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 [...]
News Corp shares hit two-year low July 18, 2011 News Corp’s Australian shares sank to a two-year low on Monday as the UK phone hacking scandal fallout worsened, raising concerns that a $2bn bid for an Australian pay-tv firm involving News Corp could be derailed by political intervention. Investors sent News Corp shares down as much as seven per cent in heavy volume after [...]
Met chief quits July 17, 2011 THE Metropolitan Police chief sensationally quit last night as the phone hacking scandal spread to the top of the UK establishment to claim its most high-profile scalp yet. The shock resignation came just hours after former News International boss Rebekah Brooks was arrested over her role in the affair, taking the total number of arrests [...]
London Bridge traffic chaos after horror crash June 2, 2011 A woman has suffered life-threatening injuries after a collision with a motorcyclist on London Bridge. The police and ambulance service were called to the south end of the central London crossing at about 8.40am. The air ambulance took the woman to an east London hospital and the motorcycle rider was taken to another hospital suffering [...]
Bomb warning closes London streets May 16, 2011 A bomb warning has been received relating to a threat in central London, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. Scotland Yard said the threat did not provide specifics about location or time. The Mall and other central London streets were closed for five hours this morning. The warning is thought to be related to Irish dissident [...]
Boris agrees to riot summit after protests March 28, 2011 THE MAYOR of London Boris Johnson (pictured) is to hold a summit for retailers and businesses affected by the violence at Saturday’s anti-cuts protests. Johnson said in a letter to the New West End Company yesterday that he and the Metropolitan Police “want to continue… dialogue and see what lessons can be learned”. Retailers including [...]
Banned Butt investigated before spot-fixing affair February 9, 2011 FORMER Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt had already been investigated by the ICC three months before the major spot-fixing scandal broke. Butt was handed a 10-year ban for the part he played in the instances of spot-fixing alleged to have taken place in the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at Lord’s last summer. But [...]