Ranjit Boparan (49) an Indian-origin food tycoon and restaurateur acquires, the much loved casual dining, 54 Giraffe restaurant chain including 12 franchise sites and three within Tesco stores, from Tesco. Tesco acquired Giraffe in 2013 for £49m. Ranjit will add to his Boparan Holdings alongside,t The Cinnamon Club, an upmarket Indian Restaurant in London.…
Euro 2016 results Group D Coratia beat Turkey 1-0 Luka Modric 41 Group C Poland beat Northern Ireland 1-0 Arkadius Milik 52 Group C Germany beat Ukraine 2-0 Shkodran Mustafi 19 Bastian Schweinsteiger 90+1:52 Germany moved to top of Group C with 2-0 win over Ukraine a 19th minute…
Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, 3rd Investec Test: England v Sri Lanka at Lord’s, Jun 9-13, 2016 Day-4 England 416 all out off 128.4 overs, AN Cook 85 off 173, 9 fours, JM Bairstow 167 off 251, 18 fours, CR Woakes 66 off 142, 8 fours, RMS Eranga 94-1, RAS Lakmal 90-3, N Pradeep…
Omar Matim originally of Afghanistan family origin, but a US citizen opened fire at The Pulse nightclub in Florida which is a gay club last Saturday night 11 June 2016. It ended up as being the biggest shooting in America when he killed 50 people and wounded another 53. Tweets have already suggested what seems possibly to…
A new plant belonging to apocynaceae family has ben christened ‘Cerepegia Nambiyana’, in honour of Professor Santhosh Nambi, head of Calicut University Directorate of Research. He spotted the species at Ponkunnumala in Nanmanda, outskirts of Kozhikode, in Kerala, India. The plant is known as Nagahtumpa, Nottanodan Valli or Thammanam Kizhangu . An article on the…
Researchers from the University of California – Los Angeles, revealed after a study observed activation in the brain’s reward regions when teenagers saw their photos with a large number of likes. The same brain circuits that are activated by eating chocolate and winning money are activated when teenagers see large numbers of “likes” on their…
Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, 3rd Investec Test: England v Sri Lanka at Lord’s, Jun 9-13, 2016 Day-3 England 416 all out off 128.4 overs, AN Cook 85 off 173, 9 fours, JM Bairstow 167 off 251, 18 fours, CR Woakes 66 off 142, 8 fours, RMS Eranga 94-1, RAS Lakmal 90-3, N Pradeep…
Russia’s Berezutski header rescues point and score an 92-minute injury-time equaliser to shock England to 1-1 draw. Dier earlier 73 minute, scored a superb 20-yard first direct free-kick goal by an English player at a major finals. England have failed to win their opening game at a Euro finals. England mustered nine shots against Russia…
The annual trooping if the Colour parade of more than 1600 soldiers and 300 horses marked the Queen’s official birthday watched by thousands of people. The Queen dressed in lime green coat and matching hat, appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with members of her family, including Princess Charlotte for an RAF flypast and gun…
Blood swept lands and seas of red was created by artist Paul Cummins to commemorate the centenary of the start of the war in 1914. Every poppy represented a Commonwealth or British serviceman killed totalling 888,246. One hundred of the ceramic poppies have sold for £150 each within four hours of going on sale. Armed…