Rain ends England’s hopes of T20 victory September 10, 2012 ENGLAND can only hope for a draw from the Twenty20 series with South Africa after rain caused last night’s second match at Old Trafford to be abandoned. Hashim Amla’s 47 off 30 balls helped the tourists reach 77-5, with downpours limiting both sides to nine overs, and England were on 29-2 when the weather intervened [...]
Swansea sign left-back Tiendalli September 10, 2012 ■ FOOTBALL: Swansea City have signed former Holland U21 left-back Dwight Tiendalli as a replacement for the injured Neil Taylor, who has been ruled out for the entire season with a broken ankle. The Dutchman arrives on a free transfer after being released by FC Twente.
Coleman expects Wales goals September 10, 2012 ■ FOOTBALL: Chris Coleman has predicted his Wales side will tonight end their goal drought when they play Serbia in a World Cup qualifier in Novi Sad. “We will score goals and I thought we were going to get a goal against Belgium,” he said.
Ireland squad warn McClean September 10, 2012 ■ FOOTBALL: Sunderland winger James McClean received a dressing down from his Ireland team-mates after using Twitter to criticise the decision to leave him on the bench against Kazakhstan as a “joke” while using foul language. Striker Kevin Doyle said: “We said to him straight away – it’s not acceptable. We found out pretty much [...]
Dawson backs Gatland move September 10, 2012 ■ RUGBY UNION: Former British and Irish Lions scrum-half Matt Dawson believes the appointment of Warren Gatland as coach is the right one. “I think it’s the right appointment,” he said. “The Lions committee have absolutely nailed it. Maybe for once in goodness knows how long there’s very little controversy.”
Generation E September 10, 2012 A NEW generation of entrepreneurs will lift the UK out of its devastating economic recession, according to a report out this morning by a leading educational society. The proportion of surveyed twenty-somethings who want to start their own business rocketed from 17 per cent in 1998 to 29 per cent in 2010, the research shows. [...]
Cable plans public bank to offer business loans September 10, 2012 BUSINESS secretary Vince Cable will today outline plans for a government-backed corporate lender, as part of his attempt to reignite the coalition’s support for British industry. Cable will say in a speech at Imperial College that the smaller “challenger banks” such as Co-operative and Aldermore could be employed to operate the new business bank, though [...]
Three reasons why the UK economy will eventually improve September 10, 2012 GLASSES can be half-empty – but they can also be half-full. Amid all the gloom, and the latest useless proposals for an industrial policy from Vince Cable, the business secretary, here are, for once, three reasons for moderate optimism about the state of our post-Olympic nation. The first is that the UK has become a [...]
What the other papers say this morning September 10, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES Risky groups face outsourcing ban The performance of troubled Olympics contractor G4S will be reviewed “very carefully”, the Cabinet Office has warned, in a shake-up of outsourcing contracts across government that has already seen two IT companies struck off its list for future tenders. The department’s decision to look at G4S’s record comes [...]
Cable’s wish list September 10, 2012 ■ BUSINESS BANK Business secretary Vince Cable will today announce that he is looking to set up a government-backed lender for firms that find it difficult to obtain funding in the private sector. The scale and model are yet to be decided, but it could operate through one of the smaller “challenger banks” or non-bank [...]
