Blackpool down and Mackay out after 20 weeks April 6, 2015 TROUBLED Blackpool’s relegation was confirmed while Wigan ended the controversial tenure of manager Malky Mackay on a tumultuous day in the Championship yesterday. The Seasiders were condemned to drop into English football’s third tier with six games remaining after Rotherham’s 1-0 win over Brighton left Blackpool 19 points from safety. Lee Clark’s men host Reading [...]
Former champ Doherty blocking Evans’ path to snooker history April 6, 2015 LEADING female snooker player Reanne Evans has been handed a tough route to a possible World Championships debut after being drawn to meet former winner Ken Doherty in qualifying. The Englishwoman, 29, who has won the World Ladies Snooker Championship 10 years in a row, is bidding to become the first woman to appear in [...]
Golf Comment: Rory rightly favourite but I fancy Stenson to master magical Major April 6, 2015 THE MASTERS is always very special, not least because we know it so well. We in Britain all grew up watching it on television, beamed from that same immaculate Augusta National setting year after year. We all have favourite parts that we’ll get excited about seeing again this week. I can’t wait to see them [...]
Walsh steals AP’s thunder April 6, 2015 JOCKEY Katie Walsh upstaged AP McCoy’s final appearance in the Irish Grand National yesterday to become the first woman to win the race for four years. Walsh piloted the Sandra Hughes-trained 20-1 shot Thunder And Roses to victory by four and a half lengths at Fairyhouse after an absorbing three-way battle with Rule The World [...]
Lounge lizard: Party like it’s 1979 with these classic disco-era watches April 2, 2015 In the late 70s and early 80s, had you found yourself living it up in St Tropez, partying with the in-crowd at New York’s Studio 54, or following the jet-set around the hotspots of London, Paris and Milan, the watch you’d have repeatedly found on the wrists of the rich and glamorous would have been [...]
Banking ethics body wins over sceptics April 1, 2015 THE NEW banking ethics group designed to improve behaviour in the City has won over some of its critics, and recruited a heavyweight advisory panel of top industry leaders. Investment banks had initially expressed reservations about joining the group, but today Citi, Morgan Stanley and HSBC all joined the Banking Standards Body’s board. Their enthusiasm [...]
CBI job at risk after Walsh signs Conservative letter April 1, 2015 A SENIOR business figure is under growing pressure after signing a public political letter at the same time as seeking the presidency of a politically neutral business organisation. Paul Walsh, the former chief executive of Diageo, signed a letter along with over 100 other business leaders, endorsing the policies of the Conservative party as good [...]
UBS shareholders to hold vote on executive pay and bonuses April 1, 2015 SHAREHOLDERS of Swiss investment bank UBS will be able to vote on the pay of its directors and top executives at its annual general meeting (AGM) in May. The company said shareholders would be able to vote on variable compensation – mostly bonuses – for the main executives in 2014, and regular pay for them [...]
Holborn fire hits theatre shows April 1, 2015 AN ELECTRICAL fire under the pavement near the London School of Economics, in the centre of the capital, yesterday led to some 2,000 people being evacuated from nearby buildings. Large swathes of central London were hit by a blackout and shows at the Lyceum, Duchess and Aldwych theatres were cancelled.
General Election 2015: Nick Clegg at risk of losing his seat as Sheffield race heats up April 1, 2015 Nick Clegg is on course to lose his seat at the General Election, a poll released yesterday shows. The new poll of marginal seats, by former Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft, revealed that the Liberal Democrat leader is two points behind his Labour opponent in Sheffield Hallam, where he has been the MP since 2005. The [...]
