Boris wins control of the Met as police targets are scrapped June 29, 2010 CITY?Hall yesterday threw its weight behind Theresa May’s decision to scrap policing targets and hand oversight of the Met to Boris Johnson. The new home secretary said officers would no longer answer to “bureaucrats in Whitehall” but to a locally-elected individual. In London, the Metropolitan Police Service will be directly accountable to Johnson, boosting the [...]
Capgemini extends Met deal June 21, 2010 Technology consultancy Capgemini has renewed a three-year, £190m contract with the Metropolitan Police to provide communication and computing services. The agreement renews an existing seven year contract with the Met, which is due to run until 2012. The firm will continue sub-contracting to existing partners BT and Unisys.
Boris wants more powers for City Hall June 15, 2010 MAYOR of London Boris Johnson yesterday unveiled plans to hand a large chunk of governmental powers over to City Hall, in a bid to increase the formal influence of his office in the capital. Johnson wants to fold the functions of the London Development Agency (LDA) and Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) into a new [...]
Higgins vows to clear name in ‘fix’ probe May 3, 2010 ACCUSED John Higgins admits he faces the biggest match of his life to clear his name of match-fixing allegations. World No1 Higgins has been suspended by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association after it was alleged in a Sunday newspaper that he agreed to throw frames for money. But the 2009 world champion vehemently [...]
Terry crash probe after man injured March 17, 2010 CHELSEA captain John Terry was breathalysed and quizzed by police after his car collided with a club employee following Tuesday night’s defeat to Inter Milan. Terry’s Range Rover struck deputy security manager Steve Rowley at low speed as the England star drove out of Stamford Bridge through a crowd following the Champions League last-16 match. [...]
No light at the end of tunnel for Capgemini March 15, 2010 Europe’s largest computer consultancy Capgemini said yesterday demand is improving but it has yet to see signs of a sustained recovery. The news will be a blow to the IT sector as the firm is seen as a bellwether for industry spending. It follows a torrid year’s trading for the market leader, as it was [...]
FASHION ICON MCQUEEN DIES February 11, 2010 British Fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found hanged at his flat in Mayfair yesterday. McQueen, 40, who was named British designer of the year four times, is thought to have become depressed over the death of his mother, Joyce, last week. He had been due to attend her funeral today. The Metropolitan Police say they [...]
Boris Johnson to step down from policing role January 27, 2010 MAYOR of London Boris Johnson said yesterday he would stand down as head of the capital’s police authority, reversing an election pledge that he would personally take charge of the fight against crime. “I think it would be a good thing we changed the chair of the MPA (Metropolitan Police Authority) and I am proposing [...]
Cudicini badly hurt in motorbike smash November 12, 2009 TOTTENHAM goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini is fighting to save his career after suffering “potentially life-changing injuries” in a serious motorbike crash yesterday. The 36-year-old shot-stopper was taken to hospital after his BMW superbike was involved in a smash with a Ford Fiesta in Walthamstow, at around 10.30am. Cudicini fractured both of his wrists and injured his [...]
VT Group sells off stake in its BVTFleet to BAE for 346m September 24, 2009 VT GROUP has sold off its 45 per cent share in the shipbuilding unit BVT Fleet to BAE Systems, it said yesterday, for £346m. The figure comes after adjustments for £600,000 of so-called “notional interests”, and deductions of £12.2m for pensions liabilities. Of the £346m, VT Group will put £43m into BVT for costs incurred [...]