Manchester City 2, West Ham United 1: City are the new kings of Fergie time, insists Pep Guardiola December 3, 2017 Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists his side are the new custodians of ‘Fergie time’ after conjuring another late winner during their Premier League victory over struggling West Ham. For the last three games Raheem Sterling had assumed the role of match-winner but on this occasion it was stand-in skipper David Silva who completed City’s [...]
Nicky Morgan ducks investigation into Treasury role in RBS GRG unit March 10, 2019 Former Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan has ducked an investigation into the relationship between the Treasury and RBS's disgraced global restructuring unit GRG. Morgan, who chairs the Treasury Select Committee, responded to a letter from Sir Vince Cable in which the former business secretary called for a probe into allegations the Treasury may have “actively encouraged” the activities [...]
MPs brand watchdog’s RBS GRG report a ‘complete whitewash’ June 13, 2019 Furious MPs tore into the City watchdog today, branding its final report into RBS’ disgraced turnaround unit GRG a “complete whitewash”. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) had already come under fire for the amount of time it took to publish the report, in which it outlined the reasons for its lack of action against senior bankers within [...]
Lloyds Bank suffers IT outage as customers struggle to send and receive money January 18, 2019 Thousands of Lloyds Bank customers were unable to make payments this afternoon after the bank experienced an IT outage. Customers complained of difficulties transferring money from their accounts due to issues related to the lender's Faster Payments system, which allows customers to send and receive payments by internet or phone. "We are aware that some customers [...]
London is ‘dragging’ on average house prices across UK’s top 20 cities March 1, 2019 UK city house prices rose by 2.9 per cent over the 12 months to January 2019 but London has become a “drag” on the housing market after slow growth in the capital. The latest Hometrack Cities Index, which looks at house prices across Britain’s top 20 major cities, showed prices are rising fastest at six [...]
Crystal Palace will be underdogs against Tottenham in the FA Cup but have proven they can beat anybody on their day January 24, 2019 Crystal Palace may languish in the bottom half of the Premier League but they have established themselves as a team more than capable of going toe to toe with the best around. For England’s bigger sides, facing Palace represents a test that must be negotiated with extreme caution, as the majority of the Big Six [...]
FC Basel 1, Manchester United 0: Jose Mourinho blasts wastefulness but absolves Daley Blind of blame November 22, 2017 Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho blasted his side’s wastefulness after they succumbed to a last-gasp Basel winner and missed the chance to book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League. The visitors failed to conjure a breakthrough which their first-half dominance perhaps warranted and paid the ultimate price in the 89th minute [...]
Pressure mounts on Treasury to publish legal documents on relationship with RBS GRG unit February 12, 2019 Pressure is mounting on the Treasury to release key legal documents regarding its relationship with RBS following allegations it held significant operational control over the bank's disgraced global restructuring unit GRG. Scottish Labour MP Martin Whitfield has lodged a series of parliamentary questions asking for a legal agreement between RBS and the Asset Protection Agency (APA), an [...]
Welcome to the future: EE 5G lands in London and five other UK cities May 30, 2019 EE’s 5G network went live in six cities today, bringing the new technology to the UK for the first time. Read more: EE and Vodafone ditch Huawei devices from summer 5G rollout London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Belfast are the first locations to benefit from the new mobile network, which will offer users data speeds [...]
Amazon ramps up UK investment with commitment to over 1,000 new jobs October 19, 2018 E-commerce giant Amazon is set to further cement its commitment to the UK, after it revealed plans tonight for a new research centre in Manchester and expansion in Edinburgh and Cambridge which will create over 1,000 new highly-skilled jobs in the country in 2019. Labelled by the firm as “Silicon Valley jobs in Britain”, the [...]