Archive for June, 2012

Leeds to London in 45 minutes

Jun 28, 2012 Comments Off by

British Airways flights from Leeds Bradford to London Leeds to London for a £1 per minute The flight will take about 45 minutes and can cost as little as £42. The train no longer seems like a viable option. BA will operate four flights a day between Leeds and Heathrow. This new route marks a [...]

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England Euro 2012 examination

Jun 27, 2012 Comments Off

On Sunday, two of the most boring teams in Europe played for 2 hours without scoring a single goal in Kiev. If Sir Alan Sugar was at the match, then after the first boring 90 minutes, he would have said, “You’re fired!”, to both England and Italy. Karen Brady would have made more pertinent substitutions [...]

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Germany v Greece, What crisis?

Jun 22, 2012 Comments Off

The second quarter-final between Germany and Greece in Gdansk kicks off at 7.45pm tonight. Both teams are conscious of the extra hype surrounding the match with the Greeks getting ready to show their gratitude to the Germans for their support throughout the Eurozone crisis. Looking ahead, the big match is on Sunday when the hapless [...]

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Redknapped

Jun 15, 2012 Comments Off

The term redknapped is now a metaphor for a situation where faced with several juicy options a person dithers purposely, and eventually gets nothing. Such is the case with Harry Redknapp. For weeks Redknapp relied on the press to state his position and never really took things into his own hands. He kept kicking the [...]

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Euro 2012 Football

Jun 08, 2012 Comments Off

Euro 2012 begins today, June 8th, with 16 European teams competing in stadiums across Poland and Ukraine. The 16 teams are divided into four groups of  four, with each group then following a single round-robin schedule. Who will win? That is the question. More importantly, will the tournament be a spectacle. Will Euro 2012 championship [...]

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