Tag: England

• Thursday, June 7th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Europe's five leagues revenue €14.7bn, in 2016-17, and the English Premier League is market leader

  

  The big five European leagues generated a record €14.7bn in revenue in 2016-17, a 9% annual increase, according to new figures from Deloitte. It says the European football market is now worth some €25.5bn and the English Premier League was the market leader, with record revenue of £4.5bn, as each of the 20 clubs se their own annual revenue record.

• Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Six out of ten voters said UK's exit from EU increased prospect of splitting up

  

  Most voters are in favor of the Union but believe Brexit has made the break-up of the United Kingdom more likely, polling has found. In England, 68% of adults backed the UK status quo followed by 66% in Wales, 59% in Northern Ireland and 52% in Scotland, according to the ICM research. But across the four nations, up to six out of 10 voters said Britain’s exit from the European Union had increased the prospect of the UK splitting up.

• Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Manchester United the most valuable European football club, says KPMG

  

  Manchester United has again been named most valuable European football club, being worth about €3.25bn (£2.9bn) says business services group KPMG. The English club tops KPMG's study of top sides' “enterprise value”, ahead of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

• Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  UK fishermen day of fury over Brexit “abject betrayal”: UK waters control delayed from 2019 to 2021

  

  English fishermen are taking part in a day of protests against what they say is an “abject betrayal” over Brexit. Protesters gathered in Plymouth, Whitstable, Hastings, Portsmouth, Milford Haven and Newcastle. Fishermen say promises of immediate control over UK waters on leaving the EU next year have been dropped.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Commonwealth Games program: England listed as part of Africa

  

  England have been listed as an African nation with capital Banjul in the official program for the Commonwealth Games’ opening ceremony, leaving Gold Coast organizers red-faced. The program, being sold at newsagents and merchandise tents around the Queensland resort, has England’s population listed at just over two million and their first Commonwealth Games appearance in 1970.

• Friday, February 9th 2018 - 10:45 UTC

  Bank of England expects pace of interest rate increases to accelerate

  

  The Bank of England has indicated that the pace of interest rate increases could accelerate if the economy remains on its current track. Bank policymakers voted unanimously to keep interest rates on hold at 0.5% at their latest meeting. However, they said rates would need to rise “earlier” and by a “somewhat greater extent” than they thought at their last review in November. Economists think the next rate rise could come as soon as May.

• Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 10:51 UTC

  Theresa May loses one of her closest allies in the cabinet to pornography allegations

  

  Damian Green, one of British Prime Minister Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code. He was “asked to quit” after he was found to have made “inaccurate and misleading” statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office computer in 2008.

• Saturday, July 19th 2014 - 07:15 UTC

  FIFA's calendar of world cups: US in 2026 and Uruguay/Argentina 2030?

  

  Two strong favourites have emerged to host the 2026 and 2030 World Cups. The UK is hopeful that they can follow Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 and bring the cup to the country for the first time since 1966.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 01:33 UTC

  Schmallenberg disease hitting lambs and calves spreads to all England and Wales

  

  A disease that can lead to lambs and calves being stillborn or deformed has spread to every county in England and Wales. Some farmers are expected to lose livestock during the lambing season, which is just getting underway.

• Monday, November 5th 2012 - 12:46 UTC

  World’s most expensive palatial house in London on the market for 100 million pounds

  

  The world's most expensive four-storey palatial house, in London's plush neighborhood has gone on the market at a staggering 100 million pounds. One Cornwall Terrace is a Grade 1 listed mansion overlooking Regent's Park in London.