Rising star Hannah’s Princess can land Newbury feature March 19, 2015 CITY A.M. TIPSTER BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST HORSE RACING AT NEWBURY TODAY AND TOMORROW TRYING to pick a Saturday winner on a Thursday isn’t easy. Trying to pick a Saturday winner on a Thursday, before the runners have even been declared, is nigh on impossible. At the time of writing there are 27 runners [...]
20 March on this day… March 19, 2015 1999: Lawrence Dallaglio led England to a 20-10 victory over France in the last ever Five Nations clash at Twickenham and made it three wins out of three in the championship. Future World Cup-winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson kicked a record seven penalties that day, but England’s anticipated Grand Slam evaporated in injury-time at Wembley three [...]
Six Nations trophy England’s to lose on thrilling Saturday March 19, 2015 HARRY MADLEY PREVIEWS THE FINAL SIX NATIONS WEEKEND AND BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT LIVERPOOL V MANCHESTER UNITED WALES’ hard fought win over Ireland last Saturday ensured there will be no Six Nations Grand Slam winner for the third consecutive year and the fourth time in the last five editions. Many will argue this points to [...]
Red hot Reds too much for United to handle at Anfield March 19, 2015 LIVERPOOL are set to break into the top four for only the second time this season if they land the knock-out blow in Sunday’s north-west derby with bitter rivals Manchester United. On Monday evening the Reds escaped from Swansea with maximum points owing to a fortunate winner from man-of-the-moment Jordan Henderson. It was a scrappy [...]
Maximum excitement on Liverpool v Man United March 19, 2015 FOR MANY Liverpool versus Manchester United remains the biggest game in English football and it’s a clash that frequently entertains. However, the Reds’ new-found defensive strength, combined with United’s strikers misfiring for much of the campaign, could mean this is a match that will lack goalmouth action. In the last four meetings only one side [...]
Budget 2015: Renton Osborne goes Toryspotting March 19, 2015 Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose the Tories. That was George “Renton” Osborne’s message to electorate, as he used the final Budget of this coalition to go Toryspotting. “We choose the future,” the chancellor said, in a sequence reminiscent of the opening of Ewan Macgregor’s 1996 film. ”We choose [...]
Budget 2015: George Osborne’s election gift for young and old alike March 18, 2015 Chancellor George Osborne used the final Budget of this government to give sweeteners to both younger and older voters yesterday. In an unexpected move, he introduced a new Help-To-Buy ISA, giving first-time buyers up to £3,000. “For every £200 [first-time buyers] save for their deposit, the government will top it up with £50 more,” Osborne [...]
Six-pack: The chancellor shows his muscle with final budget of this parliament March 18, 2015 2010 THE EMERGENCY BUDGET In need of some instant austerity, chancellor George Osborne hikes VAT to 20 per cent. Child benefit is frozen for three years. 2011 THE NORTH SEA BUDGET A supplementary tax on North Sea oil firms is lifted from 20 per cent to 32 per cent. Yet the cut to corporation tax is [...]
Budget 2015: A quick guide to all the key measures March 18, 2015 Chancellor delivers good news for savers and first-time buyers as he turns up heat on banks in play for votes ahead of election. UK ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ● The UK was the fastest growing economy in the G7 last year. However, the economy grew by just 0.5 per cent in the final three months of 2014, [...]
Budget 2015: Young first-time home buyers given a helping hand with Help to Buy Isa March 18, 2015 With fewer young people able to afford to buy a home, the Budget aims to help them out. Tim Wallace asks: Will it work? Can you imagine paying £22,000 for a flat? It sounds like a joke now, but it was the average price of a first-time buyer’s home in Britain in 1984. It was [...]
