BUY January 5, 2012 DIRECTOR, DOUGLAS & GORDON Q. Thinking prices would be going down last year I signed a one year rental. Values seem to be going up, should I buy or stay renting? A. It’s easy to stay in a rental if values are falling but if, like in London, they’re still going up, it’s difficult to [...]
NEED TO KNOW | AREA INSIGHT January 5, 2012 COMMUTING: Due to the East London Line extension, new transport links offer London on your doorstep. Haggerston overground station provides direct services to many important destinations including Canary Wharf and the West End in less than 30 minutes, London City Airport and Stratford for the nearby Olympic Stadium and Village. It also provides easy access [...]
Meryl Streep shines in this flawed biopic January 5, 2012 FILM THE IRON LADY Cert: 12A *** One of the defining figures of our generation; a woman who reached the top despite the best efforts of the patriarchy; a divisive personality who demands the grudging respect of her detractors. Meryl Streep could teach us all a thing or two. And in The Iron Lady – [...]
Ice hockey film is a bloody mess January 5, 2012 FILM GOON Cert 15 * Having grown up in rural Scotland, I’m no stranger to random acts of physical violence. There’s not that much to do up there beyond sheep farming and punching each other in the face until teeth are dislodged and blood is spurted. According to Goon, ice hockey and rural Scotland have [...]
Shaky United are going to struggle against City January 5, 2012 MANCHESTER CITY vs MANCHESTER UNITED SUNDAY – 1.00PM ITV1 THE city of Manchester dominated the early rounds in this year’s Premier League fight, but it’s been a difficult Christmas period for both clubs. Manchester City only picked up a point from their two away trips to West Brom and Sunderland, while Manchester United have lost [...]
Colour Squadron can be a potent weapon in Hobbs’ novice hurdle team January 5, 2012 SANDOWN Park hosts the 32Red Novices’ Hurdle tomorrow afternoon (2.35pm) and Philip Hobbs’ COLOUR SQUADRON looks the one to be on in the Grade One contest formerly known as the Tolworth Hurdle. Declarations for the two mile contest aren’t made until later this morning, so it’s unclear how many of the nine entries will stand [...]
BLUE SQUARE WINTER CARNIVAL January 5, 2012 THE Blue Square Sprint Series, the highlight of the Blue Square Winter Carnival, returns at Lingfield Park tomorrow. It is a six furlong feature held every Saturday with a Grand Prix style points system rewarding runners, riders and trainers down to sixth place. The Series consists of seven rounds of six furlong sprints with the [...]
US service sector growth speeds up January 5, 2012 The the US service sector is picking up pace, according to a the latest figures. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its services index rose to 52.6 last month from 52 in November. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. The ISM survey of US services covers industries ranging from utilities and retailing, to healthcare [...]
ENRC to pay out $1.25bn to settle Congo dispute January 5, 2012 Kazakh miner ENRC said it agreed a $1.25bn (£806.4m) settlement with Canada’s First Quantum Minerals to end a long-running dispute over ownership of the Kolwezi project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The London-listed miner said the deal would enable it to start developing its operations at the copper-cobalt Kolwezi Tailings project. ENRC will pay [...]
Service sector in surprise boost January 5, 2012 The UK services sector picked up pace in December as companies saw more new business flowing in, a survey showed today, dampening fears the economy is already back in recession. The Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the service sector rose to 54.0 in December from 52.1 in November, confounding expectations for a dip to [...]
