Louis van Gaal’s only hope of avoiding the sack at Manchester United is to win the FA Cup and salvage a top-four place April 12, 2016 Leicester aside, West Ham are the team who have completely embarrassed pundits and proven that clubs beyond the usual suspects can sustain a high level throughout a season. Manager Slaven Bilic, like his Foxes counterpart Claudio Ranieri, has to take credit for keeping his players happy and confident, ensuring that their rare defeats have not [...]
West Ham United v Manchester United: Slaven Bilic savours perfect farewell to FA Cup football at the Boleyn Ground April 12, 2016 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic insists Wednesday's quarter-final replay against Manchester United is the perfect way to bring down the curtain on FA Cup action at the Boleyn Ground. The Hammers have just four fixtures left at their home of 112 years before relocating to the Olympic Stadium and, regardless of the result, the visit of [...]
Britain is a tech powerhouse leading the global revolution July 7, 2017 In every era, when a big new technology is invented we are challenged to think fresh about how to make it work for us, in a way that improves the quality of people’s lives. Just as new technologies can bring great benefits, they also can throw up risks. It’s no different with digital technology. Britain [...]
Controlling costs of £55.7bn HS2 project will be “challenging”, admits Department for Transport January 17, 2017 Controlling costs of HS2 will be "challenging", according to the Department for Transport (DfT), and has said cost estimates of the second stage of the project won't be set until 2019. The comments were made in written evidence submitted by the DfT's permanent secretary Philip Rutnam, to support a Public Accounts Committee inquiry on the Great Western [...]
The 17 safest places to live in Britain March 3, 2017 London did not rank anywhere near the top of the rankings in a new report that listed the safest places in Britain. Provident Personal Credit surveyed 2,642 people in a new report entitled "Unbroken Britain," and residents were asked to rate on a scale of 1-10 on how they felt within their community. Many northern [...]
Evergreen Jermain Defoe earns England recall three and half years after his last cap as Gareth Southgate trials Nathan Redmond and James Ward-Prowse March 16, 2017 England manager Gareth Southgate has praised Jermain Defoe’s enduring effectiveness after recalling the evergreen Sunderland striker for next week’s fixtures against Germany and Lithuania. Defoe, 34, is in line for a first cap since November 2013 after his 14 Premier League goals for the struggling Black Cats earned him the nod over the rusty Wayne [...]
HS2 announces flurry of new contracts including another for CH2M – the firm of its chief exec-to-be February 9, 2017 New contracts have been awarded for the second phase of HS2, including one for CH2M – HS2's incoming chief executive's company. The announcement comes after questions were asked over Mark Thurston's appointment last month and possible conflicts of interest. Thurston joins from his post managing European affairs at CH2M in the spring. American engineering giant CH2M is already the engineering delivery [...]
It takes a village: How Simon Rogan transformed a Cumbrian town into an international culinary destination July 6, 2017 The village of Cartmel lies just beyond the boundaries of the Lake District. It’s quietly beautiful, with squat stone buildings, rows of shops selling postcards and tourist knick-knacks, and a 12th century priory that dominates the town square. You can find lazy, bucolic idylls like this dotted across this part of the world; it’s the [...]
Revealed: The full list of branches HSBC is set to close this year January 24, 2017 HSBC has announced 62 fresh branch closures today as part of its restructuring programme. This takes the total number of branches closing this year to 117. Here's a full list of the 62 branches HSBC just announced its closing: Alfreton Alnwick Ammanford Balsall Common Bedworth Blackpool, Birley Street Bletchley Brigg Bristol College Green Brompton Road Cardiff, Churchill [...]
Huge Premier League title blow for stuttering Manchester City as Liverpool gain revenge March 2, 2016 Manchester City’s stuttering title challenge suffered another critical blow as Liverpool gained revenge for their Capital One Cup defeat with a comprehensive 3-0 victory at Anfield. First-half goals from Adam Lallana and City old boy James Milner, together with Roberto Firmino’s strike in the second period, consigned Manuel Pellegrini’s side to a third successive Premier [...]