Cricket Comment: Ashes has lost edge but enjoy England’s era July 22, 2013 THE ASHES is all over as a series. There is more chance of pigs flying over Sydney Harbour Bridge than this Australia side coming back from 2-0 down and reclaiming the urn. It looks to me that the tourists have accepted that they are the inferior team, so they now have to regroup, set new [...]
British tennis ace Hutchins reveals cancer remission news on Twitter July 22, 2013 BRITISH tennis star Ross Hutchins confirmed yesterday he is in remission from cancer. The Commonwealth Games silver medallist, who specialises in doubles and counts Wimbledon champion Andy Murray among his best friends, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in December and underwent a six-month course of chemotherapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea. And Hutchins, 28, [...]
United boss prepares to concede defeat in £30m Fabregas pursuit July 22, 2013 MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes has admitted he may have to give up his pursuit of Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas after having a second bid turned down for the midfielder. Moyes confirmed yesterday that United had submitted an improved offer for the former Arsenal star, after having an initial £25m bid rebuffed last week. However Barcelona, [...]
Pattinson injury adds to Aussie’s Ashes troubles July 22, 2013 AUSTRALIA’S turbulent tour took another twist last night, after seam bowler James Pattinson was ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes series with a back injury leaving coach Darren Lehmann to ponder selecting two spinners for the third Test at Old Trafford next week, The Baggy Green trail England 2-0 and have not overturned [...]
Cockcroft secures sprint double July 22, 2013 ATHLETICS: Double Paralympic champion Hannah Cockcroft won her second gold medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon yesterday, with victory in the T34 100m in a new championship record 17.88 seconds.
Injured Tommey out of a coma July 22, 2013 HORSE RACING: Jockey Brian Toomey, 24, is out of a coma and able to move his arms and legs, following a serious fall at Perth racecourse on 4 July.
UK economy heats up July 21, 2013 THE UK ECONOMY looks set to finally record robust growth this week, after a bundle of positive indicators from consumers and firms this morning all point to an expanding economy. All five of the latest surveys are positive, continuing a run of steadily strengthening data over the past few months and bolstering hopes that Thursday’s [...]
British companies invited to join Whitehall wargames July 21, 2013 BRITISH businesses have been invited to rehearse their response to overseas terrorist attacks with top foreign office officials, under plans announced by foreign secretary William Hague. Companies that work in dangerous regions, such as energy firms, will now be able to take part in so-called table top war games that are designed to simulate and [...]
Bad City regulation may hit growth and cost jobs July 21, 2013 MESSY and uncoordinated financial regulation risks stifling the industry, slowing the economy and costing tens of thousands of British jobs, analysts at PwC warn in a report out today. The analysts fear conflicting aims in regulation, for instance pushing banks to both build up capital levels and to lend more at the same time undermines [...]
How hidden taxes and levies are pushing up UK house prices July 21, 2013 BRITAIN’S housing market is broken: inane planning rules mean that not enough new homes are being built. Growing demand (in part bolstered artificially by the coalition’s silly funding for lending and help to buy policies) combined with a supply that is growing only feebly is pushing up prices in and around London and risks turning [...]
