Euro 2020 draw: England should be pleased to play familiar foes Croatia and Czech Republic in Group D December 1, 2019 The start of Euro 2020 may still be 194 days away but there is already a degree of familiarity about the tournament for England. As one of the hosts, Gareth Southgate’s side have the advantage of playing all their of their group games at Wembley and Saturday’s draw confirmed that the venue won’t be the [...]
US and UK working on ‘very substantial’ trade deal, says Trump July 27, 2019 US President Donald Trump has revealed that he has begun talks with Boris Johnson and the UK about a “very substantial” trade deal. Speaking on Friday, Trump said that a deal between the two countries following the UK’s exit from the European Union could lead to a “three to four, five times” increase in current [...]
All Blacks new head coach Ian Foster has massive shoes to fill December 12, 2019 Ian Foster will have massive shoes to fill as the All Blacks new head coach. It is a job you would simultaneously love and loathe because New Zealand are already at the top; the expectation is that you keep them there. It will be no easy feat to replace Steve Hansen, who has stepped down [...]
Virgin Galactic shares blast off as Sir Richard Branson’s firm makes New York Stock Exchange debut October 28, 2019 Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, has taken off on the New York Stock Exchange this afternoon, with shares soaring more than eight per cent in early trading. The company completed a merger with a US investment vehicle late on Friday, making it the first commercial space venture to go public. Branson, who [...]
FTSE 100 falls sharply as Soleimani death rocks stocks January 6, 2020 FTSE 100 stocks fell steeply on the opening of London’s market today as tensions between the US and Iran escalated further following the killing of a top Iranian general. London’s blue-chip index sank one per cent to 7,545.4 points in early trading after the US-sanctioned assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani drove markets lower and [...]
City Moves for 5 September – Who’s switching jobs at Moorwand, Eversheds Sutherland and Tandem Bank? September 5, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Moorwand, Eversheds Sutherland and Tandem Bank. Moorwand Luc Gueriane has joined Moorwand, which provides provides electronic money services and access to Visa, Mastercard and other card schemes, as chief commercial officer. Luc will be focused on driving commercial success through the growth of Moorwand’s client base, programme portfolio and client retention. [...]
Republicans have no clue how to handle their deranged ‘Messiah’ August 23, 2019 Imagine you are a serious US politician. What do you do when the man your party put in the White House tries to buy another country’s territory, before repeating claims that he is like the “King of Israel” and boasting that he is “the Chosen One”, all within the space of two days? The obvious [...]
Shares in Energean soar as Israeli energy minister hails major gas discovery April 15, 2019 Israel’s energy minister has hailed his country’s future as a regional gas hub as London-listed Energean made a major oil discovery in the Mediterranean. Shares in the London-listed company soared around 10.5 per cent this morning after it said it had found up to 1.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas at its Karish North [...]
Can You Ever Forgive Me? film review: Melissa McCarthy shines in this odd-couple heist movie February 1, 2019 The normally jovial Melissa McCarthy completely transforms herself to play Lee Israel, a New York biographer who finds a new stream of income forging personal letters from famous writers of the past. It’s a fascinating premise (adapted from the real life Israel’s 2008 memoir), playing out as a simple but well executed heist movie. The [...]
Trump says he is not looking for war with Iran as further sanctions imposed June 23, 2019 US President Donald Trump said he was “not looking for war” with Iran in an NBC interview broadcast today. Trump said he will impose further sanctions on Iran from today, but also said he would be willing to find a deal to help Iran’s struggling economy. “I think they want to negotiate. And I think [...]