Jack Nowell fined and must do course over tweet about rugby referee April 20, 2023 England international winger Jack Nowell has been fined £10,000 and must complete a referees’ course over a tweet he posted following a red card during a Premiership match on Sunday. Exeter Chiefs teammate Olly Woodburn received a second yellow card – and therefore a red – for what referee Karl Dickson deemed an offence during [...]
Ed Warner: Demise of UK Athletics is a scandalous situation April 20, 2023 I’ve largely kept my counsel on the shambles at UK Athletics since I left in 2017 but reports that the governing body is at risk of collapse have flipped my switch. Five years encompassing five chairs and six CEOs (some permanent, others interim), unnecessary politicking, pursuit of vanity projects, timidity and simple sloppiness have laid [...]
PMQs analysis: Another day of crime and punishment between Starmer and Sunak April 19, 2023 If you were in any doubt as to one of the key fault lines the next election will be fought over, Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak worked hard in Prime Minister’s Questions to dispel any uncertainties.
London Marathon: Where are spectators being to told AVOID due to Extinction Rebellion disruption? April 19, 2023 Spectators have been urged to avoid a famous part of the London Marathon route on Sunday amid a planned protest, as a minister said Extinction Rebellion “must be stopped”. The climate group’s scheduled four-day protest in central London from Friday to Monday could see some 30,000 of its supporters in the Westminster area for the [...]
Footballing star takes first step into the metaverse with leading Web3 company OKX April 19, 2023 Manchester City star İlkay Gündoğan today announced his collaboration with OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange and leading developer of Web3 technology. The midfielder, who captains Manchester City and is widely considered amongst the best in the world, will be able to engage virtually with his fans and the public via the “OKX collective” metaverse. Crypto and [...]
Post SVB reforms to UK banking regulation leaves sector divided April 19, 2023 Figures in the banking sector are divided over suggested reform to deposit protection, with regulators reported to be mulling raising the deposit insurance threshold in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last month. According to a report from the Financial Times, regulators are considering updating the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) [...]
Premier League ‘shutting the door on those below’ by ‘distorting competition’ April 19, 2023 MPs have accused the Premier League of “shutting the door on those below” with the parachute payments system of financial redistribution to relegated football clubs. Julian Knight, chairman of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport select committee, urged England’s leading clubs to find a “fairer solution” that doesn’t have a “distorting effect on competition”. [...]
THG boss Matt Moulding lashes out at media, investors and analysts in six minute video that includes quotes from Nelson Mandela April 18, 2023 THG’s chief executive Matt Moulding published a lengthy video on Instagram Tuesday night taking aim at the media, institutional investors, stockbrokers and analysts in the latest escalation of his war with the City’s financial services sector. Moulding’s video quotes extensively from the Wolf of Wall Street, whilst also seeming to compare THG’s expansion in the [...]
GSK coughs up £1.6bn for Bellus as pharma giant boosts its patent medicine cabinet April 18, 2023 GSK plans to buy developer Bellus Health in an all-cash deal for £1.6bn as the drugmaker expands its bet on respiratory therapies.
London pair defy odds to grow clothing company April 18, 2023 Nwanne Maduanusi was on the bus when she had the idea that would become Simply Asoebi. “I used to make earrings and thought, ‘oooh it would be nice to include my earrings inside asoebi packages’”, she says. Then she messaged her friend, Moyo Castano, and they decided to go into business together. “Asoebi” is a [...]