Murray may ignore big names in search for Lendl replacement April 8, 2014 WIMBLEDON champion Andy Murray has hinted he may buck the trend of hiring a celebrated former player as coach following his recent split from Ivan Lendl. Murray’s rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have both teamed up with fellow grand slam winners, in Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, since the British No1 recruited Lendl – [...]
Pistorius recounts night he shot girlfriend April 8, 2014 PARALYMPIC champion Oscar Pistorius yesterday told a South African court his recollection of events the night he shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013. Pistorius, who denies murder, detailed a peaceful night together where they watched television and discussed Valentine’s Day gifts. The 27-year-old said he later got out of bed to get fans [...]
Rooney to play through pain April 8, 2014 MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes revealed striker Wayne Rooney is so determined to start against Bayern Munich tonight, he will take a pain-killing injection if necessary. Rooney missed Saturday’s 4-0 win over Newcastle with a toe injury, but is set to put his body on the line to help United improve on last week’s 1-1 [...]
Doping ban for Jamaican sprinter April 8, 2014 ATHLETICS: Olympic sprint silver medallist Sherone Simpson has been suspended for 18 months after testing positive for a banned stimulant. Asafa Powell, who also gave a positive test, will learn his fate tomorrow.
Ireland to host England in 2015 April 8, 2014 FOOTBALL: England will visit Republic of Ireland for a friendly in June 2015, returning to Dublin for the first time since riots caused the abandonment of their friendly in 1995.
Barclays settles Libor court case April 7, 2014 BARCLAYS yesterday dodged a potentially embarrassing court case that could have become a landmark in the Libor-fixing scandal, as it settled out of court with a firm that had accused the bank of mis-selling and fraud. In a deal worth around £25m, Barclays has restructured the debts of Guardian Care Homes (GCH), allowing the firm [...]
Coming to a high street near you: First look at Williams & Glyn’s logo April 7, 2014 WILLIAMS and Glyn, the bank being spun off from RBS, will use the below logo on its branches, City A.M. can reveal. The 314 sites across the country, with around 30 in London, are set to be rebranded for its launch as an independent challenger bank next year. The branding has been in the pipeline [...]
The UK economy is 5pc bigger than thought April 7, 2014 BRITAIN’S economy is as much as five per cent bigger than previously thought, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said yesterday. Changing measurements of areas like business investment and pensions savings will reveal huge changes in the economy compared with previous estimates, according to ONS presentation slides seen by City A.M. Firms’ research and development [...]
Labour’s £20bn pledge to devolve power to the nation April 7, 2014 LABOUR leader Ed Miliband will today unveil a central pillar of the party’s manifesto for 2015, with a plan to devolve control of £20bn to regions around the UK. Revealing the interim conclusions of Andrew Adonis’s growth review, Miliband will pledge to hand new powers over transport, housing, infrastructure and the work programme over to [...]
Everything we thought we knew about the economy is wrong April 7, 2014 FACTS are sacred, unlike mere subjective opinions – or so most sensible people believe. In reality, as every good French philosopher would tell you, what we trust to be objective data-based truths all too often turn out to be social constructs. We are about to see a beautiful demonstration of this with the British economy, [...]
