Integral hard to beat but get on Rizeena each-way June 16, 2015 When Sir Michael Stoute’s Integral waltzed away with last year’s renewal of the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes (3.40pm), she did so in the style of a filly who looked more than able to mix it up with the very best of the boys over a mile. And one year on, the Cheveley Park Stud-owned mare [...]
7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary: London’s authorities to hold series of commemorative events June 29, 2015 London authorities putting the final plans in place for a series of events in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings. The 2005 terrorist attack claimed the lives of 52 people and injured hundreds more when bombs exploded on the Tube between Liverpool Street and Aldgate, Edgware Road and between King's Cross [...]
Moore may have found another winner June 18, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST OF TODAY’S ROYAL ASCOT ACTION THE opening day of Royal Ascot promised two huge battles when the line-ups for the Queen Anne Stakes and St James’ Palace Stakes were confirmed. Yet the dominant performances of Solow over Able Friend in the former and Gleneagles over Make Believe in the latter [...]
Legal & General gets the keys to Salford March 10, 2015 MEDIACITYUK – the new home of Coronation Street and the northern hub of the BBC – has a new landlord in the form of Legal & General Capital. LGC is now a 50 per cent shareholder in the Salford Quays-based media centre, alongside long-standing owner The Peel Group as part of a joint venture, which [...]
Thomas Cook Corfu deaths tragedy: The government must reform paltry damages May 21, 2015 Much has been said about the PR disaster surrounding Thomas Cook’s handling of the Corfu carbon monoxide poisoning, which killed Robert and Christianne Shepherd in 2006. But the case also throws into the spotlight one of the fundamental injustices in English law: the level of damages awarded following a fatal accident. The current level [...]
End Austerity Now: Thousands gather in London to protest against austerity measures June 20, 2015 Thousands of people have descended on London to take part in a demonstration against government austerity measures. Crowds holding banners with slogans such as "get the Tories out", "austerity kills" and "defy Tory rule" took to the streets for the End Austerity Now demonstration. Among the protesters were Hollywood star Michael Sheen, Labour leader candidate Jeremy [...]
My Titania ready to give Oxx another Coronation June 19, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS TODAY’S ROYAL ASCOT ACTION AND THE BEST OF TOMORROW’S RACES IT WAS the fillies off the track who were the stars of the show yesterday on Ladies Day. Now it is the turn of the equine fairer sex to take centre stage in this afternoon’s Coronation Stakes (4.25pm). You will rarely see as [...]
L&G Capital heads to Cannes to celebrate Media City UK deal – but no rest for Bill Hughes March 11, 2015 Where better place to party after you’ve sealed a half a billion pound deal than Cannes? L&G Capital’s top real estate investors were cracking open the bubbly last night at their annual beach party off the fashionable Boulevard de la Croisette after announcing it had snapped up Media City UK, the home of Coronation Street [...]
Coins get a regal update with the fifth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II March 2, 2015 THE ROYAL Mint has unveiled the latest coin portrait of the Queen – the fifth since she ascended to the throne in 1952 – ahead of its circulation later this year. The new portrait was designed by 33-year-old Jody Clark, the first engraver to be chosen to create a “definitive royal coinage portrait” in more [...]
Theatre review: The Audience May 8, 2015 Cert 12a | ★★★☆☆ The Queen must be a hard act to follow. Not the monarch: the 2006 film about the Royal Family’s identity crisis following the death of Princess Diana. That film’s success was down to two people: writer Peter Morgan and Helen Mirren, who picked up a Best Actress Oscar for [...]