Sajid Javid unveils £100bn plan to reboot economy June 2, 2019 Home secretary Sajid Javid has unveiled plans to borrow £100bn to reboot the economy as he became the latest Tory leadership hopeful to set out his stall in the contest to replace Theresa May. Javid’s national investment fund sits alongside proposals to slash the top 45p rate of income tax for top earners. The national [...]
England v Pakistan: Hosts set to unleash Mark Wood and Jofra Archer in all-out pace barrage June 2, 2019 Trent Bridge has in recent years become a cricket ground associated with one thing and one thing only: runs, and lots of them. Over the last four years it has been the highest-scoring venue in England and Wales, with an average one-day international run-rate of 6.98 per over, its true, even-paced pitch and short boundaries [...]
Boeing planes may have ‘improperly manufactured’ parts, US authorities reveal June 2, 2019 Boeing's grounded 737 Max plane may have flaws in its construction, US regulators said this evening. The Federal Aviation Administration said that the plane maker had discovered potential problems with the leading edge slat tracks on the plane and the 737 Next Generation. The leading edge slats are flaps on the front of a wing which allow [...]
Sir Philip Green makes bid to slash retail empire’s business rate bill June 2, 2019 Sir Philip Green is launching an audacious bid to slash the amount his retail empire pays in business rates, in a move likely to trigger fresh controversy around the embattled tycoon. Sources have warned that, if implemented, the demands made by Green’s Arcadia group not to pay some of its business rate bills until April next [...]
How Liverpool dialled down their heavy metal football to beat Tottenham in the Champions League final June 2, 2019 Six was the magic number for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp on Saturday night when a deserved yet unspectacular display in the stifling heat of Madrid yielded a 2-0 win over Tottenham. But while a sixth European Cup victory was the guiding motivation for all involved with Liverpool, the number also held personal significance to Klopp. [...]
Retail investors could lose millions as risky forex trading firm crashes into liquidation June 2, 2019 An unregulated forex trading firm is set to go into liquidation leaving retail investors millions of pounds out of pocket. Hudspiths, which recently established ventures in Dubai and Luxembourg, has appointed insolvency practitioners UHY Hacker Young to oversee a creditors' voluntary liquidation. This follows attempts by creditors to wind the company up after it stopped [...]
Anthony Joshua’s seismic defeat by Andy Ruiz Jr is the shake-up that heavyweight boxing needed June 2, 2019 This wasn’t supposed to happen. Anthony Joshua’s first fight in the US was meant to be a glossy commercial for the Briton; more than merely a defence of his IBF, WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles, Saturday night’s clash with Andy Ruiz Jr was designed to break a new market, to wow an audience and [...]
Air body Iata slashes global outlook by a fifth as trade wars and fuel prices bite June 2, 2019 The head of a body which represents nearly 300 global airlines has heralded the end of boom and bust while slashing his outlook for the industry by more than a fifth. The International Air Transport Association (Iata) said it expects airlines’ combined profit to fall to $28bn (£22bn), over 21 per cent below a December [...]
Cricket Betting Tips: Pacey Archer can arrow in on Pakistan’s frail top-order June 2, 2019 IT HAS been a long time since England have had a bowler who has the pace to genuinely unsettle opposition batsmen. However, in Jofra Archer’s short international career, he has already shown that he has that ability. The Barbadian-born seamer showed in both the IPL and Big Bash what he could bring to this England [...]
Cricket Betting Tips: In-form England batsmen to cash in at Trent Bridge against Pakistan June 2, 2019 I AM not sure either Eoin Morgan or coach Trevor Bayliss could have hoped for a much better start to England’s World Cup campaign. In what looked like a potentially tricky opener on paper, the pre-tournament favourites brushed aside South Africa with consummate ease, confirming that they are the side to beat in the tournament. [...]