Hotel for all seasons at idyllic South Sands in Salcombe April 1, 2012 Twenty minutes’ walk from Salcombe, the year-old South Sands hotel sits on its own beach: a perfectly secluded spot and just what posh old Salcombe needs. There’s a New England charm to the hotel – white-picket chic but unstuffy and airy – alongside a friendly laid-back feel from the Antipodean staff, who are unassumingly and [...]
Limping Liverpool look set for another defeat at Newcastle March 29, 2012 NEWCASTLE vs LIVERPOOL Sunday 1.30pm, Sky Sports 1 WITH at least one addition to the Anfield trophy cabinet, the history books will record that the 2011/12 season was a successful one for Liverpool. However, lifting the Carling Cup and a return to Wembley with at least an FA Cup semi-final against Everton fail to mask [...]
Mad Men fails to boost Sky March 28, 2012 Fewer than 100,000 people saw series five of Mad Men, a drama about advertising executives, debut on Sky Atlantic on Tuesday night and only half of viewers tuned in to the second episode of the double-bill. While the ratings figure is likely to grow as not all Sky subscribers will have watched the show live, [...]
Mad Men fails to attract new Sky subscribers March 27, 2012 ONE of the most hotly-anticipated TV debuts of the year is expected to fail to attract new customers to Sky’s subscription service, which has seen its new customer growth plateau in recent quarters. Series five of Mad Men launched on Sky Atlantic last night, after the broadcaster paid big bucks for the popular US show [...]
Tim Cook visits China to discuss Apple growth March 27, 2012 APPLE chief executive Tim Cook has met with government officials in Beijing after a turbulent few months for the iPad maker’s Chinese operations. The Cupertino-based company declined to elaborate on details of the visit, which is Cook’s first trip to China since becoming chief executive, but hinted it was looking at expansion in the country. [...]
BREAKING NEWS: MEE TO RUN BLINDFOLDED March 27, 2012 Sky Sports presenter Sarah-Jane Mee is one of a handful of celebrities who have agreed to run the Standard Chartered Great City 5km Race blindfold on July 12 in aid of Seeing is Believing, a charity that has helped 25m people with sight problems. £5 of every runner’s entry fee will go towards the charity [...]
STRIKE THREATENS UK PETROL SUPPLY March 26, 2012 FUEL tanker drivers could cause chaos by disrupting petrol supplies nationwide in the coming weeks, after they voted in favour of strike action. Unite, which represents drivers supplying 90 per cent of the UK’s forecourts, said yesterday that 61 per cent of truckers have voted to strike, potentially affecting almost 8,000 petrol stations across the [...]
Cebu & Boracay paradise with flair March 25, 2012 HAVING recently visited nearby Malaysia, I thought I had a fair idea of what to expect from the Philippines. A bustling Asian melting pot where a hotchpotch of cultures, religions and cuisines collide in the middle of the Indian ocean, right? But stepping off the plane at our first stop – Mactan Island in Cebu [...]
TNT Post bids to rival Royal Mail’s service March 22, 2012 TNT POST is further encroaching on Royal Mail territory by launching an end-to-end delivery trial in London as part of a long-term plan to rival the government-owned postal service. Following a successful trial in Liverpool, TNT postal workers will hit the streets of west London from mid-April to test the waters for extending the company’s [...]
Improving Chelsea can stake a claim for fourth March 22, 2012 CHELSEA vs TOTTENHAM Tomorrow – 12.45pm Sky Sports 2 ANDRE Villas-Boas must be wondering what his former Chelsea players have been eating for breakfast since he was sacked earlier this month. The Blues have looked a completely different side since Roberto di Matteo took over, winning four of five across all competitions, and almost becoming [...]