Kane heads in the dramatic winner for England

Mon 18 Jun 2018 World Cup –Group G   Tunisia 1                     England 2 Sassi (35’ pen)           Kane (11’, 90’+1) Harry Kane scored a wonderful stoppage-time winner to give England victory over Tunisia in their first Group G match at the 2018 World Cup in Volgograd. Kane scored his second goal of the game with a…

CBYG’s £1.7bn takeover of Virgin Money result in 1, 500 job losses

The  1.7bn Virgin Money takeover deal by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group (CYBG), creates UK’s sixth-largest bank with 6 million personal and small business customers with total lending of £70bn and 9, 500 staff, risking over 1,5 00 jobs, mainly senior management posts. The bank expects to make £120m of annual savings by 2021 by…

US imposes new tariffs on $50 bn worth of Chinese imports

President Donald Trump ‘s grand strategy to force China, the EU, Canada and others to mend their ways and lower tariffs and other barriers to trade. And keeps his campaign promise of “America First in Trade.” New tariffs on $50 bn worth of imports from China would “serve as an initial step toward bringing the…

Switzerland hold Brazil to a 1-1 draw

Brazil 1                           Switzerland 1 Coutinho (20’)               Zuber (50’) Brazil, the five time champions, failed to win their opening game of a World Cup for the first time since 1978 as Switzerland earner a draw in Rostov-on-Don. Brazil’s side with Gabriel Jesus and Willian Alongside Neymar failed to concentrate after Philip Coutinho’s superbly curled opener on…

Mexico stuns Germans 1-0

World Cup Football Germany 0   Mexico 1                          Lozano (35’) World Cup holders Germany suffered a defeat as they were humbled 1-0 in Moscow by Mexico in their opening World Cup Football match. Lozano’s first-half goal was the difference between the two sides as Javier Hernandez punished them with the pass that set up Lozano…

Ronaldo’s hat-trick earns Portugal a draw against Spain

Fri 15 Jun 2018 World Cup Foot ball- Group B Portugal 3                                                       3 Spain Cristiano Ronaldo ( 4’ pen, 44’, 88’)       Diego Costa 24’, 55’), Nacho 58’ 33- year –old Cristiano Ronaldo scores a hat-trick as Portugal settle got a dramatic late 3-3 draw against Spain in an opening World Cup thriller and denied Fernando…

Christ ’s influential apostle who started as a persecutor of Christians

PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST  Available on digital 11th June and DVD 16th July.  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Starring Jim Caviezel and James Faulkner, with one female role in the saga,  this story features an exciting piece of Christian history portrayed by actors in costumes which have taken some detailed research and preparation,  not ignoring the…

Magical Clarins eyebrows

Eyebrows arguably frame the entire face and have gone through many style changes over the years. From the pencil plucked thin brows of the 1920s/30s Clara Bow to the full on high arched eyebrow glamour of the 1950s think Sophia Loren then to the ‘Brooke Shields’ unplucked look of the early 80s…. before all three…

Most expensive handbag in the world

A second hand 10-year-old diamond encrusted Hermes  Himalaya Birkin bag made of Nile crocodile skin with an 18-carat white gold has been sold for £162, 500 in London, becoming the most expensive handbag ever sold at Christie’s auction in Europe on Tuesday. A 2006 version of the handbag in blue sold for £100, 000 at…