A roaring success: Lionesses beat Germany to end England’s 56-year wait for football glory July 31, 2022 England’s Women last night succeeded where their male counterparts have fallen short, winning the European Championship through substitute Chloe Kelly’s extra-time goal to end the country’s 56-year wait for another major international football trophy. Naturally – this being an England national team – they didn’t make it easy. At times they rode their luck against [...]
Women’s football was once banned but now it is a beacon of possibility December 5, 2021 Though 40,000 plus fans will celebrate Women’s sport at today’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea, there’s a darker occasion being marked at the weekend – the 100-year anniversary of women’s football being banned in England. “Essentially, the Football Association (FA) said that the game of football was ‘quite unsuitable for women’,” said Charlotte [...]
Nightcap eyes portfolio expansion as CEO ‘proves critics wrong’ after pandemic-launch January 12, 2022 Bar operator Nightcap hit £15.5m in net sales during its first full year of trading, as it lines up 25 new site openings this year. Boss Sarah Willingham, whose group owns Tonight Josephine and the London Cocktail Club, told CityA.M. she had “never been prouder” to work in hospitality than during the pandemic. The company [...]
Irritated Dominic Raab warns today’s barrister strike ‘only delays justice for victims’ as lawyer walkout begins June 27, 2022 Barristers are staging court walkouts for several days from today in a dispute over legal aid funding. They will also refuse to accept new cases and to carry out “return work” – stepping in and picking up court hearings and other work for colleagues whose cases are overrunning. Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said the barrister [...]
Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City: Reds produce their best performance of the season on biggest stage November 10, 2019 This wasn’t so much a passing of the baton as the baton being wrenched away and twirled in celebration while the opposition howled at the moon about perceived injustice. The upshot is the same, though: Liverpool have replaced Manchester City as the best in the country, have a strong claim to being the best in [...]
Transport crisis: Key bus routes set to be axed as government support nears end February 14, 2022 Essential bus routes may be axed as soon as the end of this month if emergency government funding support is not extended, transport firms have warned.
Job seekers offered free broadband September 27, 2021 Job hunters can apply for six months of free broadband to help them look for a job. Telecoms company TalkTalk and the Department for Work and Pensions have teamed up to address digital exclusion and lift barriers to employment. The voucher scheme will give people access to uncapped broadband after it was trialled in Greater [...]
Revealed: The UK’s biggest council tax increases, with some councils adding £145 this year alone April 20, 2022 The cost of council tax has climbed by as much as £145 in parts of the country, as yet another cost associated with our homes puts a squeeze on our household finances. From groceries to utilities, the rising cost of living is causing financial instability for homeowners and renters across the country. One of the most significant costs [...]
Kylian Mbappe: Why Paris Saint-Germain believe star’s new €105m contract will pay for itself May 22, 2022 Paris Saint-Germain believe Kylian Mbappe’s lucrative new €105m contract, which helped to keep him out of the clutches of Real Madrid, will pay for itself. Mbappe signed a new three-year deal with PSG on Saturday worth around €35m a year, putting the 23-year-old France forward in the same pay bracket as team-mate Lionel Messi. It [...]
Coffee Wars: Inside the race to become London’s number one chain June 1, 2024 Coffee has played a vital role in reviving Brits for centuries. Despite feeling like a relatively new phenomenon, the first record of a coffee house in England dates back to 1652 and was said to be opened by a Turkish Man named Jacob in Oxfordshire.