Osborne’s FSA reforms will cost consumers July 13, 2010 DURING the last few months, we have seen George Osborne outlining various plans for the future of UK regulation and a commission established to look into splitting up the banks. This has left some areas of the industry uncertain as to who is going to be supervising them and concerned that if we do not [...]
£97,000 worth of fun July 13, 2010 THE reason that Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage is so well-loved is all to do with a little valve in the exhaust system. Around town and driving normally, the V8 Vantage delivers the usual Aston Martin contemplative serenity, but under full acceleration the V8 Vantage makes the most fantastically hellish noise as the valve opens up. [...]
CAR TALK July 13, 2010 RENAULT’S BRAVE NEW WORLD This is Renault’s latest concept car, a two-seat sports coupe called DeZir. It’s the first car created under new design chief Laurens van den Acker and it’s a stunner. Proving electric cars can be exciting, the prominent grille and the ripple effect on its flanks – if not the asymmetrical scissor [...]
OUT OF OFFICE July 13, 2010 DON’T MISS: HOFESH SHECHTER DANCE Hofesh Shechter made a huge splash in the UK with Uprising in 2007. Now he takes the first full length piece since Uprising, called Political Mother, on tour. The 10-dancer show brims with Shechter’s “emotional and gritty complexity, powerful percussive grooves and a raw and honest physicality” and is accompanied [...]
REIGN IN SPAIN July 12, 2010 SPAIN enjoyed a heroes’ welcome yesterday as legions of ecstatic fans and the country’s top dignitaries alike clamoured to greet the returning world champions. Around a million supporters lined the streets of Madrid to cheer the team, who celebrated a maiden World Cup triumph with an open-top bus parade. King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister [...]
Strauss inspires series win July 12, 2010 ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss toasted a timely riposte from his side after inspiring them to an emphatic 144-run triumph that clinched a 2-1 one-day series win over Bangladesh. Strauss led by example, bludgeoning a boundary-laden 154 and sharing a 250-run partnership with Jonathan Trott as the hosts racked up an imposing 347-7 at Edgbaston. Recalled [...]
Webb had ‘hard task’ admits chief Blatter July 12, 2010 FIFA president Sepp Blatter yesterday leapt to the defence of under-fire referee Howard Webb for his handling of Sunday’s ill-tempered World Cup final in Johannesburg. Englishman Webb brandished 14 yellow cards and one red to Holland’s John Heitinga in an incident-packed game, which saw Spain lift the trophy for the first time, courtesy of 1-0 [...]
BBC take ITV to the cleaners in World Cup final ratings war July 12, 2010 THE BBC proved the big winner in the ratings war with ITV for the World Cup final with almost five times as many people tuning in to their coverage. More than 21 million British viewers saw Spain lift the trophy for the first time in their history with a 1-0 extra-time win over Holland. The [...]
Schumacher may quit, warns F1 boss Ecclestone July 12, 2010 FORMULA One boss Bernie Ecclestone says he doubts that seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will stay in the sport if he continues to under-perform for his Mercedes team. Schumacher finished Sunday’s British Grand Prix in ninth place and he lies in the same spot in the standings with 36 points – less than half the [...]
When chips were down, captain shone July 12, 2010 aI’D like to have been a fly on the wall of the England dressing room in Bristol after their defeat to Bangladesh on Saturday night. But while I’m sure some of the choice words used would’ve turned the place blue, it certainly did the trick. England’s resurgence in limited-overs cricket over the last nine months [...]
