Manchester City 1-0 Leicester City: Vincent Kompany’s wonder strike punctures nervy Etihad atmosphere to put City one win away May 6, 2019 Manchester City can beat you in so many ways, but a Vincent Kompany outside-of-the-foot, long-range screamer? That is not something you expect to happen. Pep Guardiola’s side are team built on the foundations of rigorous drilling on the training field. Their manager is a football obsessive who has built his reputation on a distinctive style: [...]
John McDonnell says Prime Minister Theresa May ‘cannot be trusted’ after leaks May 5, 2019 Labour has claimed Theresa May has broken the terms of confidential cross party talks on a Brexit compromise and can no longer be trusted. Read more: May calls on Labour to 'put differences aside' on Brexit Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said this morning the Prime Minister had “blown the confidentiality” after details of the negotiations [...]
The i newspaper could be sold as publisher JPIMedia considers auctioning assets May 4, 2019 The owners of JPIMedia, formerly Johnston Press, are considering auctioning off parts or all of the business, which owns titles including the i newspaper and The Scotsman, after purchasing the publisher just last year. The consortium of hedge funds that own the company are considering a strategic review that could see a number of its [...]
Theresa May defends decision to sack Gavin Williamson as defence secretary May 4, 2019 Theresa May has defended her decision to sack Gavin Williamson from his position as defence secretary this week after an inquiry found "compelling evidence" he leaked information from the National Security Council (NSC). Information regarding the government's decision to complete a deal with Huawei to help build the UK's 5G network was leaked to the media in April. Read [...]
Conservatives suffer huge blow in local elections as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn vow to break Brexit deadlock May 4, 2019 With the results from all 248 councils in, the already significant losses suffered by both the Conservatives and Labour worsened and resulted in respective leaders Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn reaffirming their commitment to break the Brexit deadlock. The Tory party lost more than 1,334 councillor seats, as well as the control of 49 councils throughout the UK. [...]
Thomas Cook angles for fresh ‘£400m’ financing ahead of interim results May 3, 2019 Thomas Cook has confirmed it is in discussions to lock down debt funding which is reportedly worth up to £400m from its lenders, as it gears up to release financial results which could shed light on the package holiday firm’s torrid year so far. The company is in advanced negotiations with its syndicate of banks [...]
Brexit bites: Tories and Labour suffer local election backlash amid deadlocked negotiations May 3, 2019 Voters expressed their frustration with Theresa May’s Conservative party and Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour at the ballot box yesterday, it has emerged, as results continue to pour in across the UK. So far both major parties have accepted they have suffered a backlash over gridlocked Brexit negotiations, with representatives having made little progress in cross-party talks. [...]
Guilty until proven innocent? May 2, 2019 The brutal but surgical dismissal of Gavin Williamson, the secretary of state for defence, came like a sudden bolt from a clear blue sky. The Huawei leak scandal had been brewing for a while, but Whitehall veterans assumed, as did many, that it would go the way of a thousand government leak inquiries before it; [...]
Gavin Williamson claims a police investigation into claims he leaked would clear his name May 2, 2019 Disgraced former defence secretary Gavin Williamson has challenged Theresa May to trigger a police investigation into claims he leaked information from a top secret government committee. Williamson, who was dramatically axed from the cabinet on Wednesday, believes May would have to give him the “nicest apology” after a Met inquiry as it would clear him [...]
Calls grow for criminal inquiry into Huawei leak after Gavin Williamson sacking May 2, 2019 Calls are mounting for a police inquiry into the leak of confidential information from a top secret security committee that led to the sacking of defence secretary Gavin Williamson yesterday. Prime Minister Theresa May fired Williamson last night following an investigation into a leak from a meeting of the National Security Council, which revealed the government’s [...]