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Telegraph
4 days ago
- Business
- Telegraph
bet365 launches new Position Payout offer for horse racing
What is the bet365 Position Payout? Launched in July, the Position Payout is a simple new way of betting, something of a modern twist on each-way wagering, with bet365 offering payouts on specific finishing positions. Of course, there will still be the traditional outright markets where you can back horses in straight win or each-way bets. But now, with the Position Payout, each runner will display a return amount – depending on the users' stake – for finishing first, second, third, fourth and so on (depending on how many places are on offer). And the higher the finish, the more you win. If you already have a bet365 account, check out more free bets from the UK's best betting sites, reviewed by our experts How to use the bet365 Position Payout Interested in trying the bet365 Position Payout? You just have to follow these steps: Load up the bet365 website or app Go to any horse race that offers the Position Payout market Place your chosen bet(s) If you're into betting, why not try out the best horse racing sites while you're here? Example of the Position Payout 4.38 Pontefract – August 6, 2025 Traditional outright market bet365 – each-way 1/4 odds, two places New York Minute (5/4) £5 each-way bet would return: Win – £17.81 (£7.81 profit) Place – £6.56 (£3.44 loss) Unplaced – £0.00 (£10 loss) Position Payout to £10 stake (which is the default setting) 1st – £16 (£6 profit) 2nd – £10 (stake returned) Unplaced – £0.00 (£10 loss) Key bet365 Position Payout terms Ahead of getting involved in the bet365 Position Payout and looking to take advantage of this new betting angle, you should consider the following terms: Position Payout is available pre-race on selected UK and Ireland horse racing from 10am UK time on the day of the race For selected Australia and New Zealand horse racing, Position Payout will be available pre-race from 1am UK time on the day of the race. For horse racing from North America, South America and International meetings, Position Payout will be available pre-race on selected meetings one hour before the start of the first race at each meeting, where fixed prices are available. In the event of a horse within a Position Payout race becoming a non-runner at odds of 5.75 or greater, your bet will stand at the original price. If the non-runner is at odds of 5.50 or less, then your bet will be recalculated in line with prices at the time of withdrawal. Check out the bet365 bonus code to claim your free bets Pros and cons of the bet365 Position Payout ✔️You know potential winnings for each position before the event without trying to get your head around each-way terms. ✔️Second place pays more than third, and so on, unlike each-way betting in which all placed positions pay the same, rewarding better performances from your selections. ✔️Win payout may be smaller but places can be more generous than traditional each-way (see example above). ✔️Available on multiple bets. ✔️Cash-out is available pre-race. ✔️Bet credits can be used for placing Position Payout bets (but your bet credits stake will not be included in any returns). ✔️In the event of a dead-heat, Position Payout bets will be paid out at the full multiplication value for the higher place. For example, if your horse dead-heats for third place, you will receive the full payout for the third-place multiplier. ❌Position Payout bets are not available on ante-post markets. ❌Position Payout bets will not be eligible for best odds guaranteed or odds drift protector.
