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FOTA reconsidering KERS agreement
The Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) has confirmed it is looking into using KERS beyond the end of the 2009 season. Earlier in the year, the FOTA member teams came to a voluntary agreement to ditch KERS in 2010, as it deemed the technology to be too expensive in a time when F1 is trying to [...]
Continue reading...Fisichella: I did a good job
17. September 2009
Giancarlo Fisichella says he feels great after making his debut for Ferrari at the Italian grand prix last weekend. The Italian made the switch to Ferrari after securing a second place and the first points for Force India in Belgium. With the in-season testing ban, Fisichella was unable to complete any running in the F60 before [...]
Continue reading...Powerlynx Motorsports to sue Santander
16. September 2009
The commercial management of former Ferrari driver Mika Salo has entered into litigation against Spanish banking group Santander with a $1 million lawsuit. The news comes hot on the heels of Ferrari revealing a long-term sponsorship deal with the banking giant at Monza last weekend, which played host to the Italian grand prix. Powerlynx Motorsports Management - [...]
Continue reading...Federer: I don’t know how much more I want
16. September 2009
Roger Federer has claimed that having a fantastic personal life will be consolation for the pain of losing the US Open final to Argentinean underdog Juan Martin del Potro. Summing up just some of his achievements in a successful 2009, the Swiss said: "Got married, had kids - don’t know how much more I want." The 15-time [...]
Continue reading...Canadian grand prix returns to F1 calendar
16. September 2009
The Canadian grand prix will return to the formula one calendar in 2010, it has been announced. The Canadian grand prix, which is hosted by the city of Montreal and has been part of the F1 world championship since 1967, was dropped from this year’s calendar because of a financial disagreement between race organisers and [...]
Continue reading...Adebayor hit by double FA charge
15. September 2009
Emmanuel Adebayor has been called to answer two misconduct charges by the Football Association following his actions in last weekend’s match between Manchester City and Arsenal. The former Gunners striker has been charged with violent conduct for a challenge on former team-mate Robin van Persie, where he is accused of deliberately kicking the Dutchman in the [...]
Continue reading...Inflation falls to lowest level in nearly five years
15. September 2009
Inflation in the UK fell to its lowest level in nearly five years during August, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has found. The government’s target measure, the consumer prices index (CPI) fell from 1.8 per cent to 1.6 per cent, which the ONS said was largely down to falling food prices and household energy bills [...]
Continue reading...Debenhams report 3.8% drop in sales
15. September 2009
Debenhams has recorded a 3.8 per cent drop in like-for-like sales in the last six months compared to last year, but says it is confident in its new brands. Despite the sales drop, the company said it was confident of seeing a rise in annual profits. The group’s report blamed the sales drop on a disruption to [...]
Continue reading...Dangers lurking in your shower head
15. September 2009
Scientists in America have warned a daily shower can deliver a "face full of potentially pathogenic bacteria". Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder found 30 per cent of the showerheads they investigated harboured significant levels of Mycobacterium avium, a pathogen linked to pulmonary disease. High-tech instruments and lab methods were used to analyse around 50 [...]
Continue reading...Dangers lurking in your shower head
15. September 2009
Scientists in America have warned a daily shower can deliver a "face full of potentially pathogenic bacteria". Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder found 30 per cent of the showerheads they investigated harboured significant levels of Mycobacterium avium, a pathogen linked to pulmonary disease. High-tech instruments and lab methods were used to analyse around 50 [...]
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FTSE down 0.4% by end of trade Thursday, as miners drag
Britain’s leading shares index the FTSE 100 was down 0.4 per cent at 23.31 points to 5,617.26 by close of trade Thursday. Miners dragged on the FTSE, as did Morrison WM Supermarkets; despite the firm announcing much better than expected results for 2009 earlier today. Among the miners Kazakhmys led the falls, down 3.17 per cent, while [...]
Continue reading...Barack Obama: The time for talk is over on health reform
US president Barack Obama has said the "time for talk is over" on his crucial plans to overhaul the country’s healthcare system. Speaking to a crowd in Missouri, Mr Obama said it was time for Congress to vote on his proposed healthcare plans, which would see a trillion-dollar national health service introduced in the world’s richest [...]
