The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
England have still to play the All Blacks, France have tasty looking encounters lined up against South Africa in Toulouse this Friday and New Zealand, in Marseille, at the end of the month.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
TIRUCHI: Expanding its overseas presence, the Canara Bank has proposed to open its second branch in the United Kingdom at Leicester and a Representative Office at Sharjah. The bank has identified the premises for its proposed Leicester branch ...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir admitted he had never seen such a poor performance from a Springbok front five as the world champions went down to a shock defeat to Leicester. Leicester clinched a 22-17 win before a record crowd at Welford Road on Friday night as the mighty Springboks suffered a dismal start to their northern hemisphere tour. The Premiership champions even overcame the handicap...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
SPRINGBOK flank Heinrich Brüssow, lock Danie Rossouw and flyhalf Ruan Pienaar will be heavily relied on to provide stability and class to the South African team when they line up against Leicester on Friday at Welford Road in the opening game of their UK tour.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Benji Marshall's manager, Martin Tauber, has made accusations of double standards after it was revealed Lote Tuqiri had secretly agreed to deals with UK rugby club Leicester Tigers and Wests Tigers.
USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
At this point, a number of scientific instruments orbits the planet, collecting data about its temperatures and their trends. Designed and built by an international team of experts, led by scientists at the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom, the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) instruments are managed by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The lab called a symposium today, in order...
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Iran threatens UK, US after bombing Oh I’m scared, so the Sunni Muslim insurgent group Jundollah (God's soldiers) are from Britain are they? Hmmmmnnn quite possible actually, many Taliban fighters are from the UK also. Support Help For Heroes at Tigers double header Saturday, October 31 is Help For Heroes Day at Welford Road, with representatives of the Armed Forces joining the crowd to see Leicester...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
After launching a yoga centre on a Scottish island last week, Indian lifestyle guru Baba Ramdev has opened a health food shop in the east Midlands town of Leicester for selling herbal drinks and tablets made in India.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Ashley Seager ( Economics , 28 September,) argues for "sharpening taxes as well as axes". This should read "instead of axes", with tax reform being the alternative to cuts. Tax increases should be targeted very specifically on those high-income households and individuals who have done so well over the past quarter of a century, during which the UK has become one of Europe's most...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
THANJAVUR: The Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA) University, Thanjavur, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UK based University of Leicester (UoL) on Thursday to promote collaborative research, ...
The Final Redoubt (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Links suggested by GINRO : Peaceful rally attacked by muslims Demo called off at the request of police Following on from the September 2009 EDL vs UAF riots in Birmingham , we now have further civil unrest appearing outside a new mosque in Harrow , North West London. Add to this situation... a fawning HMG... Colonel Gaddafi’s controversial Muslim clerics head for Midlands Sep 6 2009 by Ben Goldby,...
Jesus Lives! (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
From Sunday Mercury A group of controversial Muslim clerics funded by Colonel Gaddafi are set to make appearances at three Midland Mosques. Eleven preachers sponsored by the World Islamic Call Society (Wics), which was founded, led and paid for by the Libyan leader, will be holding events in Birmingham, Leicester and Nottingham during Ramadan. The speeches come just [...]
Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Gaddafi sees Europe as weak and in decline, especially after the release of the Lockerbie bomber, so he sends a special group of preachers to Britain to start the conversion of the European continent to Islam. ( UK ) A GROUP of controversial Muslim clerics funded by Colonel Gaddafi are set to make appearances at three Midland Mosques. Eleven preachers sponsored by the World Islamic Call Society (Wics),...
Pension Pulse (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Bloomberg reports that the Caisse is at risk of losing $462 million on Halabi loan : Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Canada’s biggest pension-fund manager, may lose 285 million pounds ($462 million) on debt secured against investor Simon Halabi’s London properties after their value fell about 50 percent, according to two people familiar with the situation. Caisse de Depot holds...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
The UK arm of Spanish bank group Santander - including Abbey and Alliance & Leicester - sees revenues up 20% in the first half of 2009.
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