Following a series of scandals in cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL), the interim chief, Chirayu Amin, has pledged that next year’s tournament will be more transparent as well as being bigger and better. The previous chairman, Lalit Modi, was recently suspended following an avalanche of allegations about corruption. Among the charges levelled at Modi were [...]
April, 2010
English athletes to attend 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi
Despite speculation to the contrary, England’s athletes will be appearing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games which will take place in Delhi in October. Following a series of bomb blasts in and around Bangalore’s Chinnaswamy Stadium during an Indian Premier League cricket match earlier in the month, it had been suggested that English athletes might pull [...]
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg’s children stranded in Icelandic volcanic ash flight chaos
He may be enjoying the attention that the Liberal Democrats have received recently, following the first live TV debate, but leader Nick Clegg’s children are currently stranded in Spain due to the ongoing travel chaos. As a result of the Icelandic volcano erupting and spreading clouds of ash across Europe, all flights around the region [...]
Over the rainbow judge Charlotte Church set to wed Gavin Henson…finally
After their secret engagement, Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson are finally set to tie the knot. The pair allegedly got engaged two months ago when the Welsh rugby star proposed to “Over the Rainbow” judge Charlotte Church on her 24th birthday. Gavin got down on one knee after lunch at the Nare Hotel in Truro, [...]
Temperamental British weather strikes again as warnings of -7C and snow on way
Just as people were starting to wear short-sleeved t-shirts and not bothering to take a jacket to work, experts have predicted that we will have a week of severely cold weather from the weekend. Despite having one of the warmest starts to April in some time, experts are suggesting that a cold front could be [...]
Government debt advice strategy “failure”
The Government’s implementation of its debt management strategy, designed to help people to get out of debt, has been branded a “complete failure” by MPs of the Public Accounts Committee. Committee MPs said that 51 various projects had been uncoordinated with no leader in charge since 2004, and reported that 11% of adults were struggling [...]
Is Cheryl Cole’s ex Ashley seeing The Saturdays singer Frankie?
Has Chelsea footballer been going for secret dates with The Saturdays singer Frankie Sandford whilst wife Cheryl Cole has been away recording her music in Los Angeles? If rumours in The Sun newspaper are anything to go by, the Saturdays singer has been comforting Ashley in his wife’s absence. This was flatly denied by Miss [...]
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg start battle as general election date set
Following a meeting at Buckingham Palace with the Queen, current Prime Minister Gordon Brown threw down the gauntlet to opposing leaders David Cameron and Nick Clegg, as he announced that May 6th will be the 2010 election date. Gordon Brown started the race to become the next leader of the country, after a morning of [...]
Kylie Minogue beats Cheryl Cole and David Beckham to top of celeb charts… with Tiger Woods at the bottom
Australian pint-sized pop princess, Kylie Minogue, has been voted Britain’s most powerful celebrity, beating other stars to the title including Sir Terry Wogan and David Beckham. The singer also beat fellow chart topper Cheryl Cole and saturday night favourites Ant and Dec to top the study by researchers Millward Brown. Research carried out by the [...]
England World Cup hopes in limbo as Man Utd’s Wayne Rooney injures ankle
In a close fought Champions League game on Tuesday this week, last year’s finalists lost an enthralling game to Bayern Munich, however Wayne Rooney’s ankle injury over-shadowed the result. Manchester United’s star man, who has been in-form for most of the season and already bagged 34 goals, was dramatically injured in the first leg tie [...]
