Raymond Briggs creator of The Snowman and many other stories recently honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the Book Trust for his outstanding contribution to children’s literature. The BBC cancelled plans for a new radio version of Christmas favourite The Snowman after its composer complained that it would “sound silly”. Raymond Briggs, who never…
England surpassed the 174 medals tally from Glasgow in 2014 and secured 57 golds, 66 silver, 53 Bronze, and 176 medals overall in Birmingham at the 2022 Commonwealth Games behind Australia’s 178. Scotland finished with 51 medals and Northern Ireland secured 18 medals. Birmingham 2022 announced more than 1.3 million tickets had been sold, making…
Olivia Newton-John, star of Grease and multi-platinum selling singer and actress died aged 73 at her southern California ranch according to her husband John Easterling. “Olivia had been a symbol of triumph and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer,” the statement from her family said. Newton-John achieved commercial success as…
Commonwealth Games 2022. Birmingham Holly Hunt’s superb strike opened the scoring for England before Tess Howard deflected in a second minutes later ensuring England’s women’s hockey team won Commonwealth Games Gold for the first time with a 2-1 victory over Australia. Australia, however, scored a consolation strike with 19 seconds remaining. England won three…
In the past when the oil prices rose, Saudi Arabia, which sits on an estimated 80 years of oil reserves at the current rate of production, came to the rescue with a positive response, but during the 2008 spike that pushed the oil to $147 per barrel, Riyadh’s oil ministry formed a team to protect…
After the 2008 financial crisis, when the critical attention shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies, money, 2022, is turning out to be the year that puts the politics back into the monetary policy, with the impending fight for the next Conservative party leader between Rishi Sunak and Liz…
The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee has announced interest rates are rising from 1.25 per cent to 1.75 per cent. Interest rates have crossed the highest level since December 2008 after the biggest single rise since 1995, favoured by eight of the nine members of the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee who voted…
BP, the energy giant has reported its biggest quarterly profit for 14 years after oil and gas prices soared, hitting £6.9 bn ($8.45bn) between April and June – more than triple the amount it made in the same period last year, amid a typical household energy bills been forecast to hit more than £3, 600…
Max Verstappen of Red Bull, took his eighth win in 13 races and his 28th victory after driving from the 10th on the gird, leaving him with an 80-point lead over Leclerc, in the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Hungary. Verstappen passed title rival Charles Leclerc twice. Red Bull’s pit strategy vaulted Verstappen ahead of…
31 Jul 2022, International Twenty20 Match at The Ageas Bowl, Southampton. England Vs South Africa South Africa 191-5 off 20 ov, R Hendricks 70 off 50, 9 fours, Rossouw 31 off 18, 6 fours, Markram 51 not out off 36, 5 fours, Willey 3-25, Jordan 1-52, M Ali 1-4. England 101 ao off 16.4 ov …