RIOTS THREATEN SPORTING CHAOS August 9, 2011 • Fears grow over start of Premier League season • Eight London matches in danger of being axed • FA promise refund after England game called off POLICE will today decide whether London’s Premier League and Football League fixtures are safe to go ahead at the weekend after the rioting ravaging the capital plunged the sporting [...]
Cameron recalls Parliament over riots August 9, 2011 David Cameron has recalled Parliament after returning from his holiday this morning to take charge of government’s response to the escalating violence in London. The prime minister, who chaired a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency response team, has boosted police numbers on the capital’s streets by 10,000 today in an effort to stave off [...]
Riots spark concerns for England game at Wembley August 8, 2011 International under threat as Carling Cup games at West Ham and Charlton postponed on police advice FEARS were growing last night that England’s friendly against Holland tomorrow at Wembley may have to be called off after violent rioting spread throughout London and beyond. Carling Cup fixtures at West Ham and Charlton due to take place [...]
London streets left smouldering as riots continue August 7, 2011 A SECOND night of violence hit London yesterday, as police clashed with rioters in Enfield and Edmonton, and officers assessed the damage following a night of arson attacks and looting in Tottenham. Unrest broke out in the north of the capital late on Saturday after a peaceful vigil by friends of family of Mark Duggan [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 1, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES FOXCONN LOOKS TO AN AUTOMATED FUTURE WITH 1M ROBOTS BY 2013 Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer by revenue, plans to have as many robots as workers in its China factories within three years, according to Terry Gou, chairman and chief executive. Foxconn, China’s biggest employer, produced Apple’s iPad and other electronic [...]
Sky board to back Murdoch as chairman July 27, 2011 JAMES Murdoch is expected to get the backing of the BSkyB board today for his continuing as chairman of the company despite the various inquiries taking place into the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World while he was the organisation’s most senior executive. One or two independent directors on the satellite broadcaster’s board [...]
With one year to go, businesses are galloping to get behind London 2012 July 26, 2011 IT’S got to be one of the most breath-taking sights of this summer. You know, the pictures of athletic horses jumping fences at Greenwich Park against a backdrop of the skyscraper-dominated Canary Wharf. It’s a stunning juxtaposition that also captures a critical aspect of the London Games. To see the capital’s thriving financial district providing [...]
Phone hacking scandal threatens to engulf Number 10 July 19, 2011 THE phone hacking scandal moved ever closer to Downing Street last night, following a string of damaging revelations that put the spotlight on David Cameron’s Number 10 operation. The Conservative Party revealed that phone hacking suspect Neil Wallis informally advised Andy Coulson, Cameron’s former communications supremo, in 2009 during the run up to the general [...]
Why hacking row will cost UK dear July 19, 2011 UNFORTUNATELY for Britain, our establishment is now so deeply engulfed in the debilitating media-political phone hacking crisis that the country has become rudderless at the most dangerous time for the global economy since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In times of global financial crises, proper, clear-headed leadership from the top is essential. That we are [...]
Yates of Yard falls on sword over hacking July 18, 2011 ASSISTANT police commissioner John Yates yesterday followed the example set by his former boss and quit over the hacking scandal yesterday. His resignation had been widely expected after his judgement was called into question over his decision not to reopen the phone hacking investigation in 2009 and his relationship with former News of the World [...]