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Alexandra Burke races to number one
Alexandra Burke’s latest single Bad Boys has gone straight to the top of the UK singles chart on its first week of release. The song, featuring US rapper Flo-Rida, has also become the fast-selling single of the year so far, according to the Official Charts Company. Bad Boys has already sold over 185,000 copies - more than [...]
Continue reading...Diabetes UK launches Get Serious campaign
19. October 2009
Diabetes UK has today launched the Get Serious campaign, which aims to raise awareness about the disease. The Get Serious campaign aims to get as many people as possible to sign up to show their commitment to get serious about diabetes. Diabetes UK is asking supporters to do something about diabetes, such as making lifestyle changes, organising [...]
Continue reading...Murray drops to four in rankings
19. October 2009
Britain’s Andy Murray has dropped out of the world’s top three players following Novak Djokovic’s tournament victory in the China Open earlier this month. The Serbian star beat Marin Cilic in straight sets in the final of the event on October 11, securing the required points to usurp Murray from his spot immediately behind world number [...]
Continue reading...BAA starts appeal over airport sale ruling
19. October 2009
BAA will be appealing against an order by the Competition Commission to sell three of its airports. A ruling by the competition chiefs in March ordered BAA to sell Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh or Glasgow airports within two years. However, BAA will be appealing to the Competition Appeal Tribunal under an argument of "apparent bias" against it. [...]
Continue reading...Home lending affordability to be ‘tested’
19. October 2009
Mortgage affordability will be tested by lenders under major reforms to the UK mortgage market announced today. But the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has called the reforms "ironic" given the need to encourage lending and the flow of mortgage finance to aid the beleaguered housing industry. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) set out the proposals under [...]
Continue reading...Strictly judges knock Joe Calzaghe out
19. October 2009
Boxing champion Joe Calzaghe has become the latest celebrity to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing. The Welshman and his dance partner Kristina Rihanoff ended up in the dreaded dance-off with actress Zoe Lucker and her partner James Jordan. All four of the show’s judges then decided to save Lucker, eliminating Calzaghe from the competition. Speaking afterwards, Calzaghe [...]
Continue reading...FTSE 100 jumps in early trading
19. October 2009
The FTSE 100 jumped over one per cent in the first hour of trading on Monday. At 09:00 BST, the London index had risen by 69.15 points to 5,259.39. Miners proved the backbone again of the rises – with silver miner Fresnillo gaining 3.52 per cent. Kazakhmys rose 3.26 per cent and Anglo American gained 3.11 per cent. Property [...]
Continue reading...Stars attend Stephen Gately’s funeral
19. October 2009
Emotional tributes were paid to Boyzone singer Stephen Gately at his funeral in Dublin on Saturday. His bandmates, Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch, all paid tribute to the 33-year-old. Keating also sang In This Life during the ceremony and told the congregation: "I have lost my brother. "Life will never be the same. [...]
Continue reading...Republic await World Cup playoff draw
19. October 2009
The Republic of Ireland will discover their opponents for a two-legged playoff to decide who qualifies for next summer’s World Cup finals later today. The draw for the last stage of the European qualifying campaign takes place at Fifa headquarters in Zurich at 12:00 local time (13:00 BST), when the eight remaining teams will be paired [...]
Continue reading...NSPCC: Third of children feel distressed
19. October 2009
One in three children feels some emotional distress most of the time, an NSPCC poll has revealed. The charity has today launched a new online Childline service for vulnerable children, and has coincided the launch with its results from a recent poll. The poll found 32 per cent of 11 to 16-year-olds said they felt sad, depressed, [...]
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Apology to victims of ‘British Fritzl’ as mistakes admitted
Police and local authorities have offered a full apology to two women repeatedly raped by their father over 30 years, fathering nine children with them, despite multiple contacts with social workers. The man, in his 50s and who cannot be named for legal reasons, was given 25 life sentences by a Sheffield court in 2008. A serious [...]
Continue reading...Palestinians pull out of proximity talks with Israel
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has called off indirect talks with Israel after the Jewish state’s interior ministry announced the construction of 1,600 new settler homes in East Jerusalem. The coalition system of government employed in Israel means the interior ministry is controlled by the ultra-Orthodox nationalist Shas party, which this week drew condemnation for announcing [...]
