Expect more Valley fireworks from in the Zone Teetan March 1, 2022 BANK ON ‘Mauritian Magician’ Karis Teetan to continue his run of good fortune when racing gets underway with an exciting nine-race programme at Happy Valley. The never-say-die pilot accumulated half a dozen winners from just 19 rides last week, highlighted by a winning four-timer at the Valley last Wednesday. Teetan is a confidence jockey and [...]
Ministers branded ‘snowflakes’ for trying to curtail protests because they ‘cry into their port in the evening’ March 1, 2022 Ministers are “snowflakes” and are trying to curtail protests because they “cry into their port in the evening when people say things that they don’t like”, MPs heard. Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton Kemptown) told the Commons: “The Government didn’t like the Black Lives Matter protests when tens of thousands of young people went onto [...]
University education can’t deliver the skills we need for the economy of the future March 1, 2022 TOO many jobs, wage inflation, and an abundance of flexible working opportunities. Compared to the threat of mass unemployment when the pandemic began two years ago, these feel like better problems to have. But labour market figures released last month revealed one serious problem: an exodus of older workers. Since March 2020, the number of [...]
Second chances: Ex-offenders could help solve recruitment crisis February 28, 2022 “I always wanted to be a drug dealer. Getting a job would have been strange to me,” Liam Meredith, an ex-offender who now runs his own catering business, says. Many young men like Meredith struggle to break a cycle of offending even after they leave prison, due to tumultuous home lives. For men like Meredith, [...]
Jones praises young England side as Six Nations race goes on February 28, 2022 It was a match of three or four moments, moments that could prove defining in this year’s Six Nations. But in England’s 23-19 win over Wales at Twickenham on Saturday, it was so nearly a disaster for the home side. Up by 17 points early in the second half, England let their opposition back in, [...]
Weekend Exclusive: Lloyds banker turned charity guru Bernie Hollywood OBE on mental health in the City February 27, 2022 Londoner Bernie Hollywood OBE spent nearly a decade as a corporate banker at Lloyds Banking Group’s HQ at 25 Gresham Street in the City. These days, he is determined to make a difference: next year, the 63-year-old is rowing the Atlantic to raise funds for youth mental health. City A.M. caught up with him to [...]
The Collaboration is another must-see production at the Young Vic February 26, 2022 There’s a buzz about the Young Vic these days, a sense that this is a theatre hitting its stride after a relatively slow start to Kwame Kwei-Armah’s stint as artistic director. Cush Jumbo’s excellent Hamlet was followed by the political razzledazzle of Best of Enemies, and now we have The Collaboration, which manages to top [...]
The civil service has a job for you February 25, 2022 The pandemic has seen all of us think a bit more about what we want to do when restrictions drop. For many, that might be a chance of career to something more rewarding. For others at the start of their career, inspired by the way Britain came together to fight the virus, it’s a question [...]
Energy prices spike after Russia invades Ukraine February 25, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a full-blown incursion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring raising fears the UK's living squeeze will tighten.
Russia will weaponise a refugee crisis if we’re not prepared to open our arms February 25, 2022 Putin has invaded Ukraine. He was never going to be satisfied with only taking Donetsk and Luhansk. The result will be a bloody and likely protracted war accompanied by another refugee crisis as many Ukrainians make the heart-wrenching decision to desert their home. Britain has a long and proud history of welcoming refugees, especially from [...]