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Euro draw winner Frances is still careful with money
★TWO jaguars look more like acrobats in a brutal tussle over territory.
Dentist and amateur wildlife photographer Diogo Melo snapped the two males.
Diogo, 37, explained: “I was on a boat photographing one of these jaguars walking on the riverbank.
“It’s an older male that is famous in the region, known by the name Scarface, because of a cut in his face.
“All of a sudden, another jaguar, a younger male, came from the opposite direction and they met at the beach. “Scarface was the first to start the fight. He’s the one jumping and piercing his nails on the other.”
Brazilian Diogo was in the country’s Pantanal wetlands.
by STIAN ALEXANDER EUROMILLIONS jackpot winner Frances Connolly still checks her gas and electricity bills to ensure she’s not overcharged.
The 54-year-old former teacher, who scooped just under £115million in 2019, also says she keeps small change in a giant whisky bottle.
Asked if she was a saver or a spender, she said: “I check the bank every month to see what I’m paying for gas and electric.
“I’ve got a big jar with coppers and coins in it – it’s a whisky bottle. My dad gave ago. Every time goes to charity.”
Frances, who is originally from Northern Ireland but now it to me years it gets full, it lives in a five-bed bungalow with a pool and tennis court in County Durham, said she and husband Patrick had dished out £60m to family and charities.
She said: “We have given away more than half of the money we won, but it has been like winning the lottery, every day, for two years.”
FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE – SEASON THREE (Netflix from Friday) ★★★★
NO disrespect to those who love it, but Formula One maybe isn’t the easiest sport to fall in love with.
It’s fine if you’re one of life’s natural motorsport fans, but to those who need a bit more persuading, the big money, the fast cars and the luxury lifestyles can seem a bit of a turn-off.
And to the clueless and the illinformed (I’m basically talking about me here, in case you haven’t twigged), one race on telly looks – and sounds – much like the next.
What Drive To Survive has been doing so beautifully, since it first arrived on Netflix a couple of years ago, is to pan out and show us the bigger picture, taking us into a world driven by cutting-edge technology and mechanical fine-tuning but reminding us that there’s pure human drama at the heart of it.
It’s about people, politics and passion.
This third season, focusing on the 2020 World Championship won by Lewis Hamilton, obviously adds a further dimension, with Covid-19 throwing the timetable into turmoil – delaying the start, wiping out several races and forcing most race-going regulars to watch from home.
There’s also a reminder of the massive risks these drivers still take, even in the safety-driven modern era.
The prime example comes at the Bahrain Grand Prix in November, when Romain Grosjean’s car crashes into the barriers at 140 mph, breaking in two and bursting into flames.