Manchester City brush off financial allegations with dominant derby win over Manchester United November 11, 2018 If last week’s Football Leaks reports suggested that Manchester City’s success owes as much to creativity in their accounting as in their attacking play, then the visit of Manchester United to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday could hardly have been better timed. Because for all of City’s alleged gaming of Financial Fair Play rules by [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Cracksman for repeat Champion Stakes success October 18, 2018 ASCOT once again stages QIPCO British Champions Day tomorrow which now marks the end of the British Flat racing season. The race to be crowned Stobart Champion Jockey was in truth over months ago with Silvestre de Sousa well clear in his pursuit of a third title. John Gosden is all set to bag the [...]
ITV’s share price rises as broadcaster beats advertising sector woes May 10, 2018 ITV’s share price climbed 3.2 per cent this morning as the broadcaster revealed growth in advertising and revenues from its production arm ITV Studios. The figures Total external revenues at Britain’s biggest free-to-air broadcaster grew five per cent to £772m, with all parts of the business contributing. Revenues at ITV Studios were up 11 per [...]
Property of the week: Pepys House in Southwark sits on the site of a 17th century bear pit and it’s on sale for £3.5m January 19, 2018 The City workers of 2018 may be halfway through Veganuary, but their 17th century counterparts were far less concerned about animal cruelty. This house behind the Globe Theatre on the Southbank bears testament to a pastime that was once just as popular with Tudor monarchs as ordinary Londoners. The property on Park Street, in between [...]
Tui UK says it’s “so very sorry for the pain and loss” caused by the 2015 Tunisia terror attack as families plan legal action February 28, 2017 Nick Longman, Tui UK's managing director, has said the company is "very sorry for the pain and loss" of those affected by the 2015 Tunisia terrorist attack. A coroner has concluded the police response to a terror attack at the Tunisian beach resort where 30 Britons died was "at best shambolic and at worse cowardly", [...]
New £10 note featuring Jane Austen unveiled by Bank of England governor Mark Carney at Winchester Cathedral July 18, 2017 Bank of England governor Mark Carney has today unveiled the full design of the new £10 note featuring Jane Austen 200 years after the death of the famous author. Members of the public will be able to get their hands on the notes for the first time on 14 September 2017, a year after the [...]
Horse racing betting: No Coronation for China Horse Club’s £1.3m Jet Setting June 16, 2016 Impressive Irish 1000 Guineas winner Jet Setting heads the betting for the Coronation Stakes (4.20pm) on Friday having changed hands for £1.3m at the Goffs London Sale on Monday. The China Horse Club, the filly’s new owners, will be delighted about all the rain that has fallen at Ascot as the softer the ground the better for [...]
Chaos on the Tube ahead of rush hour this evening with severe delays on the Hammersmith & City, District, Circle, Piccadilly and Victoria lines. March 16, 2017 There is severe disruption across London's underground network this afternoon, with severe delays on the Hammersmith & City, District, Circle, Piccadilly and Victoria lines. The Hammersmith & City, District and Circle line services have been affected by an accident at Shepherd's Bush Market station earlier today, in which a man died after being struck by a [...]
Coronation chicken, anyone? To celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, this restaurant is dishing up vintage food from the 50s April 19, 2016 If there is one food that comes to mind when we think of Queen Elizabeth, it's that bright yellow street party stalwart, Coronation Chicken. To celebrate her 90th birthday, one upscale restaurant in Piccadilly is serving a bespoke menu inspired by the food Her Maj dined on 60 years ago, but it's a far cry from what Mayfair's Michelin-starred haunts [...]
Conservative majority slashed in David Cameron’s former seat of Witney as ex-Corrie star Tracy Brabin holds Batley and Spen seat for Labour October 21, 2016 The Tories have held David Cameron's former seat of Witney, although their majority was slashed, while a former Coronation Street actress, Tracy Brabin has held the Batley and Spen seat for Labour. Brabin was running in a by-election triggered by the murder of MP Jo Cox in June. She featured in Coronation Street for eight years [...]