Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams says fairness will be the key theme of her party's spring conference.She said the majority of Welsh taxpayers would be £700 a year better off if her party wins the general election.The Lib Dems are promising to remove those earning £10,000 or less from the tax system altogether.They also claim a Lib Dem UK government would provide an extra
Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Mandla Masango says he is looking forward to making his mark at the club after signing a contract extension.I signed an extension about two weeks ago and I am happy that I will continue to play for one of the biggest teams in the continent.I'm looking forward to making it big at this club.It is my wish to make my mark here and I'm working towards that, he told KickOff.co
The Hong Kong-based businessman has technically become Pompey's fourth owner this season after his company, Portpin, took over the 90% shareholding of previous owner Ali Al Faraj by exercising a clause in the agreement relating to a £17million loan made in October that effectively staved off administration.But the 51-year-old insists he is merely protecting the club's interests by removing A
Wales flanker Martyn Williams says he will be wary of a new interpretation referees will use at the tackle area in this year's RBS Six Nations.Tacklers must now give their prone victims time to release the ball before attempting to steal possession.Both the England and Wales teams will play under the new guidelines for the first time at Twickenham on Saturday. It's a bit of a grey area, the tackl
TOKYO – Japanese high-tech giant Panasonic Corp.returned to the black in the third quarter on management streamlining and upgraded its profit outlook for the full fiscal year, the company said Friday.Osaka-based Panasonic posted a net profit of 32.3 billion yen (360 million dollars) in the October-December quarter, reversing a net loss of 63.1 billion yen a year earlier, said Japan's bigge
The leading stock exchange fell at the start of trade on Friday amid a fierce global equities sell-off that was sparked by fears of a sovereign debt default in Europe and poor US data, analysts said.The FTSE 100 sank 0.55 percent to 5,110.87 points.Japanese stocks tumbled 2.89 percent on Friday, ending at the lowest level in almost two months, battered by sharp losses on Wall Street and a stronge
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Irish counterpart Brian Cowen arrived in Northern Ireland on Friday to formally announce a long-awaited deal to save the province's power-sharing government.The prime ministers went to Belfast after the province's main Protestant party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), announced late Thursday they had agreed to back a deal with their Catholic power-
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