Scottish broadcaster STV doubles dividend as it reduces debt August 28, 2014 Scottish broadcaster and production company STV is doubling its interim dividend to 2p a share after first half operating profit swelled by 20 per cent to nearly £10m. Revenues at the business, which airs The X Factor and soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street north of the border as well as producing series including Catchphrase, climbed [...]
City A.M. toasts ties with the Queen at Ascot June 19, 2014 City A.M. entertains at Royal Ascot, at Michelin-starred Atul Kochhar’s Panoramic restaurant. Apart from the amazing view all guests were treated to a Thresher & Glenny Limited Edition Coronation Tie inspired by the Queen’s own racing silks.
Bank of America intern died of natural causes says coroner November 22, 2013 The coroner hearing the inquest into the death of Moritz Erhardt, the 21 year old summer intern at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has said that he died of natural causes, as a result of an epileptic fit. Coroner Mary Hassell told Poplar Coroners Court today: One of the triggers for epilepsy is exhaustion and [...]
Can O’Brien do it again at world’s greatest flat race? June 7, 2014 RUPERT TREVELYAN EPSOM MANAGING DIRECTOR THE Investec Derby Festival is about celebrating sporting prowess at the unique and attractive venue of Epsom Downs Racecourse. Winners of the two Classic races, the Investec Derby and the Investec Oaks, are acclaimed and admired around the world as racing has become more and more international. The Investec Derby, [...]
Paddy Power: Top Tips From June 16, 2014 TOP hat and tails time and us bookie chappies could do with Toronado getting chinned in today’s opener. And I’m taking Verrazano to do it. He’ll have learnt a lot from his UK debut on his first start on grass and was absolutely top-class on dirt in the States. Treve would be another bad result [...]
Taghrooda gets green light but Tarfasha’s appearance hinges on the ground May 29, 2014 SHEIKH Hamdan is in the privileged position of owning two of the top three in the market for the Investec Oaks on Friday 6 June but, while Taghrooda will almost certainly run, Tarfasha may not get the chance to give punters who have backed her off the boards in the last fortnight a run for [...]
Flintshire the value call against Cirrus Des Aigles June 7, 2014 RACE 3 2.40pm Investec Coronation Cup AN INVESTEC Coronation Cup without a Ballydoyle runner is a bit like a cheese sandwich without pickle. Aidan O’Brien has won the race a record seven times and all of those wins have come in the last nine years. The late St Nicholas Abbey dominated this contest for the [...]
Flintshire can finally realise promise in the King George July 24, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST OF SATURDAY’S RACING AND WILLIAM CHRIMES LOOKS AT ENGLAND’S THIRD TEST AGAINST INDIA TOMORROW’S King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3.50pm) was given a huge boost 10 days ago with the news that unbeaten Oaks winner Taghrooda would bypass a trip to The Curragh for the Irish Oaks and [...]
Jose out to spoil Moyes’ Old Trafford coronation August 22, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON AND BILL ESDAILE WITH THE BEST FOOTBALL AND RACING BETS THIS WEEKEND Jose Mourinho will get his closest look yet at striker Wayne Rooney, as Manchester United host Chelsea in a titanic clash at Old Trafford on Monday night. Rooney appeared off the bench in United’s 4-1 thrashing of Swansea but in not [...]
Dust clouds, star trails and meteor races: Astronomy Photographer of the Year award shortlist July 2, 2014 The Royal Observatory has revealed its shortlist of candidates for the 2014 Astronomy Photographer of the Year award. The selected photographs are not limited to celestial sights on our planet: they also include images from across our Solar System, galaxy and even further afield. From a rare daytime scene of Jupiter moments before its astronomical [...]