Cuco Martina: Southampton fill Clyne void by sealing deal for Twente defender July 7, 2015 Southampton have bolstered their ranks ahead of the new Premier League season by completing the signing of versatile Curacao defender Cuco Martina from FC Twente yesterday. Read more: Dani Osvaldo sacked by Southampton The 25-year-old, who can play at right-back or centre-half, has agreed a two-year deal and will help fill the void left [...]
Ashes 2015 preview: The Aussies’ woeful record in Wales won’t save England this time July 7, 2015 Unlike their rugby union counterparts, Australian cricketers rarely enjoy their infrequent trips to Wales. Read more: Squads are evenly matched but I see tourists going unbeaten When Stephen Moore leads his men out against Fiji in their opening match of World Cup Pool A in September he’ll do so on the back of six [...]
Ashes 2015: Joe Root to stand tall for White Rose as his county colleagues wither July 7, 2015 England's preparation for the Investec Ashes series has seen them tap into the knowledge and experience of former players. Read more: Root is now a master of all trades This culminated on Sunday night with a team meeting led by Sir Ian Botham: a player whose Headingley heroics took place before any of [...]
Greek debt crisis: European markets robust after referendum “no” vote July 7, 2015 European markets were relatively sanguine yesterday in the wake of Sunday’s referendum result in Greece, which many viewed as increasing the chances of a crash out of the Eurozone. Some feared that if Greece defaulted on its debt and left the euro it might have big impacts on other European economies. Read [...]
Greek debt crisis: Mario Draghi turns up the heat on banks July 6, 2015 The Eurozone’s central bank piled more pressure on Greece ahead of today’s crucial summits, by making it harder for the country’s struggling banks to access emergency loans. The move, revealed yesterday, is not expected to push any Greek banks to the brink, but was widely seen as a turning of the screws on Greece that [...]
7/7 London bombings remembered: 10 years since terror struck July 6, 2015 Today marks the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks on London Underground trains and a double-decker bus that killed 52 civilians and injured more than 700 others. Prime Minister David Cameron and London mayor Boris Johnson will mark the date this morning by laying a wreath at the [...]
Tory bosses: Just three candidates on the Conservative mayoral ballot July 6, 2015 Voters will be able to choose among no more than three candidates when the Conservative party holds an open primary later this year to select its candidate for mayor of London. Applications to be the Tory candidate for London mayor closed yesterday, but the party has not released an official list of hopefuls. Bookmakers put [...]
Oil price drops to three-month low on worries over Eurozone July 6, 2015 Oil prices fell below $60 a barrel yesterday, as the shockwaves from the Greek “no” vote pushed prices further down. Yesterday marked the first time since April that internationally traded Brent crude fell so low, at one point dipping to as little as $56.50 a barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was also trading at [...]
Tube drivers to go ahead with 24-hour strike July 6, 2015 A 24-HOUR tube strike by London Underground workers will “definitely go-ahead” after Union bosses said they had not been given enough time to consider a new pay offer. London Underground is currently involved in last-ditch talks with four unions – RMT, Aslef, TSSA and Unite – to try and come to a deal that will [...]
George Osborne to overhaul Sunday trading hours in biggest shakeup for 20 years July 6, 2015 Shops and supermarkets could be allowed to open for longer on Sundays in one of the biggest shakeup of trading laws in 20 years. Chancellor George Osborne will use tomorrow’s Budget to unveil plans to devolve powers to mayors or councils to decide for themselves what the rule over trading hours should be in their [...]
