England 2, Turkey 1: Vardy’s a wed cert for Euro 2016 squad as Hodgson grants match-winner time off to get married May 22, 2016 England 2, Turkey 1 England manager Roy Hodgson defended the decision to allow Jamie Vardy time off from the team’s Euro 2016 preparations in order to get married after the Leicester forward sank Turkey on Sunday. Vardy’s 83rd-minute goal – his third goal in his last three international appearances – earned Hodgson’s men victory at [...]
How to make every you meeting you have an absolutely joy – all you need is a Mote May 3, 2016 Meeting? Joy? The two words don’t sit easily together for any of us. And imagine being in the shoes of chief executives like Bob Dudley, facing down shareholder opprobrium in that most formal of meetings, the AGM. At least these happen only once year. If only that were the case for the many other meetings [...]
Timothy Spall excels in The Old Vic’s The Caretaker April 7, 2016 The Old Vic | ★★★★☆ Harold’s Pinter’s first big hit, The Caretaker, is a frenetic comedy about three social outcasts, all woefully incapable of communicating with each other. This claustrophobic play takes place inside a leaky loft conversion strewn with lofty piles of newspapers and a host of unfinished DIY projects. It’s exhausting just looking [...]
Lamborghini Huracan LP 6104 motoring review: I drove this monster to the school gates to prove to my son that I was the coolest Dad in the playground June 13, 2016 Spec Price: £181,895 0-62MPH: 3.2 secs Top speed: 202mph CO2 G/KM: 280g/km MPG combined: 22.6mpg The verdict Design ★★★★★ Performance ★★★★★ Practicality ★★☆☆☆ Value ★★☆☆ Like many men with children, I aspire to be a ‘cool dad’. I foist my musical choices on my children (“This album got five stars in Mojo!”), still wear trainers at every opportunity and [...]
You may love many cars in a lifetime, but you only ever have one first love. For me, it was an Aston Martin June 6, 2016 With 568 British horsepower it’s quite appropriate I should pay a visit to Her Majesty’s stud. Driving down Kings Avenue towards the Sandringham Estate I spotted the stables to the right, a big ‘ER’ embedded in the brickwork, and swung my Aston Martin through the open gate. Within seven seconds a royal protection officer arrived [...]
National Golf Month kicks off this week, so here’s our guide to teeing off in central London April 24, 2016 For all its swanky bars and tourist attractions, central London is in dire need of a golf course. City workers are rarely seen carrying golf clubs in the Square Mile – many well-heeled workers either go through up-market travel agents or shell out for expensive memberships at clubs in the Home Counties to get their [...]
West Ham 1, Manchester United 2: Slaven Bilic vows Hammers will bounce back after Marcus Rashford spoils Boleyn Ground’s FA Cup farewell and eases pressure on Louis van Gaal April 13, 2016 West Ham United 1, Manchester United 2 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has vowed his team will bounce straight back after party poopers Manchester United spoiled the Boleyn Ground's FA Cup farewell by dumping the Hammers out on Wenesday night. Goals from teenage striker Marcus Rashford and midfielder Marouane Fellaini set United on their way to [...]
Chemist chain Day Lewis Group secures £160m M&A funding and targets 150 pharmacy acquisitions March 7, 2016 Chemist chain Day Lewis Group has secured £160m of investment from banking partners as it targets the acquisition of 150 pharmacies. The family-owned business currently owns 277 sites across the UK and is aiming to build this number up to more than 400 by 2021. Day Lewis Group also said it aims to double its [...]
ITN boss calls for more BBC outsourcing ahead of crunch white paper May 10, 2016 The BBC should use its “incredible position as a buying power” to boost outside TV production companies, the head of ITN has said. John Hardie told City A.M. programmes such as Newsnight should be put out to tender. His comments come ahead of Thursday’s publication of a new white paper setting out the next BBC [...]
Budget 2016: With the new Lifetime Isa, George Osborne is risking creating a spaghetti soup of Isa products March 16, 2016 All the talk before the Budget was about making pensions simpler. Despite noble intentions, what George Osborne has actually done is make Isas more complex. Don’t get me wrong. The Lifetime Isa and, in particular, the increase in the main Isa allowance to £20,000 are positive developments for UK savers. However, there is a danger [...]