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
I gave evidence at the Harold Shipman Inquiry - this one disturbing detail decided which patients he would mark for death
Britain's worst serial killer, Harold Shipman, murdered patients simply because they annoyed him, a forensic psychologist who studied the case details in a new Mail podcast. On the latest episode of the Psychology of a Serial Killer podcast - which focuses on Shipman's many victims - Dr Andrew Johns, who testified at the national inquiry, exposed this chilling pattern. Whether it was a frail patient whose son called too often, or an anaemic pensioner whose treatment inconvenienced him, Dr Johns reveals how trivial irritations became death sentences in Shipman's twisted mind. Shipman, a GP, is suspected of killing 215-250 patients between 1975 and 1998 by injecting them with lethal doses of diamorphine (medical heroin). Listen to The Psychology of a Serial Killer below or by clicking here. Shipman's murders as a junior doctor During medical training, Shipman was posted to Yorkshire's Pontefract General Infirmary in 1970 to work as a junior doctor. Despite having only limited and supervised access to patients, it was in Yorkshire where Shipman began his killing spree. Although many of the medical records from Shipman's time at Pontefract are missing, the Inquiry connected at least six highly suspicious deaths to the junior doctor. 'He killed five men and one woman', Dr Andrew Johns told the podcast. 'It's clear from his time at that hospital that he killed opportunistically, regardless of gender, dispelling one of the myths about Shipman. 'The first of these murders was Thomas Columbine. His death exhibits one of Shipman's lifelong characteristics - killing patients because they annoyed him. 'Columbine was only 54 when he died in April 1972. It is clear from Shipman's notes that he was irritated by him. 'Columbine soon deteriorated, and he was unlawfully killed with an injection of morphine by Shipman. 'Amazingly, just weeks later, it is likely Shipman killed three patients within 45 minutes by administering similar injections while no nurses were around. 'A month on from that incident, two men died within ten minutes of each other in adjoining cubicles under Shipman's care. 'These deaths were all unexpected and should have been reported to a coroner, but Shipman chose not to. 'His consultants were unaware – one described the junior doctor as the best houseman they'd ever had.' Shipman's murders as a GP Reneging on his promise to the GMC (General Medical Council) to never work again as a General Practitioner after being caught abusing prescription painkillers, Shipman joined the Donneybrook Medical Centre in Hyde, Greater Manchester, in 1977. Building a reputation in the community for being a dedicated and hardworking doctor, Shipman was able to be more brazen in the murder of patients who irked him. Dr Andrew Johns shared with the podcast some of the most egregious examples of the doctor's callousness at Donneybrook. He said: 'Mary is a lively 81-year-old widow. She visits her doctor. We know it can't have been anything serious, otherwise she would have told her daughter. 'The receptionist remembers her arriving fit and healthy. Shipman tells Mary to step into the examination room and get undressed. 'Half an hour later, the doctor calmly phones the receptionist to say Mary has died and that she should call for an ambulance. He had made no such call. 'Having injected Mary with a lethal dose of morphine, Shipman continued to see patients throughout the day to give himself an alibi. 'He tells the daughter that Mary had a heart attack, and she accepts the doctor's version of events. 'Shipman could be astonishingly flippant and jocular. Edith Brady, 72, suffers from pernicious anaemia. She has to go to Shipman's surgery to receive regular vitamin injections. 'He instead injects her with morphine, and she dies immediately. Shipman then phones her son-in-law, a policeman, who asks, 'How bad is it?' 'Shipman responds: How bad do you want it? There's no way she's walking out of here. 'Shipman treated another patient, Harold Eddlestone, for cancer. His son asks him how long he's likely to live, to which Shipman answers, 'I wouldn't buy him any Easter eggs.' 'Four days later, he murders him.' To hear more examples of Shipman's callous regard for human life, search for The Psychology of a Serial Killer now, wherever you get your podcasts.
