EP: 193 Haydock, Musselburgh & Hong Kong April 7, 2023 We can look forward to a typical mix of flat and jumps racing this Easter Saturday. Musselburgh stages the Queens Cup on the flat and Haydock is the venue for both staying hurdlers and chasers. We also take an early look at Easter Monday’s Irish Grand National field. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews [...]
The Punter Summary Podcast 08 April April 7, 2023 You can now hear all of City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile’s weekend tips in a short, summary episode of ‘The Punter Podcast’ alongside Chris Barnett. The full weekend preview is also available on the City AM website. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with [...]
These photos of Paul O’Grady as Lily Savage in London in the 1980s show what an icon she was April 7, 2023 Paul O’Grady, who has sadly died, was beloved as a TV and radio presenter. But in the 1980s and 1990s he was more famous as pioneering drag queen, Lily Savage, who was integral LGBTQ representation on British TV in an era before drag queens were mainstream. Many of the UK Drag Race queens today owe [...]
Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest man, but who are Britain’s biggest billionaires? April 7, 2023 Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest person according to the Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2023. The declining value of Tesla shares and his expensive acquisition of Twitter have let Bernard Arnault, head of luxury conglomerate LVMH, take his place. Arnault is the first ever Frenchman to be the world’s richest person. It was [...]
One Fine Morning, film review: Lea Seydoux’s Parisian portrait lacks focus April 7, 2023 Léa Seydoux, aka Dr. Madeleine Swann in Spectre and No Time To Die, is a fine actor with huge range. She’s immensely watchable in One Fine Morning, whether she’s casting a flirtatious eye across a road or acting the repercussions of a heart-rending break up, and in ponderous new drama One Fine Morning she gets [...]
Two million Brits set to travel abroad this Easter April 7, 2023 An estimated two million British holidaymakers are heading overseas during the Easter bank holiday weekend. Travel trade organisation Abta, which calculated the figure, said there is strong demand for trips to mainland Spain, the Canary and Balearic Islands, the Algarve, Madeira, Cyprus, Croatia, Italy, Greece and southern Turkey. Figures from aviation analytics company Cirium show [...]
Global growth to dive below three per cent and stay there till 2028, IMF chief warns April 6, 2023 World economic growth will dip below three per cent during 2023 and is likely to stay at that level for the next five years, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today. Kristalina Georgieva, IMF managing director, made the assessment during a prepared speech while visiting Washington DC in advance of the IMF [...]
Amazon’s $1.7bn bid for iRobot faces questions from UK’s competition agency April 6, 2023 The UK’s competition regulator has launched an investigation into Amazon’s proposed $1.7bn acquisition of the Roomba manufacturer, iRobot. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced today that it will investigate whether the merger will result in “substantial lessening of competition” in the UK market. Amazon and iRobot announced the merger back in August 2022. The [...]
Crypto markets pull back as Bitcoin slips under $28,000 April 6, 2023 Bitcoin has dipped below $28k, with Ethereum also down on the day, trading just below $1.9k as the wider crypto market falls.
Is HS2 holding up the UK’s construction industry? Output up but housebuilding continues to fall April 6, 2023 Civil engineering rose at its highest level since 2009 in March, according to a leading global index which measures the monthly construction output of the UK economy. At 50.7 in March, the headline seasonally adjusted S&P Global /CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) – which measures month-on-month changes in total industry activity – was [...]