie on stage singing solo while they nipped to the bar. She used to worry that they wouldn’t...

I haven’t watched it yet but I know I’m going to like it. I caught the tail end of it on Film4 last night and was really disappointed that I’d missed it. An Australian comedy ( I love Australian films) starring Sam Neil( I love Sam Neil) and a load of sheep ( I love sheep: my favourite breed...

I keep getting posts on Facebook about an American company that supplies nurse mares for orphan foals. The stories are very heartwarming given the tragedy that would have unfolded before the orphan met its new mum. However, not knowing anything about the subject I keep wondering it it’s a bit...

Took the car for its MOT today and it passed. However I was given a list of things that will need doing asap due to it being quite old and, like its owner, suffering from old age wear and tear. Will cost nearly £2,000 to fix.Car isn’t even worth that now but it’s a nice little Yaris with hardly...

Had a Humax recorder installed a few months ago because I was having trouble with my TalkTalk tv box. However I went away for a few weeks and when I got home it wasn’t working. A tv engineer came out and reinstalled it but, a few weeks later and it’s happened again. Does anyone know if this is a...

Great War Horses; the story of the Australian Light Horse Regiment. On at 9 o'clock. Unfortunately I'm having to watch 5 episodes of Game of Thrones at my daughters before all the spoilers that are everywhere ruin it for me but I'm hoping to watch this on catchup. Unlike a lot of BBC4 programmes...

If anyone is planning to see the film, or has already seen it, there's a documentary on C4 iplayer called Dunkirk; The New Evidence. It's about the role the RAF played in the evacuation. It's only on catchup for a couple more days but I've found it absolutely fascinating, if only to see all the...

Was on BBC last night and now on catchup. If you like documentaries with lots of archive material you'll love this, whatever football team you support.

My friend keeps her horse at a yard where there's a retired racehorse. She contacted me today to say all of his feet hurt him. The vet has been out and wants to run tests but his new owner hasn't insured him [I know why????] and can't afford them. Are there any organisations that would help?? We...

Our racing club has closed down. We had three social meetings a year to which trainers,jockeys and racing pundits came. We really looked forward to these events and are at a loss as to what to do now. The Cheltenham Club is still going, but it's a long way for us to travel and we would have to...

Does anyone know what the music is in the FA Cup advert on the BBC? It's not on for long and sounds very Morris Dancing'ish. It shouldn't really work..but it does...

Someone on another forum is asking for advice on laminitis. Their Exmoor pony has just developed it for the first time, and I can't remember much about it other than that there were several ponies on our field that suffered from it; ours never did so I never read up on it. Could it be that the...

S'cuse my ignorance but I only ever have single ew bets. If I do an ew accumulator, does every horse have to be placed or will I get money back if some of them do?

Every now and again this flashes onscreen. I click on and go so far but always abort when it says do I accept all terms and conditions because I don't really know what I'm accepting. Given that my computer is painfully slow should I just agree to it? I'm also about to buy the Norton Security...

Sorry technical people but worlds biggest technophobe needing help yet again. Grandchildren having an ipad for Christmas but their parents haven't bought them any apps to go with it. I have a list of suitable apps but have no idea how I go about buying them for them. I mean, can I just go to a...

I seem to have reached an age where everything in my house [including me] is falling apart. The latest is the cd player. How long do they last for? It's a Pioneer, and I've just shocked myself by realising how much a new one is going to cost; it's @ 20 years old [wish I was]. Can't seem to find...

Have changed my line rental from BT to TalkTalk, and now have no incoming calls. They blame BT and BT blame them. Wanted to change line rental and broadband to BT but AOL wouldn't give me a mac code. AOL and TalkTalk are now one and the same so they didn't need a mac code. Has anyone else had a...