Which wines to drink with Christmas lunch December 16, 2019 City A.M.’s wine expert spends a fantasy Christmas budget And so, dear reader, the season of goodwill and merriment is upon us once again. Offices are full of elves distributing secret Santa details to colleagues, and restaurants are rammed with office workers guzzling warm chardonnay and leaden reds from obscure parts of the planet. The [...]
Arsenal 0-3 Manchester City: Kevin De Bruyne masterclass leads City to comfortable win at the Emirates December 15, 2019 Being torn apart by a player as brilliant as Kevin De Bruyne is not in itself embarrassing. But the ease and speed with which the Belgian playmaker ended Manchester City’s trip to Arsenal as a contest was dispiriting. As the popular refrain goes, Gunners fans arriving at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon expected little and [...]
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson urges UK to ‘let healing begin’ December 13, 2019 This was a live blog, thank you for following along Read more: UK stocks and sterling surge as Tories triumph at pollsRead more: Election live: Who were the big MP casualties?Read more: UK housebuilders rejoice as shares rise after Tory win 04.30pm: Over and out! That’s it for today – we’re off to get some [...]
General Election live: Tories on course for majority, says Ipsos Mori poll December 12, 2019 Please manually refresh this page for our latest General Election updates. Voters head to the polls today for the third time in five years in what has been described as party leaders as the “most important General Election in a generation”. Read more: Readers send in pictures of their dogs at polling stationsRead more: Your [...]
Manchester United’s attack looks reinvigorated with Anthony Martial allowing Marcus Rashford to flourish December 12, 2019 A lot can change in a week. Just eight days ago Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s position as Manchester United manager looked under serious threat: the club had won just six league games in the last 22 ahead of difficult ties against Tottenham and Manchester City, while Mauricio Pochettino appeared to be waiting in the wings. Today, [...]
Your guide to the General Election: Everything you need to know December 12, 2019 It’s one of the messiest elections in living memory – but there are a few certainties you can count on. Here is our guide to everything you need to know before you vote. How many seats are available? The UK has 650 parliamentary seats up for grabs, which means 326 are required for an outright [...]
Bayern Munich dead-rubber is a chance for Mourinho to show his changing attitude to youth players December 10, 2019 On one hand, Tottenham’s match with Bayern Munich on Wednesday night represents an opportunity for them to enact revenge on the 7-2 thrashing suffered at the hands of the German side earlier this season. On the other, with both sides already guaranteed to progress to the round of 16 and Tottenham unable to move above [...]
Domino’s chair steps down after activist fund grabs slice of company December 10, 2019 The chair of Domino’s Pizza is set to step down before the end of the year, following the appointment of an aggressive US hedge fund to the board of the company. The company said today that Stephen Hemsley had decided to step down from the board with effect from 29 December. Senior independent director Ian [...]
RBS under fire over fake reviews for new app December 8, 2019 Natwest-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has come under fire for writing fake reviews of its new online banking app Bó. Eagle-eyed users noted that a string of five-star reviews, some of which were published months before Bó’s 27 November launch, praised the app for features including design and notifications system. Read more: RBS launches [...]
New era as Avanti begins running West Coast Main Line services December 8, 2019 A new era began for West Coast Main Line train services this morning as Avanti completed its first journey from London Euston to Manchester. Avanti, the franchise managed by the partnership of Aberdee’s FirstGroup and Italy’s Trenitalia, has taken over from Virgin Trains, which has run the line since 1997. Read more: Virgin Trains’ manager [...]