Mr Clarke said that the drop in the value of the pounds this week was just an indication of how the ‘markets could take fright’ Photo: CLARE KENDALL The shadow business secretary said another Labour term would cause the pound to plunge, gilt yields to soar [...]
Pitching in to the debate: Wigan manager Roberto Martinez Photo: PA The surface the club share with Wigan Warriors has taken a battering in recent weeks due to poor weather and the start of the rugby league season. Wigan host Bolton on Wednesday and [...]
Photo: GETTY Children are now more likely to look at websites and emails for their leisure reading than pick up a book, according to the survey of their reading habits. Little more than four in 10 boys (42 per cent) regularly open the pages [...]
Mel B shows of her figure in Ultimo underwear Photo: PA The star launched International Fitness Week on Thursday, which aims to inspire people to change their lifestyle for the better and become more active. The superfit singer, who is soon to host US [...]
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Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt (left) and Francis Rossi have been awarded OBEs in the New Year Honours list. Photo: PA The pair thought that their “wild past” would have deterred the secretive Whitehall committees who draw up the honours list. But today they become [...]
Vital points: West Ham celebrate scoring the game’s opening goal Photo: GETTY IMAGES Rarely does the bottom team at Christmas survive in the Premier League and so he will take heart from a family saying. “My parents told be that there is always a [...]
South Africa v England: Graeme Swann stung into action by TV umpiring delay Photo: REUTERS England have been on the wrong end of the Decision Review System in this match, and were aggrieved by South Africa’s long delay in deciding whether or not to refer an [...]
Safe for now: Raymond Domenech will not be replaced before the 2010 World Cup the FFF has confirmed Photo: GETTY IMAGES Domenech has come under fire from several quarters in France despite leading the side to World Cup 2010. A controversial victory over [...]
Point to prove: Michael Whitaker is back in action, at Olympia, after a four-month ban Photo: PA Fourteen horses went through to the second round of the Christmas Pudding Stakes and Portofino shaved nearly 0.6sec off the time of joint runners-up Nick Skelton (Carlo) and Oliver [...]
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