Starmer arrives at Labour conference with promise to rebuild UK September 21, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer said Labour was “rebuilding our country”, as he arrived at his party’s conference intent on shifting attention away from rows over donations and internal No 10 infighting. The Prime Minister said “change has started” as he arrived at the Liverpool conference centre. But the feel-good factor of Labour’s landslide win in July’s [...]
Chiu Chow to channel Spirit of retiring Golden Sixty September 20, 2024 RACEGOERS are in for a treat in Hong Kong on Sunday, when Sha Tin hosts a highly competitive 10-race programme, that includes the seasonal reappearances of a number of potential superstars. If that wasn’t enough to tickle the taste buds, the greatest galloper in the history of Hong Kong racing, Golden Sixty, makes his farewell [...]
Newnham hopes to leave Sha Tin Full of Credit September 20, 2024 FORMER 12-time champion trainer John Size sets a conundrum for his followers at Sha Tin when saddling two of his potential superstars, Wunderbar in the Tailorbird Handicap (10.25am) over six furlongs and hugely talented Young Champion in the Woodpecker Handicap (11.00am) over six furlongs. Size’s stable is renowned for always starting a new season slowly, [...]
New era, new challenges as Women’s Super League goes it alone September 20, 2024 Norbiton might seem an unlikely place for a revolution but nothing less than a new era in the history of the Women’s Super League (WSL) is in the offing at Kingsmeadow today. The season opener between champions Chelsea and Aston Villa will be the first fixture to take place since the WSL flew the Football [...]
“Older and poorer” – the UK’s future? September 19, 2024 The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, said last week that the UK risks becoming “a country with an NHS attached.” Coming from a Labour MP this constitutes admirable candour. The problem is, we’re long past that point already. The NHS is by far the biggest employer in the country (over two million people) with a budget [...]
Mark Kleinman: Black comeback would be a tall Telegraph tale September 19, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City A.M. column. This week he tackles splashy Telegraph stories, Legal & General’s spring cleaning and the tax hike fears Black comeback would be a tall Telegraph tale Hold the front page: do comebacks arrive any [...]
AMS Group reports ‘strong’ first half amid rumoured takeover interest September 18, 2024 In the six months to June, revenue rose by eight per cent to £68.0m, with strong growth in the firm's surgical business unit offsetting "challenges" in its Woundcare unit.
‘Extremely frustrated and angry’: Harland & Wolff shareholders despair as buyers circle beleaguered Titanic builder September 18, 2024 The crisis at Harland & Wolff reached a head on Monday when the shipyard revealed it would likely enter administration later this week.
Guardian Media Group in talks to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media September 17, 2024 The Guardian Media Group is in talks to sell The Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media, a news business launched in 2019 by a former BBC director. The media giant is in exclusive discussions to sell the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, it was first reported by Sky News‘ Mark Kleinman. Tortoise approached the Guardian newspaper group with an offer to [...]
Visit Lake Como in autumn for gorgeous scenery without the crowds September 16, 2024 One of the most extravagant hotels in Europe, Adam Hay Nicholls stays at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni on the fringes of Lake Como in best possible season: autumn One of three ‘grande dame’ hotels on northern Italy’s perennially glamorous Lake Como, the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni lives up to its Belle Époque billing in [...]