Mourinho denies FA charge March 25, 2014 FOOTBALL: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has requested a personal hearing and denied a Football Association charge of improper conduct after stepping onto the pitch to confront referee Chris Foy during his side’s recent defeat to Aston Villa. Mourinho was sent to the stands then later said he no longer wanted Foy to referee Chelsea matches.
New World Cup stadium doubt March 25, 2014 FOOTBALL: The Estadio Beira-Rio, could be forced to pull out of hosting five World Cup matches this summer over a lack of temporary structures. The mayor of Porto Alegre says work can only be completed if additional funding is raised and has proposed a bill be passed so investors are exempt from paying tax.
Smith sets up West Indies win March 25, 2014 CRICKET: A sensational 72 from opening batsman Dwayne Smith helped earn West Indies victory by 73 runs against Bangladesh in the World T20 yesterday. West Indies reached 171-7 and, in reply, hosts Bangladesh were bowled out for 98 with five balls to spare.
Call for cycling at Winter Olympics March 25, 2014 CYCLING: International Cycling Union president Brian Cookson wants track cycling to be switched from the summer to Winter Olympics. Cookson also suggested other indoor sports such as badminton and judo be moved, believing changes would relieve the pressure on the summer Games and allow the sports to offer a greater number of medal events.
Co-op could cut off ailing bank March 24, 2014 THE CO-OP Group could sever its 143-year ties with its bank, after the scandal-hit lender yesterday revealed another £400m gap in its finances. Losses have now ballooned to £1.3bn for 2013, after bad loans came in even higher than expected and as its PPI mis-selling compensation bill keeps mounting, the bank said. It is asking [...]
UK tech giant finds missing Malaysian flight March 24, 2014 BRITISH satellite firm Inmarsat has been put into the spotlight after its technology helped track down flight MH370, as officials said yesterday the missing Malaysia Airlines plane had crashed into the Indian ocean. New satellite data from Inmarsat, which was handed to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch on Sunday, has revealed Flight MH370’s final [...]
Cameron aims to lift more Brits out of inheritance tax March 24, 2014 TAX EXPERTS yesterday welcomed David Cameron’s ambition to lift more people out of inheritance tax if he wins the next election. The Prime Minister said he intended to “go further” with the inheritance tax threshold, set at £325,000 since 2009, to make sure most homeowners escape the levy. “Inheritance tax should only really be paid [...]
Seven threats that could derail London’s position as a top city March 24, 2014 LONDON is at the top of its game. It is not only the commercial, financial, cultural and political capital of the UK but a great city-state, a global metropolis which attracts the world’s best and brightest. But here are seven risks to London’s supremacy; all must be tackled or avoided if we are to prevent [...]
Self-employed to outnumber the public sector March 24, 2014 SELF employed workers will outnumber those in the public sector in just four years, according to an astonishing forecast, as the number of very small firms balloons in number. Research conducted by think tank RSA and e-commerce firm Etsy indicates that the number of people working for themselves will rise above those working for the [...]
Fall in homes with no jobs March 24, 2014 THE NUMBER of households where nobody works dived by 137,000 in the year to the final quarter of 2013, official figures showed yesterday. The 3.8 per cent drop takes the total to 3.39m, well below the pre-crisis level of 3.48m at the end of 2006. And the number of households where nobody has ever worked fell one [...]
