West Ham say goodbye to Upton Park…here’s how six other Premier League teams got on in their stadium farewell May 10, 2016 West Ham say farewell to the home of 112 years' worth of memories when they take on Manchester United tonight in their final game at Upton Park. Like a number of Premier League clubs before them — and more to come — the Hammers are trading in a traditional four-sided football ground for a modern, state of [...]
From BHS to Brexit and the banks we love to hate: Here’s what got us talking April 29, 2016 We learned what makes Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith crumble. Halifax was in the dog house over Top Cat. And the pot called the kettle black when Cameron took Farage to task over his “poncey” surname. Here’s what got us talking… The billionaire has faced calls for his knighthood to be taken away (Source: Getty) [...]
David Cameron dodges rookie MP Cat Smith’s questions on poor credit ratings June 3, 2015 The Prime Minister was caught off-guard yesterday when a newly-elected Labour MP asked him about the country’s credit rating. Cat Smith stood up in the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new parliament and said: “Will the Prime Minister inform the House when he expects the UK to regain its triple A credit rating?” [...]
London is about to get its second cat café Ginger and Tom’s in West Hampstead – and this time it’s jungle-themed June 22, 2015 Cat lovers will be purring at the prospect of London's second cat-themed café opening its doors later this year – and this time it's jungle-themed. Ginger and Tom's café is due to open at a site in West Hampstead in October. Read more: London now has its own £1 café It's being set up by Anna Kogan Nasser who [...]
Tackle the hottest event in skiing: The Inferno is the longest, oldest (and poshest) ski race in the world April 15, 2016 Mürren is arguably the birthplace of modern ski racing and yet paradoxically is the sleepiest of ski villages. With no cars and perched on a rock ledge with little room for expansion, the feel in the 1920s must have been similar to today. For one weekend each year at the end of January the quiet [...]
E3 Round-up: All the top announcements from PlayStation VR and Xbox One S price and release date to Arkham VR, Death Standing and The Last Guardian news June 15, 2016 Every year, the world’s gaming press jets off to Los Angeles to be wowed by Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and all the top games developers, who lay out their plans for the future of the industry. This year there was a big push for virtual reality, with the big players throwing their weight behind the nascent [...]
MWC 2016 roundup: the biggest new phones announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress February 24, 2016 LG G5 LG’s new flagship handset is one of the first modular designs to market, allowing you to remove part of the phone to snap on new accessories to upgrade or add functionality. So far LG has shown the G5 customised with a camera grip – which adds additional battery capacity as well as shutter [...]
Operation Tabernula: Hind and Dodgson sentenced in insider trading case May 12, 2016 Martyn Dodgson has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison today, while Andrew Hind has been given three and a half years, for their roles in a landmark insider trading case. Accountant Hind and former Deutsche Bank director Dodgson were convicted on Monday of conspiring to insider deal between November 2006 and March [...]
Supermarket sales rise over Easter – but prove egg-sasperating for Tesco, Morrisons and Asda April 5, 2016 It could have been so easy for supermarkets. Not only are prices at an all-time low, but an early Easter pushed sales up compared with last year, new figures have shown. But while the Easter bunny hopped along to most of the nation's retailers, the big four continued to struggle. The figures, by Kantar Worldpanel, showed sales [...]
The Jungle Book review: An all-star revival of a family classic with a monkey so unfathomably large it will blow your mind April 14, 2016 Dir. Jon Favreau | ★★★★☆ Think about the biggest monkey you’ve ever seen. Now double it. Now make it seven feet taller. Now triple it. Hold on, slow down, are you mad? That monkey’s much too big. But dial it down just a notch or two and you’ll be picturing an ape on par with [...]