Gary Neville posts a song of the day to his social network followers each morning, and on Saturday it was Paul Weller's "Brand New Start". It is beginning to feel as if this is just such a thing for England, even though it felt faintly Engelbert Humperdinck to be taking a very flat 4-4-2 into Europe on Saturday night.
The Government should offer credit subsidies to pension funds and other institutional investors in order to unlock billions of pounds for infrastructure spending, the CBI argues today.
At the grand age of 80, Dennis Skinner is enjoying his success at doing something he has not been able to do properly for years – annoying a Conservative Prime Minister. Previously Tory prime ministers generally knew better than to rise to the bait when Skinner taunted them. Margaret Thatcher paid a retrospective tribute to him as a "great parliamentarian". John Major amused the Commons and infuriated Skinner by congratulating him on the day he turned 65, expressing the wish that he would learn to smile before he was 66. Seemingly, Edward Heath was fated to be the only Tory premier flat-footed enough to let the man known as the "Beast of Bolsover" get under his skin.
What does it cost me to go on Facebook? As I haven't got round to installing an online ad blocker, the price of connecting with my friends is that I have to endure the daily humiliation of companies trying to sell me weight loss and menopause pills. (Thanks, guys.) I've never searched for either as I'm not overweight and – well – let's not overshare. But, armed with my gender and birth date, the advertisers have made the impertinent supposition that I'm fat and flushing.
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council was convened last night to co-ordinate the international community's response to the growing bloodshed in Syria amid widespread condemnation of the Houla massacre, in which 116 people, including at least 34 children, were killed.
Marlon Samuels scored a counter-attacking 76 not out but England were left to chase just 108 to win the second Investec Test against the West Indies - and with it the three-match series.
Roy Hodgson was right to believe he scored a kind of triumph in Oslo and soon enough it was confirmed by the headline "The Roy done good."
Scotland Yard will today be accused of misusing powers to prevent disruption to last year's royal wedding in a court case that could have major implications for police operations in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
It seems as though two of the country's biggest retailers have decided to put their faith in lipstick economics. The theory of the "lipstick index" was originally dreamt up by Leonard Lauder, chairman of Estée Lauder Companies after the attacks of 9/11 saw Amer- ica's consumer spending falter. Lauder noticed that despite the downturn, his company was seeing lipsticks fly off the shelves. Why? Because, he reasoned, in troubled times, women are more likely to make small, feel-good purchases that are cheap but boost their moods.
Detectives carrying out the investigation into illegal newsgathering techniques at Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group have been asked to investigate whether it attempted to blackmail politicians.
Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair today told an inquiry into press standards that he had a “working relationship” with media mogul Rupert Murdoch when in office.
The Government should offer credit subsidies to pension funds and other institutional investors in order to unlock billions of pounds for infrastructure spending, the CBI argues today.
A compelling tale of an octogenarian couple's devotion and struggle took the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival last night, elevating its director into an élite band of Palme d'Or winners.
Detectives carrying out the multimillion-pound investigation into illegal newsgathering techniques at Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group have been asked to investigate whether it attempted to blackmail politicians.
Baroness Warsi faced calls last night to stand down as the Conservative Party co-chairman following allegations she claimed expenses while staying rent-free at a friend's house.
The United Nations Security Council last night condemned the
Syrian government "in the strongest possible terms" for
heavy-weapon attacks on the town of Houla, where 108 people, and up
to 34 children, were killed on Friday.
It was highly debatable whether Jessica Ennis had a weight problem going into her Olympic heptathlon dress rehearsal here in the tranquil western corner of Austria. She certainly has one now.
Liverpool will hold talks with the Swansea City manager, Brendan Rodgers, this week as they seek to make progress on the challenging issue of replacing Kenny Dalglish.
Roy Hodgson has vowed that England will not repeat the mistake of taking an unfit Gareth Barry into another tournament, as the day arrives that will tell the manager the full extent of the injury crisis that clouds his European Championship hopes.
That something utterly appalling happened outside the Syrian city of Houla on Friday is beyond doubt.
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