We flush out the myths about London’s sewers May 25, 2016 As part of Thames Water's Sewer Week 2016 (yep, that's a thing), the utilities major invited the media to visit the Abbey Mills pumping station, based near West Ham and Stratford, and also offered intrepid journalists the opportunity to go down a real-life Victorian sewer at Wick Lane. London's sewage network is experiencing a major upgrade, with [...]
PM’s takeover test may do more Arm than good July 29, 2016 We're less than a month into Theresa May’s administration but there’s already a worrying air of economic policy schizophrenia drifting through Whitehall. The new Prime Minister has the most daunting in-tray of any incoming Premier for decades, but she needs to flesh out her vision for corporate Britain fast; what she has offered so far [...]
Tottenham in fight with six other teams for Premier League title, says Pochettino March 31, 2016 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino insists the Premier League title remains wide open and as many as seven teams are still in the hunt for top-flight silverware this season. Spurs trail leaders Leicester by five points with seven matches to go, while they are six points ahead of north London rivals Arsenal, although Arsene Wenger’s side retain [...]
Arsenal without Arsene Wenger is hard to imagine and I don’t like saying it but the Gunners have gone stale. Now Frenchman has four games to save the Gunners’ season – and his job March 15, 2016 Their team had just followed an odds-defying qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League by going top of the Premier League, so Arsenal fans had more cause than most to celebrate over the Christmas period. They must have started to believe that this was indeed their year. And there is no question that [...]
Spurs out to settle scores against Stoke and set nerves jangling at Leicester’s King Power Stadium April 17, 2016 A first home win over Manchester United since 2001 may have maintained Tottenham’s Premier League title interest last week, but maximum points at Stoke on Monday night could heighten any jangling nerves at Leicester’s King Power Stadium. Victory in the Potteries would trim Leicester’s lead at the summit to five points after the 10-man Foxes required [...]
Football betting: No home comforts for Manchester City as West Ham aim for double January 21, 2016 Things have changed an awful lot at Upton Park in the last couple of years. In January 2014 Manchester City beat a hapless West Ham 9-0 on aggregate in the League Cup semi-finals, with the Hammers stuck near the bottom of the Premier League. As they prepare to welcome City again on Saturday, Slaven Bilic’s [...]
Football betting: Everton’s Roberto Martinez will need more than magic of the FA Cup to beat Manchester United April 21, 2016 You would think that leading your team to Wembley for an FA Cup semi-final would be enough to have fans singing your praises across the terraces. But Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal and Everton’s Roberto Martinez go into Saturday’s clash with supporters far more interested in their manager’s removal. The two sides are accused of [...]
Working Lunch review: Vita Mojo brings total food customisation and cashless eating to the City April 5, 2016 Vita Mojo 22 Carter Lane, EC4V WHAT? The City’s first entirely cashless restaurant that allows you to order and completely customise your food online or via one of the restaurant’s iPads. Its ultra-healthy menu is cooked on the premises using specially-sourced, organic ingredients and served up hot to suit pretty much any diet you can [...]
Liverpool boss Klopp returns ahead of West Ham FA Cup replay to urge truce in Anfield ticket row February 8, 2016 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp returned less than 48 hours after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix and urged the club’s hierarchy to find a solution to the ongoing feud over Anfield ticket prices. Thousands of fans staged a walk out during Liverpool’s 2-2 draw against Sunderland on Saturday in protest at the proposal to have [...]
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 [...]