Moyes mulls over new bid August 19, 2013 MANCHESTER UNITED are weighing up whether to make a second approach for Everton’s Leighton Baines and Maroune Fellaini, after the Toffees rejected their initial combined £28m bid, labelling it “derisory” and “insulting”. United made their move for the duo before the weekend’s opening round of Premier League fixtures, however, Everton immediately rejected the offer. “Everton [...]
Pistorius trial to begin in March August 19, 2013 ATHLETICS: Six-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will appear in court from 3 March 2014 charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and the illegal possession of ammunition, the South African athlete learned at a Pretoria magistrate’s court hearing yesterday. Pistorius denies murder.
Disgraced Panesar joins Essex August 19, 2013 CRICKET: England spinner Monty Panesar has joined Essex until the end of the season, after Sussex released him on loan following an investigation into an incident earlier this month when the 31-year-old was fined £90 by police for being drunk and disorderly after urinating on nightclub bouncers.
South east: Fracking will be good for you August 18, 2013 POLITICIANS and businesses have thrown their support behind fracking, insisting the controversial form of gas extraction is vital for the UK’s growth and poses no threat to local communities. Hundreds of protesters yesterday brought the Sussex village of Balcombe to a standstill with a rally against shale gas exploration, and further action is planned [...]
BT Sport pulls in the fans amid £1bn Sky Sports war August 18, 2013 BT SPORT kicked off its bid to take on rival Sky Sports with a peak television audience of 764,000 for its opening day match on Saturday, it emerged yesterday. The number tuning in for the lunchtime fixture between Liverpool and Stoke City is on a par with opening day games shown on broadcasters ESPN and [...]
Buyers flock to market but supply shortage hits sales August 18, 2013 IN THE year to July, the number of first-time buyers in London rose by an astonishing 109.1 per cent. According to information released today by estate agent Haart, there has been a 27.9 per cent rise in new buyers across the country, and a 60.3 per cent increase in London alone. Despite this surge in [...]
Foreign firms return to Egypt as cabinet meet to resolve unrest August 18, 2013 SEVERAL foreign companies operating in Egypt have reopened their offices and facilities today despite continued violence and bloodshed in the country. General Motors and German chemicals firm BASF reopened facilities yesterday while Electrolux said it would partly resume operations today. The Swedish home appliances manufacturing giant, which has nearly 7,000 employees in Egypt and around [...]
Outen quits crime squad August 18, 2013 A FORMER KPMG partner picked to head the government’s new financial crime-fighting unit has unexpectedly stepped down, just months after his position was announced with great fanfare. Jeremy Outen was appointed in April as director designate of the Economic Crime Command at the National Crime Agency (NCA), which is due to launch in October. Outen [...]
Prescott warns Labour is failing in media war August 18, 2013 LABOUR heavyweight Lord Prescott yesterday attacked his party’s performance and called on Ed Miliband to sack weak shadow cabinet members. The ex-Deputy Prime Minister insisted “time is running out” for Labour to build momentum ahead of the 2015 general election. “This summer, we massively failed to get our case over to the public and hold [...]
JP Morgan in alleged China bribery probe August 18, 2013 US AUTHORITIES are investigating JP Morgan’s hiring practices in China, suspecting the bank of hiring well connected children of officials to win business in the country, it emerged over the weekend. Documents leaked to the New York Times show the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating claims the bank hired the son of a [...]
