7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary: London’s authorities to hold series of commemorative events June 29, 2015 London authorities putting the final plans in place for a series of events in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings. The 2005 terrorist attack claimed the lives of 52 people and injured hundreds more when bombs exploded on the Tube between Liverpool Street and Aldgate, Edgware Road and between King's Cross [...]
Queen’s 62nd anniversary to be marked with two multiple-gun salutes on June 2 May 29, 2015 Good news multiple-gun salute fans. Next week there will be not one but two such events, marking the 62nd year of Queen Elizabeth's reign. The first – a 41-gun-salute – will take place on June 2 in Green Park, near the King's Toop Royal Horse Artillery on the southern edge of the park. [...]
Flintshire can finally realise promise in the King George July 24, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST OF SATURDAY’S RACING AND WILLIAM CHRIMES LOOKS AT ENGLAND’S THIRD TEST AGAINST INDIA TOMORROW’S King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3.50pm) was given a huge boost 10 days ago with the news that unbeaten Oaks winner Taghrooda would bypass a trip to The Curragh for the Irish Oaks and [...]
My Titania ready to give Oxx another Coronation June 19, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS TODAY’S ROYAL ASCOT ACTION AND THE BEST OF TOMORROW’S RACES IT WAS the fillies off the track who were the stars of the show yesterday on Ladies Day. Now it is the turn of the equine fairer sex to take centre stage in this afternoon’s Coronation Stakes (4.25pm). You will rarely see as [...]
Bottom Line: Christmas comes early for King November 13, 2013 THEY say good things come to those who wait. Yesterday, almost a week after rival retailers Marks & Spencer, John Lewis and Morrisons released their Christmas adverts, the UK’s fastest growing supermarket revealed its own tear-jerker – a three-and-a-half minute mini-film that aired during last night’s Coronation Street. The film, which shows clips of ordinary [...]
The monarchy plays an under-appreciated role in boosting UK business July 22, 2013 TONIGHT business leaders will attend a reception at Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. While everyone’s attention will be on the Royal baby, which the Centre for Retail Research estimates will boost the economy by £243m, the day-to-day work of the monarchy continues. With the Royal Wedding in 2011, last year’s Diamond Jubilee, [...]
A late night Tube is simple way to keep London competitive February 3, 2013 TRANSPORT for London has raised the prospect of the Underground running until 2am at weekends. Starting in 2015, this could deliver a signifciant boost to London’s £8bn a year dining, drinking and entertainment industry, and would provide a boon to the thousands of Londoners who flock to the West End for a night out. This [...]
Stoute will be over the Moon to win his sixth King George July 19, 2012 TOMORROW’S Group One highlight, and next round of the QIPCO British Champions Series, the King George VΙ and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (4.35pm), is one of the most prestigious middle-distance races in the calendar and the Ascot showpiece is often the first time the Classic generation step up and meet their older counterparts. Although there is [...]
The fall of Bob Diamond: How tragedy can stalk even the most powerful July 5, 2012 FOR God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground, and tell sad stories of the death of kings.” Anyone who caught the BBC’s dramatisation of William Shakespeare’s Richard II at the weekend will have seen not only one of the City’s historic buildings featuring prominently – St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield – but also [...]
Newfangled and Astrology set to brighten up gloomy Ascot June 21, 2012 This afternoon’s Coronation Stakes (3.45pm) looks wide open now that Maybe has been pulled out due to a stone bruise, and 11 fillies are set to go to post. They include the winners of both the English and Irish 1000 Guineas, not to mention French raider Bugie D’Amore, and the potentially exciting Cardigan. However, it [...]