Wolves continue to exceed expectations by juggling Europa League with Premier League commitments February 13, 2020 Love will be in the air at the Molineux Stadium on Friday night as fans welcome back their beloved, mould-breaking Wolverhampton Wanderers from the Premier League’s inaugural winter break. Amid a season that has been bereft of quality from five of the established Big Six, Wolves and tomorrow’s opponents, Leicester, are two of the sides [...]
Lando Norris reveals the anxiety of his debut F1 season and what he is targeting in 2020 February 11, 2020 As a new season approaches, Formula One’s youngest driver is ready to come of age in his second campaign. Lando Norris enjoyed a relatively successful debut season in 2019, finishing 11th in the driver’s standings as McLaren came fourth in the constructors’ championship. But the 20-year-old Briton did not always believe his first foray into [...]
England weathered the storm in Scotland to keep Six Nations dreams alive February 9, 2020 It was a Six Nations match that will be remembered for everything but the dire spectacle on the pitch as England walked into the eye of the storm at Murrayfield on Saturday. A hostile reception was guaranteed for Eddie Jones and his team on their arrival, but not many would have foreseen a stray bottle [...]
Sajid Javid weighing up tax raid on high earners February 8, 2020 Sajid Javid is considering a tax raid on higher earners in his March budgets to help fund Boris Johnson’s plan to “level up” the economy. The chancellor is said to be committed to making the tax system “fair and efficient”. Insiders have told the Financial Times, Javid is weighing up reforms that would hit the [...]
FTSE 100 firms increase women board representation to a third, review finds February 8, 2020 A third of board positions at companies in the FTSE 100 are held by women, a review has found. The latest report from the Hampton-Alexander Review found 349 women sit on boards at the UK’s biggest firms. The government said the review’s “fantastic work” had seen it hit the target almost a year early. However, [...]
Podcaster Audioboom eyes possible merger or sale February 8, 2020 The AIM-listed podcasting group, Audioboom, has asked bankers to help it explore the possibility of a merger or sale. The group, which is backed by property tycoon Nick Candy, has asked New York-based bank Raine to undertake a strategic review that could see the company taken over by a rival, according to Sky News. Raine’s [...]
Trump fires two impeachment witnesses February 8, 2020 US President Donald Trump has removed two senior officials from their posts after they testified against him at his impeachment trial. The US Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, issued a statement on Friday saying he had been recalled from his post by the president. Sondland, who was a Trump political donor before being [...]
Coronavirus: Five Britons test positive at French ski resort February 8, 2020 All five of the new coronavirus cases at a ski resort in France are British nationals, according to the French health minister. Among those infected at a ski chalet in the Haute-Savoie region in the alps are four adults and a child. One of those infected recently returned from Singapore and is believed to have [...]
Senior Tories tell government to ‘rule out’ Huawei from 5G plans February 8, 2020 A number of senior Conservatives including four ex-cabinet ministers have written a letter to Tory MPs to raise concerns about the decision to give Huawei a role in the UK’s 5G network. Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson, David Davis, Damian Green, Tobias Ellwood and Bob Seely, said they “working to find a better solution” [...]
Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones February 8, 2020 Apple has been fined 25m euros (£21m) for deliberating slowing down its older iPhone models and not making customers aware. The fine, which was imposed by France’s competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF, was for failing to make this clear to consumers. Apple admitted in 2017 that it slowed down some of its iPhones but only [...]
