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West End landlord Shaftesbury sued by tycoon shareholder Samuel Tak Lee June 11, 2019 Hong Kong billionaire Samuel Tak Lee has launched legal proceedings against one of London’s largest landlords over a capital raise. West End property group Shaftesbury announced that Lee, its largest shareholder, was suing the company over a share placing in December 2017 and was seeking £10.4m in damages. Read more: West End landlord Shaftesbury braced [...]
Focus On Bermondsey: The London borough with the Shard in its back yard June 7, 2019 Seventy two households, all belonging to the Count Robert of Mortain, and collectively worth a grand total of 40 pence; this was the value of Bermondsey as recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. Things have changed somewhat since then (Bermondsey wasn’t even an official part of London at the time), but few areas have [...]
UK’s richest men back London firm that harvests energy from footsteps May 28, 2019 The UK’s richest men have thrown their support behind a technology which transforms footsteps on a pavement into electricity. Hinduja Group, run by brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja who topped the Sunday Times Rich List earlier this month, is supporting a £5m fundraise by Pavegen. The company’s pavement slabs transform the kinetic energy from footsteps [...]
John Wick 3 review: Keanu Reeves shines in the action franchise’s brilliant third installment May 24, 2019 The John Wick films are so far ahead of other Hollywood action movies that this third installment is the best the genre has produced in recent years, without even being the best film in the franchise. We pick up immediately after the end of Chapter 2, with Wick having been declared ‘excommunicado’ from the High [...]
Theresa May resignation live: Sir Graham Brady and Jeremy Hunt join race to replace Theresa May May 24, 2019 This is a live blog. Please refresh your page manually to get the latest updates. Welcome to our live blog as we follow all the latest developments on the day that Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she will resign. May has served three years in Number 10 Downing Street but is set to [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Kachy him if you can May 23, 2019 WHEN the ground gets quick at Haydock it can get very quick and it will be a case of blink and you’ll miss it in tomorrow’s Group Three Armstrong Aggregates Temple Stakes (4.00pm). This race has been won by some top class sprinters over the years and is the last main trial before next month’s [...]
Exeter’s chief Tony Rowe has overseen the club’s rise to the top of English rugby – now he’s dreaming of a second Premiership title May 22, 2019 When Tony Rowe sat down with Exeter chairman John Baxter in 1993 to discuss a £4,000 sponsorship deal, neither could have envisaged the success that was to follow. Exeter were in English rugby’s fourth tier and struggling, but local businessman Rowe, owner of South West Communications, was sold by Baxter’s passion. So began a 26-year [...]
“We’re not just competing against other sports”: The Hundred’s managing director explains why English cricket needs a new format May 21, 2019 The staggered launch of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s great new hope hasn’t gone exactly to plan. Although it was always unlikely to begin in textbook fashion, The Hundred has so far experienced the full repertoire of problems on the runway, leaving the majority of its passengers apprehensive ahead of take-off. After all, the [...]
From the World Cup to Ashes series and The Hundred: English cricket’s battle for hearts and minds May 21, 2019 With the biggest ever summer of international cricket about to start, featuring a men’s World Cup as well as men’s and women’s Ashes series, the sport faces perhaps its greatest challenge. But will such riches put cricket back in the public consciousness for the first time since 2005? That year’s Ashes series marked the end [...]
DEBATE: Is it time to accept the sunk cost and scrap HS2? May 21, 2019 Is it time to accept the sunk cost and scrap HS2? Andrew Bridgen, Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, says YES. There is a saying that “your first loss is your best loss”. This is where we are with HS2, with its escalating costs and diminishing public support. Initially, the HS2 budget was set at [...]