That was the classic case yesterday because Adrian had kept a little bit up his sleeve. Of the two, I would say mine had had the easier race.”There will be no easy races at the Dorchester tomorrow, but those who approach Murphy with criticism of his stable jockey will have strife aplenty. Those at [...]

India panicked, England did not, wickets kept falling, seven of them for 59.England had their series draw. 250: 216 min, 302 balls.Ganguly’s 50: 82 min, 64 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes.ENGLAND WON BY FIVE RUNSUmpires: S C Gupta and M S Mahal.TV replay umpire: N N Menon.Man of the match: M E Trescothick.Man of [...]

First, the ability of the PPP to deliver value for money and achieve transfer of risk to the private sector will depend on the robustness of the contracts agreed with London Underground, which will continue to operate actual services. As the report says, however, the contractual proposals are “highly complex – ranging from the [...]

Sometimes he was vegan, detoxed, studying Zen and doing yoga; or he would marinade himself in Jack Daniels and stay roaring drunk for weeks, vacuuming drugs (magic mushrooms were his favourite) and chain-smoking. As one of his oldest friends put it, “I can’t figure out if he is near enlightenment or a black beast. [...]

It needed to “blow away the fog that is designed to cloud the sight of it and work even harder to translate it into reality.”He admitted there was a danger that in the day-to-day business of government that Labour “lost sight of the destination”. It was time, he said, to “lift our eyes from [...]