You can eat in the House of Lords Peers’ Dining Room this week – here’s how April 4, 2023 Anyone can get a seat in the House of Lords. You don’t need to be a party donor, government benefactor, baron, baroness or a bishop. The Palace of Westminster’s second chamber’s Peers’ Dining Room will be open to commoners and the electorate for lunch (12pm-4pm) on 4 and 5 April, and for lunch and dinner (5.30pm-8pm) [...]
Lightly-raced Atullibigeal offers Hall stable a path back to form November 15, 2022 BANK on David Hall’s lightly-raced speedster ATULLIBIGEAL to get his head in front for the first-time in Hong Kong, when he lines up in the Kyoto Handicap (1.45pm) over six furlongs. This Australian-bred gelding, and twice winner in New Zealand, has only raced a handful of times since his arrival in Hong Kong just over a year [...]
Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom review: DC Universe comes to soggy end January 1, 2024 Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom is as jumbled as the universe it exists in, and a reminder of why there’s a need to start afresh.
Sam Bankman-Fried: Founder of Crypto platform FTX on trial accused of ‘massive fraud’ October 5, 2023 A US prosecutor has told jurors that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world a year ago before his historic fraud was exposed, leaving customers and investors without at least 10 billion dollars (£8.23bn) they thought was secure. Assistant US attorney Nathan Rehn repeatedly pointed at Bankman-Fried, sitting with his lawyers in [...]
Watson starts as England name team for Six Nations clash against Wales February 23, 2023 Anthony Watson will start for England for the first time in two years on Saturday after Steve Borthwick named his side to take on Wales this Saturday in the Six Nations. The Leicester Tigers winger replaces the injured Ollie Hassell-Collins and is joined in the back-three by Max Malins and Freddie Steward. This weekend’s crunch [...]
George Ford back in the England fold after returning from injury February 19, 2023 George Ford has returned to the England Rugby fold with the fly-half being called up to a training squad ahead of this weekend’s fixture against Wales. The Sale Sharks No10 is part of a 36-player squad having played his first Premiership game since last year’s final on Saturday – he hasn’t featured for England since [...]
Six Nations: England DROP Smith, Farrell and Arundell START March 16, 2023 England have named their side to take on Ireland in the Six Nations on Saturday and have dropped Marcus Smith. The Harlequins fly-half had been recalled to the staring line-up for England’s 53-10 humiliation against France last week. Owen Farrell is set to return to the starting No10 shirt, alongside Ollie Lawrence and Henry Slade [...]
Black Friday: Cash-strapped shoppers look to snap up Christmas bargains before cutting back November 25, 2022 Cash-strapped shoppers will take advantage of Black Friday discounts this weekend as they try to make Christmas special, before tightening their belts as the UK enters into a recession. While retailers may see a temporary boost in sales this weekend, shoppers will pull forward Christmas spending rather than “buying twice” as in previous years, Hargreaves [...]
England captain Farrell DROPPED for Six Nations clash with France March 9, 2023 Owen Farrell has been dropped for the first time since 2015 with England head coach Steve Borthwick naming Marcus Smith at No10 for his side’s Six Nations clash against France. Smith was released back to his club for last weekend’s fallow week and impressed in Harlequins’ Big Game at Twickenham. His reward is a first [...]
Greggs on a roll: Baker will boost its UK sites to 3,000 as later opening proves a hit with steak bake lovers March 7, 2023 Steak bake favourite Greggs said it expected to become a “significantly larger” business as it announced plans to grow its presence to 3000 sites following stellar sales figures. The budget bakery chain saw total sales up 23 per cent to £1.5bn in 2022, compared to £1.2bn the previous year, as consumers craved the brand’s new [...]