Continue reading...Beckham insists Red Knights campaign is ‘not his business’
David Beckham has denied supporting an anti-Glazer family takeover of Manchester United despite draping himself in the movement’s colours at Old Trafford last night. The former England captain returned to Old Trafford as an opposing player for the first time last night since leaving United seven years ago as his AC Milan side lost 4-0 on [...]
Continue reading...Sahil Saeed has not been freed, Foreign Office confirms
Sahil Saeed, a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Punjab, has not been freed and is still being held by kidnappers, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said. A Foreign Office spokesperson told inthenews.co.uk that Sahil had definitely not been released, as had been claimed by a senior Punjab minister earlier today. Sahil was taken at gunpoint by [...]
Continue reading...Morrisons sees profits for 2009 up 30% beating forecasts
UK supermarket chain Morrison has seen its profits for 2009 surge 30 per cent, beating financial forecasts. The firm said like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, were up six per cent, with profit before tax at £858 million in 2009, compared to 2008’s £655 million. Underlying profits were up 21 per cent, the firm announced, at £767 [...]
Continue reading...BP announces deal to search for oil off Brazilian coast
Oil giant BP has announced today it has secured a deal to begin deepwater offshore exploration for oil off the Brazilian coast. The firm said it would pay US firm Devon Energy £4.7 billion for its Brazilian assets, as well as those in Azerbaijan and the US deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In addition, BP will sell [...]
Continue reading...HMRC accepts Portsmouth administration
Portsmouth Football Club are expected to learn on Thursday that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will accept the legality of the club entering administration. The south coast are still likely to face a nine-point deduction in the Premier League but will now avoid a winding up order after HMRC accepted that owner Balram Chainrai was legally [...]
Continue reading...Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim tops Forbes rich list
According to the Forbes rich list Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms bazillionaire, has pushed Bill Gates off the top spot as the world’s richest man. The list also showed that China now has more billionaires than any other country besides the US, while the Grosvenor family were the only UK-based billionaires to make it into [...]
Continue reading...De Niro to call plays as NFL coach Vince Lombardi
Oscar winner Robert De Niro is to play renowned American Football coach Vince Lombardi in a new big screen biopic, it has been confirmed. The Taxi Driver star, who won an Academy award in 1980 for playing real-life boxing champion Jake LaMotta, will star as the Green Bay Packers’ greatest coach in Lombardi, a new production [...]
Continue reading...Kaka asks for forgiveness after Lyon defeat
Real Madrid forward Kaka has apologised to the club’s fans after the big-spending club were knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon. The Spanish side crashed out Europe’s premier club competition after Miralem Pjanic’s late equaliser for Lyon, sending the French team through 2-1 on aggregate. Real Madrid spent £240 million last summer, purchasing the likes [...]
Continue reading...UK journalist accused of espionage by Hamas is freed
A British journalist accused of being an Israeli spy has been freed by Hamas after the Palestinian group held him captive in the Gaza Strip for the last month. Paul Martin was arrested in mid-February as he arrived in Gaza to testify in the defence of a Palestinian man himself accused of espionage. Hamas did not formally [...]
Continue reading...Three MPs and peer deny false accounting over expenses claims
Three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer have denied charges of fraudulent expenses claims as the political scandal of the decade finally reached the courts. Labour MPs Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor, as well as Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield, have been charged with 13 charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for [...]
Continue reading...BA and union leaders reach stalemate over threatened strikes
Leaders for Unite and British Airways (BA) will be meeting later today to decide if, and when, strikes by cabin crew will be held. Union leaders have until March 15th to announce a date for strike action, and it must give the airline a full week’s notice before cabin crew can walk out over a long-running [...]
Continue reading...Felipe Massa looking for large Ferrari points haul in Bahrain
Felipe Massa is looking for a large points haul at the opening race of the season in Bahrain, following Ferrari’s impressive form during winter testing. The Brazilian makes a comeback to his race-seat with the Maranello-based team, having made a full recovery from the injuries he sustained from being struck on the head by a piece [...]
Continue reading...Heart patients being ‘failed’ by doctors over cholesterol levels
A study out today has claimed doctors are failing to lower heart patients’ cholesterol levels adequately, with women particularly at risk. According to research in the European Heart Journal only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels. The study, of 25,250 patients in Germany, investigated [...]
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1. October 2009
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