Fans’ fury at late Arsenal v Leicester fixture change prompts Premier League response January 22, 2016 Leicester fans are planning to boycott the start of next month's Premier League fixture at Arsenal after it was rescheduled with just 23 days' notice. Read more: Supporters' groups given government backing and extra £1m funding from Premier League The match had originally been planned to go ahead at 3pm on Saturday 13 February – but [...]
EU referendum: Out campaign Leave.EU calls for seat at negotiating table in Brexit scenario while banks donate to In campaign January 21, 2016 In the event the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union, a prominent Out campaign has called for representatives from its organisation to be part of the team that will negotiate the UK's new relationship with the EU. Leave.EU is urging Prime Minister David Cameron to accept that if the British people vote for Brexit, its organisation [...]
Report: Investors want High Street challenger Metro Bank to push ahead with £500m listing next month January 20, 2016 High street challenger Metro Bank is reportedly eyeing next month for a flotation, bolstered by demand from existing investors. Metro Bank has not officially set a date for an initial public offering (IPO), but sources close to the bank have repeatedly said the challenger remains on course to list this year. But the listing could [...]
TalkTalk hack: Customers flee telco firm after high-profile cyber attack January 20, 2016 Customers are fleeing TalkTalk, with the embattled telco firm’s market share dropping sharply since the high-profile data hack exposing personal data. TalkTalk has lost 4.4 percentage points of its home telecoms services market share, with its slice of the pie down to a mere nine per cent, according to market researchers Kantar Worldpanel. Over 150,000 [...]
How to see five planets in one go: Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter can be seen all at once for the first time in a decade January 20, 2016 Clear skies might make it feel extra cold, but for the next month they will offer us a rare chance to see five planets lined up in the sky at once. Starting early this morning (20 January) and continuing until the same date in February, budding astronomers will be able to see Mercury, Venus, Saturn, [...]
Autumnal equinox 2015 UK date: Autumn starts today, but what and when is September’s equinox? January 19, 2016 The autumn equinox occurs when daylight and darkness are an approximate equal duration – in fact, equinox is Latin for “equal night”. Astronomically, the equinox marks the end of summer and beginning of autumn. But there are actually several different ways of deciding when autumn begins – for meteorologists autumn started 1 September. The Earth [...]
Donald Trump UK ban debate: Donald Trump’s views are repugnant, but we can’t ban people for stupidity January 18, 2016 MPs from all parties were vehement in their condemnation of Donald Trump during a debate on whether to ban the outspoken business mogul and Republican presidential hopeful from the country, after a petition calling for him to be denied entry to the UK received over 560,000 signatures. The petition was launched amid widespread criticism after Trump called for a ban [...]
Accounting watchdog meeting to decide on KPMG investigation into the auditor’s role over HBOS collapse January 18, 2016 The accountancy watchdog could decide as soon as tomorrow whether to launch a formal investigation into the role of big four accountancy giant KPMG in the collapse of HBOS in 2008. The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) conduct committee is set to meet tomorrow to make its decision, Sky News has reported. The conduct committee will [...]
Action for Cabbies turns to crowdfunding to launch a judicial review challenging Transport for London’s licensing of Uber January 17, 2016 A company founded by the wife of a black cab driver will today launch a crowdfunding campaign to try to force Transport for London (TfL) to curb Uber in the capital. Action for Cabbies will use crowdfunder.co.uk to try and raise £600,000 to fund the first phase of a judicial review, arguing that in 2012 TfL [...]
Liverpool came “very close” to takeover from billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft January 16, 2016 Billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has said he once almost bought Liverpool and admits he could still be tempted into investing in another Premier League club. The American, who has an estimated net worth of $4.8bn (£3.4bn), was a prospective buyer of the Merseyside giants in 2005 before fellow countrymen Tom Hicks and George [...]