Former Racing Post tipster dies aged 55

Nick Fox, former tipster at the Racing Post and The Sun who twice won the national press naps competition, has died aged 55 after a short illness.

Fox, who lived in London and died in hospital on Tuesday, began his career at Raceform before joining the Press Association as a sub-editor and reporter on the racing desk.

He was Templegate at The Sun between 1992 and 1998, where he won the Coral/Racing Post naps competition for the first time, before joining the Racing Post as its headline tipster on Betting Bureau following the departure of Henry Rix.