Horse Racing Betting Tips: Don’t be a chicken and side with Lecoq in Sandown’s Imperial Cup March 7, 2019 JUST four days to go ladies and gentlemen until the best four days of the year. It perhaps shouldn’t be surprising that given the remarkably dry winter we’ve had, a recent wet spell means that the Cheltenham Festival is likely to start on fairly soft ground. Conditions are going to be testing at Sandown Park [...]
Metro Exodus review: Back in the USSR, this long-running series hits an incredible high March 6, 2019 Nobody glorifies misery quite like the Russians. Across centuries of literature, poetry and music, some of humanity’s most brilliant minds have elevated the struggles of ordinary Russian men and women to incredible symphonies of suffering. Times of unparalleled political and social upheaval – the Bolshevik revolution, the rise of Leninism, the Stalinist purges, the threat [...]
Plexus shares hit oil as licensee pens deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom March 4, 2019 Plexus Holdings soared today as the small oil and gas service provider said a licensee had signed a deal with energy giant Gazprom. The contract becomes the first major deal for its Russian licensing partner LLC Gusar, which has will supply so-called pos-grip equipment to Gazprom. Read more: Gulf Marine drops 75 per cent on profit warnings Shares [...]
Government delays Financial Services Bill vote in tax havens dispute March 4, 2019 A government bill designed to protect the City in the event of a no-deal Brexit was pulled tonight in the face of almost certain defeat after MPs added an amendment that would have forced greater tax transparency on the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. The decision sparked an outcry among MPs and campaigners who [...]
Perched at the top of Courchevel 1850, the ski resort of L’Apogee boasts Michelin stars, Himalayan salt saunas and five-star skiing March 4, 2019 It’s time to join the Russian oligarchs and ladies-who-lunch (on €250 truffle risotto) in the French Alps’ most-exclusive resort, Courchevel. This is a long weekend skiing done right – hundreds of kilometres of piste, ski-in-ski-out hotel accommodation and beyond-5-star luxury in the snow-clad epicentre of 5-star luxury. The stay: Perched at the top of Courchevel [...]
Theresa May tweets picture of Bath on anniversary of Salisbury Novichok attack March 4, 2019 Theresa May mistakenly tweeted a picture of Bath with a message marking the one year anniversary of the Novichok incident in Salisbury today. Read more: Military to dismantle Salisbury home of poisoned Russian spy The Prime Minister’s tweet used a picture of Bath’s St John Roman Catholic Church, confusing it with Salisbury Cathedral’s 123-metre long [...]
No more denial, Hezbollah has always been a terrorist group February 28, 2019 It is not often that a self-styled “Party of God” makes political waves in the UK. After all, this is the country where Alastair Campbell famously told Tony Blair “we don’t do God” in response to the then Prime Minister’s attempts to discuss his faith in public. But that is what happened this week, with [...]
Michael Cohen testimony live: Former lawyer makes explosive claims against ‘racist’ and ‘cheat’ Donald Trump February 27, 2019 Donald Trump’s former lawyer has labelled the President a "racist" and a "cheat" in an explosive testimony in front of Congress this afternoon, adding that the real estate mogul directed plans for a Russian skyscraper even during his White House campaign. At a blockbuster House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing today, erstwhile aide to the [...]
Lord Barker takes time out for Russia’s sanction-hit power and aluminium producer En+ February 24, 2019 A former UK energy minister is pausing his House of Lords duties to pour his efforts into the role as chair of a Russian metals giant which he helped save from US sanctions. Lord Barker is taking time out from the House to focus on London-listed En+, having not voted since 11 February, the Sunday Times reported. Read [...]
Microsoft goes all-in on holograms in the workplace with the new Hololens 2 February 24, 2019 Microsoft's long-awaited update to its mixed reality headset, the Hololens 2, has placed big bets on businesses including holograms in their day-to-day working life. Revising several major issues to the 2016 Hololens such as comfort and immersion, the biggest change to the Hololens 2 is the price. Coming down 30 per cent from the cost of [...]