Telegraph
6 days ago
- Sport
- Telegraph
Horse racing tips: Wednesday, August 6
Ron Wood's selections NAP: Synergism (8.55, Kempton) 1pt win @ SP with William Hill ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Other: New York Minute (4.38, Pontefract) 1pt win @ SP with William Hill ⭐⭐⭐ Odds provided by William Hill and correct at the time of writing. Stars denote strength of selection (max 5). If you already have a William Hill account, check out more free bets from the UK's best betting sites, reviewed by our experts 4.38 Pontefract – Class 5 Handicap (2m 1f; Racing TV) Let's be clear, NEW YORK MINUTE lacks pace. That was obvious when he stepped up to 1m 4f at Goodwood for his handicap debut in June and managed to finish only fourth of the five runners. However, this further significant step up in trip should suit him and he looks capable of proving ahead of his mark as a stayer. Ralph Beckett's runner cost €400,000 as a yearling and has a good, stamina-filled pedigree. Most notably, he's a half-brother to The Grey Wizard, who won a Grade 2 race over 2m in the US last year. 8.55 Kempton – Class 5 Handicap (2m; Racing TV) SYNERGISM was a beaten favourite at Ffos Las last time, but no stalls were used for that race and he lost a few lengths in a troubled start. In the circumstances, he didn't run at all badly. Sir Mark Prescott's three-year-old had earlier won at Sandown, where he had the winner of the Ffos Las race behind him. The selection has also won on the all-weather at Wolverhampton, so the surface at Kempton should be fine for him and he's open to more improvement now stepping up to two miles for the first time. Star ratings explained ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - confident selection ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - strong fancy ⭐⭐⭐ - fair claims ⭐⭐ - tentative choice ⭐ - minimum confidence If you want to find more odds and offers, take a look at our list of the best betting sites and free bets Check out our list of the best casino bonuses in the UK
BBC News
7 days ago
- BBC News
Pontefract teenager Alfie Clark jailed after stabbing boy, 14
A teenager who stabbed a boy he had previously called a "dirty little immigrant" has been jailed. Alfie Clark was walking his dog with his mother in Pontefract on 25 May when he attacked the 14-year-old, who was out celebrating his 13-year-old girlfriend's birthday. Eighteen-year-old Clark, of Eastbourne Terrace, Pontefract, had also previously threatened to kill the boy on social media and told him he would "break his knees in front of his family", Leeds Crown Court heard. He pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and was sentenced to four years and three months at the same court on Monday. He was jailed for 21 months, to run concurrently, after admitting possession of a bladed article. Clark was also handed a 10-year restraining order banning him from contacting the victim or the victim's girlfriend. 'Without warning' The court heard Clark and the victim fell out on social media after Clark made comments "of a sexual nature" about the victim's girlfriend and the victim told Clark to "stop saying weird stuff". The social media conversation escalated, with other youngsters getting involved, and it culminated in Clark boasting he was going to "undig a gun" to kill the victim with and using a racial slur against him. Anthony Moore, prosecuting, said in the social media conversation leading up to the attack, Clark wrote, among other things: 'I will kill him, the dirty little immigrant'.The court was told that on the evening of the attack, Clark and his mother came across the victim and his girlfriend by chance and Clark "immediately and without warning" pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim three times - twice in the ribs and once on the arm. After the attack, all four kept walking and the victim said he could hear laughing behind him. He returned home where an ambulance was called and he was taken to hospital, where he required surgery due to a blood clot. In an impact statement read out in court, the victim said he now suffered from anxiety, had physical and emotional scars and "no longer trusts adults". 'Life or death results' Passing sentence, Judge Robin Mairs said: "This case highlights the danger of young men carrying knives, which they invariably produce and use. "This can have catastrophic life or death results. It is sheer luck this case did not prove to be fatal."There was a significant degree of planning and you walked away unconcerned - it was not a spur of the moment decision." He said aggravating factors included that the attack was racially motivated, the victim was four years younger and, therefore, "vulnerable" and the fact it also happened in front of a child - the victim's girlfriend. Clark's age and "immaturity" were the only reasons the sentence was not longer, Judge Mairs added. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
02-08-2025
- BBC News
Fire at Pontefract flats 'being treated as arson'
A fire that saw a block of flats in Pontefract evacuated yesterday afternoon was started deliberately, police have from West Yorkshire Police have appealed for footage and information after the blaze broke out in a bin services were called just after 15:00 on Friday and all residents were evacuated, with engineers from Northern Gas also in attendance to make safe a gas Insp Steven Sayles said the fire was now being treated as arson. He said: "This was a reckless and dangerous act and it's lucky that no one was hurt."We are appealing for anyone who was in the area yesterday afternoon who may have seen anything suspicious to come forward."There were no reports of any injuries. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
