Image source: Getty Images Earning a second income from dividend stocks is a popular way to fund a successful retirement. With a £50,000 lump sum, I’d put that money to work straight away so my dividend portfolio could grow over time thanks to the power of compound returns. Here’s how I’d target £30,000 in annual … [Read more…]
There is suddenly a little bit of tension about one of the most ambitious plans in football. High-placed sources say this week brings a lot of discussion between Saudi Arabian representatives and those of top players in order to try and convince them to join the planet’s most disruptive competition. Some involved see it as … [Read more…]
The Free State town of Frankfort (population 26,000) may seem like a strange place for the start of a six-day international Mountain Bike Race (MTB), the inaugural Old Mutual go2berg. It’s a 150-year-old agricultural town that the new South Africa looks like it forgot. Notable mainly for the Wilge River that winds round it and … [Read more…]
First downs and second guesses: Once upon a College World Series, if you wanted to find the King of College Baseball, you went to Big Fred’s. There, USC coach Rod Dedeaux and his coaches and players would fill up the back room and the old mentor might tell stories all night. Skip Bertman held court … [Read more…]
Image source: Getty Images Earning a second income from dividend stocks is a popular way to fund a successful retirement. With a £50,000 lump sum, I’d put that money to work straight away so my dividend portfolio could grow over time thanks to the power of compound returns. Here’s how I’d target £30,000 in annual … [Read more…]
Broad celebrates with England teammates after taking Steve Smith’s wicket at Edgbaston (Getty) Stuart Broad’s late wickets have set up a thrilling conclusion to the first Ashes Test of the series at Edgbaston, evoking memories of the 2005 nail-biter. The 2005 Ashes was one of the most hotly contested between the two nations in its … [Read more…]
On Tuesday 13 June a call was received in the morning from a Marine Assist member in a 4.2m tinnie with one person on board (POB) which was experiencing engine problems near Pumpkin Island. Yeppoon Rescue One (Skipper – E. Goodsell; Crew – A. Sleeman, M. Hardy, R. Holland) was dispatched. The owner was able … [Read more…]
The political editor for BBC Scotland shared images before his fall and afterwards in hospital with a bloodied face. The TV star thanked the “amazing” work by the “major trauma team” at NHS Lothian for helping him get back on his feet. READ MORE: Scottish Government minister in BBC row over missing job title The presenter tweeted to his many … [Read more…]
This is the “nightmare” neighbourhood where residents face round-the-clock construction work and endless street protests. Locals near the Islamic Centre of England (ICE) in Maida Vale said they simply can’t get a moment of respite since protests erupted outside the cultural centre late last year. The centre, which doubles as a mosque, was shut down … [Read more…]
Creative Cloncurry siblings say the rural NQ town will host the world premiere of their short film centred on a legendary local bank heist. Cloncurry, almost 800 kilometres west of Townsville, will on Thursday host the premiere of ‘The Bank Manager’, a film about the unsolved theft of £14,000 – $1.4m in today’s currency – … [Read more…]