Bulls chief McNamara replaces Smith as new England coach April 21, 2010 BRADFORD BULLS boss Steve McNamara has been named England coach. The 38-year-old will succeed Tony Smith, who stepped down after leading the side to the final of the Four Nations last year. McNamara served as Smith’s assistant for three years and will take over the role at the end of Bradford’s Super League season. His [...]
Relaxed Els looking to contiue his winning streak in Korea April 21, 2010 ERNIE ELS insists he can rediscover his winning touch when he returns to European Tour action at the Ballantine’s Championship today. The South African followed up his WGC-CA Championship success with victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month, only to run out of steam when it came to the US Masters at Augusta. But [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF April 21, 2010 Planet is out of this world RACING: Planet of Sound pulled off a surprise victory in the Grade One Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown, beating former Cheltenham king Denman into fourth. The 14-1 shot, trained by Phillip Hobbs and ridden by Richard Johnson, battled gamely to hold off 20-1 chance War of Attrition, who was [...]
CAREERS CLINIC April 21, 2010 I have been asked to mentor somebody, but I am really unsure about what it entails. How do I go about it and what should I expect? The first time I was asked to mentor a young aspiring person I asked the old-fashioned question: why should I, when no-one had done that for me? But [...]
Inside the tortured mind of a murderer April 21, 2010 BLUEEYEDBOY BY JOANNE HARRIS Doubleday, £18.99 THE colour of murder is blue, he thinks. Ice-blue, smokescreen blue, frostbite, post-mortem, body-bag blue. It is also his colour in so many ways, running through his circuitry like an electrical charge, screaming blue murder all the way.” So begins this chilling, elegant thriller about a blue-eyed boy that [...]
‘Tis the season for green shoots April 21, 2010 AS WELL as stranding tens of thousands of Brits around the world this week, the volcanic ash crisis had the supermarkets sweating over the possibility of serious fruit and veg shortages. Ironically, the mini-crisis came just as the season gets underway for the one vegetable where we can justifiably claim that home-grown beats all-comers –?the [...]
Airlines lose £1.1bn in ash cloud crisis April 21, 2010 THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that the crisis caused by the volcanic ash cloud above Europe cost airlines more than $1.7 billion (£1.1bn). IATA Director General and Chief Executive Giovanni Bisignani said: “At the worst, the crisis impacted 29 per cent of global aviation and affected 1.2 million passengers a day.” He claimed [...]
Unemployment rises to 16-year high of 2.5m April 21, 2010 UNEMPLOYMENT has increased by 43,000 between to a 16-year high of to 2.5 million, according official figures. That represents an eight per cent jobless total. The the number of people classed as economically inactive also reached record levels, the figures – which cover the period from December to February – show. Meanwhile, the number of [...]
Darling backs IMF bank tax plans April 21, 2010 CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has welcomed International Monetary Fund proposals for two new taxes on banks to fund future bailouts. A levy would initially be charged at a flat rate then modified so riskier institutions were charged more, under the plans aimed at reducing the chances of a future global financial crisis. A second “financial activities [...]
Game Group chief steps down as profits tumble April 21, 2010 THE boss of video games retailer Game Group has stepped down following a 28 per cent plunge in profits at the group. Lisa Morgan will be replaced by Chris Bell – the former boss of Ladbrokes – as interim chief executive, the company said. The firm’s UK chief operating officer Terry Scicluna will also be [...]
