January 25, 2011

Brady incensed over Gray & Keys

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 05 PM / co

Sky discipline Andy Gray & Richard Keys over commentsBelieving their microphones were off, Keys and Gray agreed that Sian Massey and other female assistant referees "did not know the offside rule". Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports, said: "Their comments were totally unacceptable." Speaking ahead of the game, Keys ...


Stadium, Olympic Park & Hold

Olympic Stadium decision on hold

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 05 PM / co

The Olympic Park Legacy Company says it needs more time to study the bids from Tottenham and West Ham. The OPLC is in charge of securing an economically viable future for the Olympic Park post the 2012 Games.


Gunman, Park & Standoff

Gunman in overnight standoff with police

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 05 PM / co

Armed police have spent the night in a standoff with a suspected gunman who was stopped by officers while crossing a park. Police locked down an area around Leagrave Common, in Luton, Bedfordshire, after a stand-off developed shortly after 8pm last night. A Bedfordshire Police spokesman said: "Last night, at ...


Suicide, Airport & Domodedovo

Suicide bomber strikes at Moscow airport

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 05 PM / lfpress

President Dmitry Medvedev vowed to track down and punish those behind the attack, which analysts said appeared to fit a pattern of bombings by Islamist militants fighting to create an independent “emirate””in Russia’s north Caucasus ...

Mail, Scam & Letter

Police seize suspect scam mail

Tue 25 Jan 2011, 03 PM / co

It is the first seizure of such post by the Metropolitan Police's economic and specialist crime command. Police say an estimated £3.5bn is scammed from UK citizens each year, and about £2.4bn of this is ...

Lord, System & Trial

Lord Taylor trial jury sent out

Tue 25 Jan 2011, 03 PM / co

The former Tory peer denies six charges of false accounting. Justice Saunders said the prosecution had to prove he had acted dishonestly. In closing statements on Monday, prosecution barrister Helen Law told Southwark Crown Court ...



Aspen, Colorado & Hotels

Aspen, Colorado: At the summit of US ski chic

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 05 PM / co

Anna Murphy is won over by the champagne powder and the remarkable peace of Aspen, the picturesque US ski resort in the Colorado mountains. Skiing in the United States had always seemed beside the point. ...


Lords, Miss Cunningham & Mother

Conservative Lords leader accused of affair with single mother

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 01 PM / co

A married Conservative Cabinet minister has been accused of having an affair with a penniless former socialite who came to him for help in a dispute over child maintenance. Lord Strathclyde, the Leader of the ...


Berlusconi, Evidence & Miss Sorcinelli

Silvio Berlusconi continued paying 'call girl' after prostitution scandal broke, new evidence shows

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 01 PM / co

Silvio Berlusconi continued to make payments of thousands of euros to an alleged call girl even after the announcement that he was at the centre of a prostitution investigation, new evidence from the scandal shows. ...


Schiavone, Wozniacki & Kuznetsova

Australian Open 2011: Francesca Schiavone outlasts Svetlana Kuznetsova in longest women's major match

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 01 PM / co

Francesca Schiavone moved into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after edging out Svetlana Kuznetsova in the longest women's grand slam match in the open era. By way of comparison, her last-eight opponent Caroline Wozniacki ...




Bresnan, Hauritz & ODI

Hauritz to undergo surgery

The 29-year-old spinner suffered the injury while fielding during Australia's 46-run win in the second ...

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 12 PM / co
Church, Anglicans & Move

Anglicans joining Catholic Church

The move involves three parishes in Essex, and three in east London. Three former Anglican ...

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 08 AM / co
Man, Murder & Schoolboy

Man charged with schoolboy murder

A man is charged with the murder of 15-year-old schoolboy Kasey Gordon who was stabbed ...

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 04 AM / co
Tabak, Joanna & Murder

Vincent Tabak charged with the murder of Joanna Yeates

Dutchman Vincent Tabak, 32, was charged tonight with the murder of Joanna Yeates in Bristol, ...

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 02 AM / co
Labour, Balls & Tax

Ed Balls: hit bankers with new 3.5 billion tax on bonuses

Ed Balls has demanded a fresh £3.5 billion tax on bankers' bonuses in his first ...

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 02 AM / co
Domodedovo, Airport & Moscow

Carnage at Moscow's Domodedovo airport

A suicide bomber kills dozens at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11 PM / lfpress
Appelman, Team & Canada

Appelman's team to represent Canada

They, along with Jennifer Jones, are representing Canada at an international bonspiel in Karizauwa, Japan, ...

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 04 AM / lfpress
Inquiry, Law & Journalist

Phone-hacking inquiry to widen

It is re-examining evidence about the News of the World following suggestions that the practice ...

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11 PM / co
Bolton, Chelsea & Match

Blues hammer poor Bolton

Chelsea flexed their attacking muscles against Bolton and narrowed the gap on leaders Manchester United ...

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11 PM / co
City, Villa & Birmingham

Aston Villa 1 Manchester City 0: match report

Read a full match report of the Premier League game between Aston Villa and Manchester ...

Sun 23 Jan 2011, 01 AM / co
Chelsea, Bolton & Match

Bolton Wanderers 0 Chelsea 4: match report

Read a full match report of the Premier League game between Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea ...

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 11 PM / co
Stadium, Olympic Park & Decision

Olympic Stadium decision postponed

A spokesman said "more time is needed to consider the bids". Barclays Premier League rivals ...

Mon 24 Jan 2011, 07 PM / co