Serbia through to semi-finals July 10, 2011 Davis Cup holders Serbia moved into this year’s semi-finals after Janko Tipsarevic beat Sweden’s Michael Ryderstedt in their last-eight singles rubber in Halmstad. Tipsarevic, standing in for Wimbledon champion and new world No1 Novak Djokovic, won the fourth rubber of the weekend 6-2, 7-5 6-3 to secure Serbia a semi-final meeting with Argentina, themselves 5-0 [...]
Powell continues to impress July 10, 2011 Jamaica’s former world record holder Asafa Powell confirmed his impressive form this season when he won the 100m at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting last night in a time of 9.91sec.
Centrica raises gas and electricity prices July 8, 2011 Centrica has said that it will raise its gas and electricity prices. The British has owner will increase gas prices by 18 per cent and electricity by 16 per cent. British Gas customers to see their bills fly up 25 per cent or £258, the average household bill for a dual British Gas customer will [...]
FTSE solid as investors eye US jobs data July 8, 2011 The FTSE 100 started out on the front foot today as investors awaited key US jobs data to assess the strength of the country’s economic recovery. Positive performances on Asian markets and on Wall Street buoyed sentiment in London with the non farms payroll figures to set the tone for trading later. Greece will also [...]
‘The buck stops here’ says PM as Coulson is arrested July 8, 2011 David Cameron has said that a judge will lead the inquiry into the media phone hacking scandal, while he took full responsibility for hiring Andy Coulson. His former press secretary was arrested and faces questioning over his role in the scandal as former editor of the tabloid. Coulson has denied any knowledge of phone hacking [...]
Smiths says News of the World closure will have “minimal impact” July 8, 2011 Britain’s biggest wholesaler of newspapers, magazines and books Smiths News said it expected “minimal financial impact” from the closure of the News of the World as readers switch to other titles. News International said the weekly tabloid would be published for the last time on Sunday as a result of the phone hacking scandal which [...]
British Land buys Virgin Active clubs in £179m deal July 8, 2011 Property investor British Land bought a portfolio of 17 freehold and leasehold Virgin Active premium racquet clubs from French bank Societe Generale for £179m. It said the clubs – about half of them within London’s M25 ringroad – would be let to Virgin Active on new, 25-year leases, pending its acquisition of Esporta. British Land [...]
Showman Lewis the last of a dying breed July 7, 2011 Formula One legend Fittipaldi says the sport would be duller without risk taker Hamilton FORMER world champion Emerson Fittipaldi believes criticism of Lewis Hamilton’s supposed reckless driving is over exaggerated and that the sport would be far less popular without its one remaining “showman”. The British star heads into his home race at Silverstone this [...]
DUTCH DISASTER: ONE DEAD AND 16 HURT AS TWENTE’S ROOF FALLS IN July 7, 2011 DISASTER struck Dutch club FC Twente yesterday when a section of their stadium collapsed leaving one person dead and 16 in hospital. The roof is reported to have collapsed after two support beams buckled, although the reason as to why this happened has yet to be discovered. The work was being carried out as part of [...]
Modric left confused by move saga, says Harry July 7, 2011 CHELSEA transfer target Luka Modric has been left “confused” by the speculation linking him with a move from Tottenham, according to his manager Harry Redknapp. Modric has been the subject of one failed bid from Spurs’ west London rivals, while both Manchester clubs are reported to have an interest in securing the services of the Croatia [...]
