Guest to leave Quins for Exiles February 13, 2014 RUGBY UNION: Back row Tom Guest has signed a two-year deal to join London Irish from Harlequins at the end of the season.
Birmingham get new stakeholder February 13, 2014 FOOTBALL: Chinese advertising firm Beijing Liangzhu International Media paid £3.5m to acquire a 12 per cent stake in Birmingham City yesterday.
Home comforts should open the door to FA Cup progress February 13, 2014 Ben Cleminson and Bill Esdaile with the best football and racing bets WHO says the FA Cup has lost its magic? This weekend the Premier League’s top four are all in action – against each other. Heavyweights Manchester City and Chelsea clash in tomorrow’s tea time kick-off and Manuel Pellegrini’s charges will want revenge after [...]
AP could make the difference aboard Merry King in Grand National Trial February 13, 2014 IF tomorrow’s meeting at Haydock gets the green light, the ground is certain to be bottomless and the only things that will matter in the Grand National Trial (2.55pm) are stamina and fitness. There are plenty with realistic chances, but the one that screams out to me is MERRY KING for Jonjo O’Neill and AP [...]
The Road to Cheltenham February 13, 2014 FOR the next four weeks I will be picking out an ante-post selection for the Cheltenham Festival that I feel will go off shorter on the day. The first race I’m going to look at is the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle which this year kicks off Wednesday’s card. This race has a rich history. [...]
It’s back to 1977 for UK oil output February 12, 2014 THE UK North Sea’s oil production plunged to its lowest level since 1977 last year and is set to slump even lower in 2014, according to a new report from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). Britain’s oil supply fell to an average 860,000 barrels per day in 2013, a 10 per cent decline [...]
Abandon travel: Chaos hits as 100mph winds batter Britain February 12, 2014 THE MET Office has issued a rare red weather warning for parts of the UK and advised people to stay indoors, as stormy weather is expected to batter the UK for the rest of this week. The Environment Agency warned that the Thames could rise to its highest level in 60 years, while in Wales a [...]
No interest rate increase for at least another year February 12, 2014 INTEREST rates will not rise for at least a year, the Bank of England indicated yesterday, despite the rapid recovery and falling unemployment. Even when rates do rise they will remain well below pre-crash levels for many years into the future. Governor Mark Carney hiked GDP forecasts for 2014 from 2.8 per cent to 3.4 [...]
There is a real chance Carney’s high stakes bet will end in tears February 12, 2014 LET’S face it: monetary policy in the UK has become much harder to understand, in no small part because of Mark Carney’s botched forward guidance. Starting in the 1990s, and until the recession, most people, when asked what the Bank of England was trying to do, would have replied that it was seeking to control [...]
Analyst Views: Is Carney’s new policy going to help the UK’s recovery take hold? February 12, 2014 ROBERT WOOD | BERENBERG BANK The governor admitted the recovery relies on consumption, and productivity is not growing yet. Loose monetary policy is not a solution to unsustainable growth. KATJA HALL | CBI We’re seeing signs business investment is starting to contribute more to growth. But there is still considerable slack in the economy, so [...]
