St Nicholas Abbey dies after illness January 14, 2014 HORSE RACING: Three-time Coronation Cup winner St Nicholas Abbey died yesterday after suffering a colic, his owners confirmed. A statement from Coolmore read: “Surgery revealed a strangulating colon torsion that was unviable and he had to be euthanized on humane grounds.”
Ant and Dec help Morrisons to bring us mythical Market Street February 2, 2014 THERE appears to be no end to the amount of trendy food markets popping up in the capital – a bit of Borough here, Maltby Street there, a dash of Exmouth, etc. Well, now there’s a new one, brought to us by, erm, Morrisons and called, well, Market Street. The market is more of a [...]
JP Morgan supports staff after shock death of IT vice-president January 29, 2014 STAFF at JP Morgan are being offered one-to-one counselling after a senior member of staff at the bank fell from the roof and died at around 8am on Tuesday. Gabriel Magee, described by colleagues as well-liked, was a vice-president in the IT and technology side of the business. The bank held a minute’s silence yesterday [...]
Of course we blame politicians for everything – they bring it on themselves February 10, 2014 IN OUR age,” George Orwell once remarked, “there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics’. All issues are political issues.” This, of course, is mainly because politicians have made it so. Politics is everywhere and politicians have an opinion on everything. In 1998, for example, Tony Blair and William Hague expressed concern about [...]
Spectacle but no Disney sparkle December 8, 2013 FILM FROZEN Cert PG | By Melissa York Two Stars IT’S ABOUT time Disney set a film in Scandinavia – and what better time to do it than Christmas? Frozen is very loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen; thankfully, there are no children running around with shards of troll mirror glass in [...]
Health deal brings Malaysian tech to UK autopsies October 30, 2013 THE UK’S first network of digital autopsy centres was launched yesterday, in a £50m deal between Malaysian medical informatics company iGene and UK coroner services. The first of 18 centres, a £3m facility based in Sheffield’s Medico-Legal Centre, will be completed in November. The launch was attended by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and trade [...]
Bottom Line: Christmas comes early for King November 13, 2013 THEY say good things come to those who wait. Yesterday, almost a week after rival retailers Marks & Spencer, John Lewis and Morrisons released their Christmas adverts, the UK’s fastest growing supermarket revealed its own tear-jerker – a three-and-a-half minute mini-film that aired during last night’s Coronation Street. The film, which shows clips of ordinary [...]
Easterby set to land huge pot with well-weighted Azagal September 11, 2013 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE SECOND DAY OF THE LADBROKES ST LEGER FESTIVAL ONE of the major success stories on the flat over the past decade has been the rise of the big sales races and this afternoon’s Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance Stakes (2.40pm) is worth a cool £175,000 to the winning owner. What makes these races [...]
The monarchy plays an under-appreciated role in boosting UK business July 22, 2013 TONIGHT business leaders will attend a reception at Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. While everyone’s attention will be on the Royal baby, which the Centre for Retail Research estimates will boost the economy by £243m, the day-to-day work of the monarchy continues. With the Royal Wedding in 2011, last year’s Diamond Jubilee, [...]
Tragic Maynard was drunk and high on drugs February 26, 2013 SURREY cricketer Tom Maynard was drunk and high on cocaine and ecstasy when he was electrocuted by rail tracks and hit by a London Underground train in June, an inquest heard yesterday. The 23-year-old, who had played for England Lions and was tipped to become a senior international, died at Wimbledon Park station after fleeing [...]