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Former City lawyer tasked with reviewing demise of Wasps and Worcester Warriors in Premiership Rugby financial review

February 20, 2023

Legal heavyweight Sir Nigel Boardman, a former partner at City law firm Slaughter and May, has been appointed to lead a review of the financial crisis engulfing Premiership Rugby. Boardman, 72, led the government inquiry into the Greensill Capital lobbying row in 2021 and last year called time on a near-50-year stint with the Magic [...]
Exclusive: Bridgerton cast rally to save vital London arts event from closure

February 19, 2023

Speaking exclusively to City PM, some of Bridgerton’s lead cast, including Nicola Coughlan and Jonathan Bailey, rally to help save Vault Festival, one of the UK’s brightest arts festivals, which faces closure after landlords have said they’ll turf them out in 2024. Help Save Vault by donating to their campaign here Bridgerton’s leading actors have [...]
BAFTAs 2023 recap: The five big things that happened tonight

February 19, 2023

The BAFTAs 2023 have wrapped for another year and, as with all good awards ceremonies, there were some special moments, some that absolutely weren’t meant to happen. Over 20 awards gongs were handed out for everything from sound design to international film and leading male and females, as well as best film. But here are [...]
Glazer family could walk away from Manchester United sale, bidders fear

February 19, 2023

Manchester United bidders believe the club’s owners, the Glazer family, could walk away from a £5bn sale of the Premier League club. Three parties are known to have submitted proposals to the Glazers’ bankers – British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe; the son of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani; and [...]
BAFTAs muck up as wrong Best Supporting Actor award given out

February 19, 2023

A delay in the live television broadcast meant editors could remove a gaff at tonight’s BAFTAs where presenters handed out the Best Support Actress award to the wrong person, it has been reported. TV critic Scott Bryan tweeted saying that a prerecord allowed the gaff to be edited out. Carey Mulligan had mistakenly been told [...]
Helen Mirren pays touching tribute to late Queen at BAFTAs

February 19, 2023

Helen Mirred has paid tribute to the late Queen at the BAFTA Awards 2023. During an early part of the ceremony the actor, who played the Queen in 2006 feature film the Queen, read a short tribute to her majesty from the Royal Festival Hall stage. Mirren said: “Cinema at its best does what Her [...]
Super sub Son scores off bench as Spurs move into top four

February 19, 2023

Heung-Min Son responded to being dropped by coming off the bench to score the clinching goal as Tottenham Hotspur beat struggling West Ham United 2-0 on Sunday. Full-back Emerson Royal also registered as Spurs climbed to fourth in the Premier League and nudged Newcastle United out of the Champions League qualification spots. Son was left [...]
Marcus Rashford fires Manchester United to win over Leicester – and within touching distance of Premier League’s top two

February 19, 2023

Marcus Rashford continued his red-hot goalscoring streak as Manchester United beat Leicester City 3-0 to close the gap on the Premier League’s top two today. Striker Rashford netted twice to make it six goals in his last five games and 24 for United in all competitions this season. Revitalised winger Jadon Sancho added the third [...]
George Ford back in the England fold after returning from injury

February 19, 2023

George Ford has returned to the England Rugby fold with the fly-half being called up to a training squad ahead of this weekend’s fixture against Wales. The Sale Sharks No10 is part of a 36-player squad having played his first Premiership game since last year’s final on Saturday – he hasn’t featured for England since [...]
Are England Test cricket pair Anderson and Broad up there with the best?

February 19, 2023

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Ian Rush and Kenny Dalglish, Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald; there have been some outstanding partnerships in British sport over the years. But do any come close to English Test cricket’s new-ball partnership of James Anderson and Stuart Broad? The duo have a combined age of 76 and are still [...]