Manchester City 2, Southampton 1: Pep Guardiola lavishes praise on Premier League leaders after last-gasp victory November 29, 2017 Euphoric Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola lavished praise on his side after Raheem Sterling’s last-gasp winner ensured the Premier League leaders overcame Southampton and maintained their eight-point cushion at the summit. For the third game in succession former Liverpool forward Sterling netted a late clincher, this time in the 96th minute, as City sealed a [...]
Strike partnerships: Is the Premier League entering a new era of famous front twos? March 10, 2019 Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke; Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright; Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton – aka the SAS. Some of the Premier League’s best teams have been propelled by brilliant strike partnerships. As those names indicate, however, the heyday of the front two came in the mid to late 1990s. Recent years have instead [...]
Amazon’s UK boss Doug Gurr appointed a trustee at the National Gallery January 30, 2019 Prime Minister Theresa May has made the UK country manager of Amazon a trustee of the National Gallery. Doug Gurr, who was also formerly president of Amazon in China, first joined the e-commerce site in 2011. A statement from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said Gurr had previously worked for the UK government, and [...]
Relations with China are important, but so is the need to stand up to them May 17, 2019 China has become a significant player in the City and there can be no doubt that its activities in London help strengthen the Square Mile’s role as a global financial centre. Read more: City Corporation slammed for decision to ban Taiwan from Lord Mayor's show The average daily trading volume of the Chinese currency in [...]
Improving Arsenal aiming to repeat finest hour of Unai Emery’s reign against stuttering Tottenham February 28, 2019 This was more like it. After a sticky opening double header, Unai Emery had crowned a 19-game unbeaten run with a watershed 4-2 triumph over Tottenham that suggested not only a challenge to Spurs’ new-found superiority in north London but also a successful transition to the post-Wenger era at Arsenal. It wasn’t just the result, [...]
Ilford named as London’s most burgled postcode while Chelsea is the least at risk January 25, 2019 East London's Ilford has been named as the most targeted area in the capital for burglaries, new figures show. Analysis from over two and a half million insurance claims revealed the postcode areas in the UK and London most at risk of burglaries, as well as the safest. Henley-in-Arden in Warwickshire, on the outskirts of [...]
London high streets beat UK vacancy rates despite pressure from rising rents February 19, 2019 Signs of health within the London economy emerged today, with a new study showing that the capital was among the British cities with the fewest empty stores on its high street. Despite pressure from rising rents and higher business rates, many retailers on London’s high streets have bucked the wider trend of closures across Britain’s [...]
Network Rail offers to wrap commuters’ Christmas presents at London stations December 12, 2018 Network Rail is offering a free gift wrapping service to commuters at London train stations this Christmas. The service, which Network Rail has dubbed “Wrapland”, is available from a pop-up stall at London Bridge until tomorrow and then at King's Cross from 17 to 19 December. The stall has been set up to encourage commuters to purchase presents from shops [...]
Top of the class: London retailers post best results in Europe to push Paris into second place November 12, 2018 London’s West End has weathered problems on the high street to keep its position as the top of the European retail league, while seven of the top 10 shopping centres are in the UK. Shoppers spent almost €10.4bn (£9.1bn) on and around Oxford Street, Knightsbridge and Kensington for the year ending November, a 12 per cent [...]
Watford 0-1 Arsenal: Gunners win ugly to end terrible away record and move into fourth place in the Premier League April 15, 2019 Arsenal fans won’t mind how it came. This was all about improving their dreadful record away from home and moving back into the all-important top four of the Premier League. Viewed through that narrow prism it was mission accomplished, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang closing down Ben Foster to score early on, secure a 1-0 win and [...]