Ronnie O’Sullivan wins UK Championship and draws level with haul of Steve Davis December 10, 2017 Five-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan drew level with Steve Davis’s haul of six UK Championship titles after beating Shaun Murphy in Sunday’s final. O’Sullivan, who scooped the £170,000 top prize, prevailed 10-5 to equal Stephen Hendry’s 18 Triple Crown gongs of World, UK and Masters events, while he is just five ranking titles behind the [...]
Liverpool 1, Everton 1: Jurgen Klopp rages as Reds thwarted by Wayne Rooney penalty December 10, 2017 Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp raged at the decision of referee Craig Pawson to award Everton a penalty as the Toffees grabbed a late leveller in the Merseyside derby. The dominant Reds were heading towards a regulation victory following Mo Salah’s first-half strike, only for Pawson to penalise Dejan Lovren for a shove on Dominic Calvert-Lewin [...]
UK weather: The snow in pictures in London and England as storm Caroline lands December 10, 2017 Snow has fallen across the UK, including in the capital, where many Londoners were surprised to find it settling across rooftops. Weather warnings from the Met Office failed to deter many from venturing out into the freezing temperatures – including photographers. Here’s the best pictures so far. (Click or tap on the images to see [...]
Brexit: David Davis says £39m bill “conditional” on final deal countering chancellor Philip Hammond’s claim December 10, 2017 The man in charge of Britain’s Brexit negotiations has contradicted claims by the chancellor over the payment of the Brexit “divorce bill” in a fresh cabinet rift. David Davis has said it wasn’t “quite right” that the UK will pay up to £39m regardless of the outcome of negotiations, as Philip Hammond had stated last [...]
Bitcoin exchange warns customers of system collapse if prices crash December 10, 2017 A leading bitcoin exchange has warned that customers may be unable to get their money out quickly in the event of a crash in the cryptocurrency’s price. Writing in a blog post last week, Coinbase’s co-founder and chief executive Brian Armstrong, said despite “sizeable and ongoing” increases in the firm’s technical infrastructure and engineering staff, [...]
Donald Trump spends up to eight hours a day watching TV, according to NYT profile of President December 10, 2017 Donald Trump spends as much as eight hours a day watching television, according to a profile of the US President published in the New York Times revealing more about the way he consumes media. Sources told the newspaper that they estimate he watches at least four hours of television a day “and sometimes as much [...]
Government proposes two-year accelerated degrees with cheaper tuition fees December 10, 2017 The government has put forward proposals for shorter and cheaper degrees than the traditional three-year courses designed to reduce the cost of going to university. University minister Jo Johnson has outlined the plans for degrees that would cost £5,500 less and claimed it would benefit students by £25,000 when combined with an average yearly salary [...]
UK Snooker Championship prize money 2017: How much can Ronnie O’Sullivan win in the final? December 9, 2017 The largest prize in snooker outside of the World Championship and Masters is on offer to the winner of Sunday’s UK Championship final. This year’s champion at York’s Barbican Centre will pocket £170,000. There are only two larger prizes at ranked snooker events – the £180,000 and £425,000 paid to the World Snooker Championship runner-up [...]
Sadiq Khan has commissioned Brexit impact reports for London December 9, 2017 Sadiq Khan has commissioned studies to measure the impact of Brexit on London. The mayor said that the studies will be published next month, and had a dig at Brexit secretary David Davis who has been accused of misleading parliament over his own department’s Brexit impact studies. Khan said that the government’s approach to Brexit [...]
Apple closing in on London startup Shazam for a reported £300m December 9, 2017 London-based app company Shazam could be taken over by Apple as early as Monday, according to reports. The app, which was founded in 1999, allows users to identify songs, TV shows and films by inputting audio or images. The company’s apps have been downloaded more than 1bn times. Apple is said to be bolstering its [...]