Kane hits hat-trick in England win October 10, 2013 FOOTBALL: Tottenham striker Harry Kane bagged a hat-trick as England under-21s trounced 10-man San Marino 4-0 last night. Manchester United defender Michael Keane was also on target in Serravalle.
Fury in hot water after Twitter rant October 10, 2013 BOXING: The British Boxing Board of Control are preparing to take action against heavyweight Tyson Fury following a series of offensive Twitter comments aimed at David Haye, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko.
Banned Lee vows to clear his name October 10, 2013 SNOOKER: Former world No5 Stephen Lee has lodged an appeal against his 12-year ban from the sport after being convicted on seven charges of match-fixing.
England can take major step on road to Brazil 2014 tonight October 10, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON AND BILL ESDAILE WITH THE BEST FOOTBALL AND RACING BETS THIS WEEKEND PREPARATION for the England team going into tonight’s crunch World Cup qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley has been far from ideal. The serialisation of Harry Redknapp’s autobiography seemed to take a dig at manager Roy Hodgson as a safe pair of [...]
Expect an act of Domination in Cesarewitch if rain stays away October 10, 2013 ALTHOUGH tomorrow’s meeting at Newmarket is called Dubai Future Champions Day, the big race for most punters is the Betfred Cesarewitch (3.50pm), which was won by an eight-year-old 66/1 shot last year. This is the second leg of the Autumn Double and is always a war of attrition with 34 runners set to go to [...]
US economy held hostage by shutdown October 9, 2013 FEARS over the potentially disastrous consequences of the US shutdown mean the Federal Reserve’s plan to slowly bring the economy back to normal have been put on ice. As Fed vice chair Janet Yellen was officially nominated by President Barack Obama as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, minutes from the American central bank [...]
Royal Mail share sale oversubscribed as 700,000 apply October 9, 2013 MORE than 700,000 individual investors have applied for shares in Royal Mail, Vince Cable announced yesterday, making the sale one of the most popular privatisations in British history. The Lib Dem business secretary also confirmed that the retail offer is seven-times oversubscribed, making it highly unlikely that would-be investors will receive their full allocation of shares. [...]
Britain leads Europe in cutting top rate of tax October 9, 2013 THE UK has cut the top rate of income tax by more than any other country in Europe, according to analysis from KPMG out yesterday. And the fall in the top rate from 50 per cent to 45 per cent means Britain has leapfrogged half a dozen other countries to move from the fifth highest rate in [...]
Top 1 per cent of income taxpayers are bailing out the Treasury October 9, 2013 THERE is no better snapshot of modern Britain than the regular updates from HMRC on the taxes we pay and the income we earn. The latest batch doesn’t disappoint. There will be just 29.3m income taxpayers in 2013-14, 2m lower than in 2010-11 as a result of the increase in the personal allowance. There will [...]
Watchdog gets trader emails in RBS FX probe October 9, 2013 THE CITY watchdog has been given emails and message records by RBS, relating to a probe into suspected foreign exchange market fiddling, it emerged yesterday. The Financial Conduct Authority is looking into the WM/Reuters benchmark, the latest to be studied in a series of probes covering indices including Libor. The RBS trader in question left his job at [...]
