Canada's Mark Carney faces delicate balancing act in China visit
The PM is seeking to deepen trade and repair ties with China after years of tense relations - without compromising national security or provoking the US.
The PM is seeking to deepen trade and repair ties with China after years of tense relations - without compromising national security or provoking the US.
From his competitive debut to his first spell as interim, the former midfielder has seen much at Old Trafford over the past two decades 23 August 2006, Charlton 0 -3 Manchester United The 25‑year‑old new signing was eased into United’s midfield as a second-half substitute in the second game of the season, having picked up a small injury on the pre‑season tour. With Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes suspended, Sir Alex Ferguson started with John O’Shea and Darren Fletcher in central midfield, with the Scot (sporting a mullet) opening the scoring after Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo had hit the woodwork. Carrick was one of four future United managers in the side, alongside Fletcher, Giggs and Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who rounded off the win with a late goal after Louis Saha had doubled United’s lead. Solskjær’s goal was his first in the league in three injury-hit years, and the Norwegian, also a substitute, should have had another when Carrick squared a perfect pass to the striker, only for Charlton’s Scott Carson to make an outstanding save. With Carrick an instant success at United that season, the club roared to the title in May 2007, their first in four years. Continue reading...
‘I think my players were angry. The spirit was there’ Newcastle beaten 2-0 in Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg Pep Guardiola’s evident delight at Manchester City’s 2-0 win at Newcastle in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final was tempered by the lengthy video assistant referee delay that disallowed what would have been Antoine Semenyo’s second goal of the game. It prompted Manchester City’s manager to launch into an epic, and often incomprehensible, rant about VAR and its perceived failings or, more pertinently, non-involvements during City’s 2-1 defeat at Newcastle in November and last season’s FA Cup final defeat to Crystal Palace. Continue reading...
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The president also appears to mouth “you’re fired” as he walks away from the workers. View Entire Post ›
A Sydney council has shut down the Al Madina Dawah Centre after links to one of the Bondi attackers, Naveed Akram, emerged last month.
The details from the leak have been uploaded to ICE List, a website that claims to have the identities of ICE agents, collaborators, and leadership personnel
Ueli Kestenholz, an Olympic bronze medalist and decorated Swiss snowboarder, has died in his native country after being trapped by an avalanche.
Ueli Kestenholz, an Olympic bronze medalist and decorated Swiss snowboarder, has died in his native country after being trapped by an avalanche.
Fire crews are tackling a blaze on railway tracks between Queen's Road Peckham and South Bermondsey stations in London. Queen's Road Peckham station has been evacuated and trains halted in both directions.
The Health Secretary, who is widely tipped as a potential successor to Sir Keir, also appeared to criticise the PM for complaining that it is too hard to get things done in Government.
When Sue Marcum was found dead in her home, all signs pointed to a burglary gone wrong. The truth was far more sinister - and sparked a decade-long international manhunt to catch her killer.
Rachel Reeves will on Wednesday announce plans for 'Northern Powerhouse Rail', a long-awaited transport network connecting major cities in the North.
Heavily armed US Marshals raided the upstate New York home of Timothy Busfield and his wife Melissa Gilbert less than an hour after the actor turned himself in to police 2,000 miles away.
The former executive has been charged with 15 felonies
Richard Hughes, the former chair of the Office for BudgetResponsibility, said that Labour's manifesto was 'nothing like' what the party has actually done in Government.