The accidental transport secretary turns his sights on planes and trains June 15, 2010 IT wasn’t meant to be like this. If the Tories had won an outright majority on 7 May, Philip Hammond would have gone to the Treasury as chief secretary and implemented the toughest spending cuts in a generation. As part of the coalition agreement, however, he had to step aside for a Liberal Democrat and [...]
The accidental transport secretary turns his sights on planes and trains June 15, 2010 IT wasn’t meant to be like this. If the Tories had won an outright majority on 7 May, Philip Hammond would have gone to the Treasury as chief secretary and implemented the toughest spending cuts in a generation. As part of the coalition agreement, however, he had to step aside for a Liberal Democrat and [...]
UK high-speed rail network to cost £30bn March 11, 2010 PLANS to build a high-speed rail network connecting London with Northern Britain were revealed yesterday by transport secretary Andrew Adonis, in a project expected to cost £30bn. Adonis laid out his proposals for the 335 mile “Y” shaped line, which is expected to significantly cut travel time to the West Midlands, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield [...]
Break even or else, says soccer boss March 9, 2010 IVAN GAZIDIS, the chief executive of Arsenal, has told City A.M. he is firmly behind Europe-wide proposals to force all football clubs to break even. Clubs would have to balance the books over a three-year rolling cycle, starting in 2012, under so-called financial fair play rules discussed by leading sides and European governing body Uefa [...]
Robinho exit talks continue January 26, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini has confirmed discussions are taking place with Brazilian rivals Santos and Sao Paulo over a deal to let striker Robinho leave on loan. The 26-year-old is in the City squad for tonight’s crunch Carling Cup semi-final with Manchester United but said on Monday he was “90 per cent” sure he [...]
FOOTBALL | IN BRIEF January 21, 2010 Two come in for Kjaer ITALIAN club Palermo claim two English clubs have made an offer for Danish defender Simon Kjaer, 20. “We have received four offers – two from Germany, two from England,” said president Maurizio Zamparini. “We hope to keep him.” Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are all interested. Rivals lock horns [...]
ICELAND’S VOLCANIC ASH COMES FULL CIRCLE April 20, 2010 YOU’RE not going to believe this, ladies and gentlemen, but that’s the beauty of pure irony. A little bird whispers in The Capitalist’s ear that the latest victim of the Icelandic volcano belching ash over Europe is none other than Malcolm Walker, who runs – you guessed it – frozen food supermarket chain Iceland. It [...]
Rio England doubt sours Rooney show February 23, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD (3) v/s WEST HAM (0) MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson revealed Rio Ferdinand will miss Sunday’s Carling Cup final and is a major doubt to captain England against Egypt, after seeing a Wayne Rooney brace cut Chelsea’s lead to one point. Ferdinand suffered a recurrence of a back problem in training yesterday [...]
Diaby keeps Arsenal in sight of top February 10, 2010 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger hailed a “fantastic night” after Abou Diaby’s goal blew the title race back open. Midfielder Diaby struck with a bullet 72nd-minute header from Tomas Rosicky’s cross to settle an otherwise scrappy affair and end the Gunners’ four-match winless run. And with both Chelsea and Manchester United crucially dropping points in the [...]
‘I’ll take his head off’ warns fired-up Haye March 31, 2010 ULTRA-confident David Haye says he plans to take John Ruiz’s head off when he makes his first heavyweight title defence against the American on Saturday. The Hayemaker has been unusually quiet in the build-up to the Manchester showdown, but exploded back into life in familiar fashion yesterday, just 72 hours before stepping into the ring. [...]