Continue reading...Norway’s ‘Doomsday seed vault’ becomes world’s largest
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has become the world’s most diverse collection of crop diversity after its inventory passed the half-million mark. The "Doomsday" vault in Norway announced it is this week receiving thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples, making it the most diverse assemblage [...]
Continue reading...Beckham: I might have played my last game at Old Trafford
David Beckham has conceded that he might have played his last club game at Old Trafford after coming on as a late substitute in AC Milan’s 4-0 Champions League defeat to Manchester United. The England star, speaking after his former side United knocked Milan out of the Champions League, made an emotional return to the Theatre [...]
Continue reading...State of Play’s Macdonald to solve Murder Mystery
Academy award winner Kevin Macdonald is attached to direct Tower Hill Entertainment’s upcoming thriller Murder Mystery, it has been announced. The Glasgow-born filmmaker will begin shooting the whodunit later this year in Europe, with Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson producing, according to Variety. Written by Zodiac scribe James Vanderbilt - who also penned the forthcoming Spider-Man reboot [...]
Continue reading...FTSE 100 unchanged in early trade as Thomas Cook leads gainers
Britain’s leading shares index the FTSE 100 was unchanged by 10:10 GMT, as Thomas Cook Group led the gains. The market was at a standstill at 5,640.53, with Smith and Nephew leading the blue-chip falls on Thursday morning. Following an investor day Thomas Cook Group saw its shares rise by three per cent, while shares in Home [...]
Continue reading...Burnley 1-1 Stoke City
Burnley earned a deserved point against Stoke City but remain mired in a fight for survival after failing to seize the opportunity to climb out of the relegation zone at Turf Moor. Turkish forward Tuncay Sanli put the Potters ahead in the first-half from an ubiquitous Rory Delap long-throw, with David Nugent equalising in the second-half [...]
Continue reading...Real Madrid 1-1 Lyon (aggregate 1-2)
Lyon knocked the mighty Real Madrid out of the Champions league with a late goal helping them to a 1-1 draw in the Bernabeu and a famous 2-1 aggregate victory in their last-16 tie. Madrid knew they would have their work cut out, having lost the first leg 1-0. Cristiano Ronaldo levelled the aggregate score in [...]
Continue reading...Manchester United 4-0 AC Milan
David Beckham could only watch from the bench as two fine goals from new Old Trafford hero Wayne Rooney helped Manchester United beat AC Milan 4-0 and 7-2 on aggregate to go through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Park Ji-sung and Darren Fletcher also got on the score-sheet with Beckham coming on to the [...]
Continue reading...Steven Gerrard to escape FA action over Wigan ‘V-sign’
Steven Gerrard will not be punished by the Football Association over an apparent V-sign gesture he showed referee Andre Marriner during Liverpool’s 1-0 defeat to Wigan. The Reds skipper appeared to swear and make the gesture towards the referee after he was booked towards the end of the match at the DW Stadium, one of five [...]
Continue reading...Gordon Brown Match of the Day 2 request rejected by BBC
The BBC rejected a request from Gordon Brown’s advisers for the prime minister to appear on the Match of the Day 2 sofa alongside Adrian Chiles, it has emerged. Mr Brown, a fanatical fan of his boyhood club Raith Rovers, had wanted to go on the BBC2 show to discuss England’s 2018 and 2022 World Cup [...]
Continue reading...Winding up order for Chester City over tax bills
Chester City Football Club have been wound up following a hearing at London’s high court. The north-west club were expelled from the Football Conference last month over five breaches of league rules. And having failed to settle its debts with HM Revenue & Customs, the club has now been handed a winding up order. "I am genuinely saddened [...]
Continue reading...Letterman producer pleads guilty to blackmail over affairs
A former television producer has pleaded guilty to attempting to blackmail TV host David Letterman over his infidelity. Letterman revealed in October he was the victim of a $2 million (£1.2 million) extortion plot after having sexual relations with female members of his staff. The blackmail attempt saw Letterman make a surprise admission in front of [...]
Continue reading...Three MPs and peer due in court over expenses claims
Three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer are due to answer charges of fraudulent expenses claims as the political scandal of the decade finally reaches 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 [...]
Continue reading...Top ten points finish possible for Force India in Bahrain
Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi are confident they have a good baseline with the VJM03, despite having their testing programmes hindered by heavy rainfall. After a late start to development of the 2009 challenger, Force India took a major step forward midseason and was able to challenge for wins at the faster circuits [...]
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19. October 2009
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