Bhatia quits as Rangers hike season ticket prices May 25, 2011 QPR vice-chairman Amit Bhatia has resigned on the day the club announced their ticketing structure for the coming campaign would see a hike of up to 40 per cent in some areas. The west London club sealed promotion back to the Premier League earlier this month after an 11-year absence. The investment of Bernie Ecclestone, [...]
Carlton House ready for Epsom May 25, 2011 HORSE RACING: Investec Derby favourite Carlton House thrilled connections after his final serious piece of work ahead of the big race. “He worked this morning and it was very satisfactory. He seems in good shape,” said trainer Sir Michael Stoute.
Defoe pulls out of England squad May 25, 2011 FOOTBALL: England striker Jermain has Defoe pulled out of the squad ahead of next week’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland. Andy Carroll and Wayne Rooney are also missing.
McIlroy still has Masters pain May 25, 2011 GOLF: Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy claims he’s still hurting from his Masters capitulation last month. “It’s tough, but I’ll get over it,” he said ahead of the start of the BMW PGA Championship.
The ostritch generation May 25, 2011 SIX in ten Britons have no financial plan for their retirement, fresh research revealed today, with experts blaming this lack of preparation on a “culture of dependency”. The UK is faced with an “Ostrich Generation” with 17 per cent of people admitting they have no idea where their retirement income will come from, and a [...]
Obama-mania grips Westminster May 25, 2011 AS THE first US President to address MPs and peers at Westminster, Barack Obama said yesterday that the global influence of the US, UK and allies would remain “indispensable”, in a speech in Parliament on the second day of his UK state visit. But he said that leadership would need to “change with the times” [...]
EU bond sees high demand May 25, 2011 INVESTORS scrambled to snap up a second €4.75bn (£4.1bn) bond issue by the EU yesterday, with the book oversubscribed to a value of €10bn by noon. The European Commission, which ran the sale, said the cash will go towards boosting the Eurozone’s main bailout fund, the Financial Stabilisation Mechanism. The EC said it saw “favourable [...]
UK hopelessly optimistic on pensions May 25, 2011 IT is hard to know what is most depressing about Britain’s approach to retirement. The findings of HSBC’s survey on the subject, released this morning, paint an all too accurate picture of an “ostrich generation” convinced it will be able to retire early despite not saving anything. How else can one describe a situation where [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 25, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BRANSON WANTS 600 BRANCHES OF LLOYDS Sir Richard Branson has set his sights on buying a network of branches from Lloyds Banking Group as he attempts to go head-to-head with some of the biggest banks on the UK high street. Sir Richard met António Horta-Osório, Lloyds chief executive, on Tuesday and plans [...]
Lagarde confirms IMF bid May 25, 2011 FRENCH finance minister Christine Lagarde officially declared her candidacy for the leadership of the IMF yesterday, confirming speculation that she would make a bid to replace the ousted Dominique Strauss-Kahn. She appears to have few credible challengers, but her candidacy could cause controversy given that her appointment would follow the decades-old tradition that only Europeans [...]
