Adlington retires and sets goal of improving kids’ swimming February 5, 2013 RETIRING double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington is aiming to ensure all children in Britain are able to swim 25m before the age of 12. Adlington yesterday confirmed the end of her hugely successful competitive career, which also brought medals at world, European and Commonwealth level. The 23-year-old from Mansfield insists she is not retiring from [...]
Reds game was probed February 5, 2013 HUNGARIAN football club Debrecen have confirmed their 2009 Champions League defeat to Liverpool was investigated for suspected match-fixing. Goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic was banned by governing body Uefa for two years in 2010 for not reporting being approached to rig games against Fiorentina and Liverpool. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by the Anfield side, who [...]
Ogogo rubbishes Hatton reports February 5, 2013 BOXING: London 2012 star Anthony Ogogo has denied reports that former world champion Ricky Hatton is to be his trainer. The Olympic middleweight bronze medallist, set for a professional debut in April or May, said: “Speculation regarding my trainer situation is wide of the mark. To be clear, no decision has been made at this [...]
Button fastest in first F1 testing February 5, 2013 FORMULA ONE: Britain’s Jenson Button enjoyed an encouraging start to the 2013 pre-season when he set the fastest time in testing in Jerez yesterday. The McLaren driver was 0.848 seconds faster than Red Bull’s Mark Webber, despite missing five hours’ track time with a fuel pump problem, with Romain Grosjean of Lotus third. English rookie [...]
Cavendish victorious in Qatar February 5, 2013 CYCLING: Manx sprint star Mark Cavendish produced a trademark finish to claim victory in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar yesterday. Cavendish’s second stage win since joining Omega Pharma-QuickStep left him fourth in the overall standings, eight seconds behind leader Brent Bookwalter.
Qinetiq in line as US defence market remains uncertain February 5, 2013 TRADING in the third quarter continued to tick along in line with expectations for defence technology group Qinetiq, it said in a trading update yesterday. In November, Qinetiq said its first half performance had been strong, despite cuts to government spending in the UK and the US. This uncertainty in the US market had lingered [...]
London offices enjoy strongest spend in years February 5, 2013 THE CENTRAL London office market enjoyed its strongest year for investment since 2007 last year, thanks to a record level of purchases by foreign investors, according to data published yesterday by Knight Frank. The property specialist said total investment turnover for central London was £13.8bn in 2012, up from £9.6bn in 2011 and higher than [...]
YouView launch helps TalkTalk boost its customer numbers February 5, 2013 REVENUES at media company TalkTalk fell 1.7 per cent to £415m in the last three months of 2012, though the company saw net gains in its customer numbers for the first time in three years as the new YouView TV platform launched. TalkTalk attracted a 80,000 new television subscribers, who will use broadband TV service [...]
Developer of BBC Television Centre sets out masterplan February 5, 2013 THE BBC Television Centre in White City is to be opened up to the public for the first time, under its new guise as a site for hotels, flats and offices. Developers unveiled plans yesterday to turn the landmark building into a mixed-use scheme including 1,000 new homes, a hotel and offices as well as [...]
St Modwen ups asset value by nine per cent February 5, 2013 ST MODWEN said yesterday it has agreed terms with Swansea University to develop the first £150m phase of its New Science and Innovation Campus as it revealed a rise in full year profits. The property developer said the first phase of the £300m scheme will consist of 700,000 square feet of development including 430,000 sq [...]
