A successful England 2018 World Cup bid would mean the new Wembley hosting the final, as its predecessor did in 1966. Photograph: David Goddard/Getty ImagesEngland's hopes of hosting the 2018 World Cup will be boosted by the publication tomorrow of Fifa's technical reports, which will categorise the bid as a low legal risk with a high potential financial return, but is also expected to highlight four contractual areas where government guarantees are not currently met.Karren Brady, the Read more [...]

(UKPA) – Oct 28, 2010 Godolphin team were in inspired form at Lingfield with a flying Frankie Dettori delighting punters with a hat-trick of winners.Two Listed events gave the card a touch of quality on a quiet Thursday afternoon, and both were claimed by Saeed bin Suroor and his Italian stable jockey, with the latter in particularly determined mood.The EBF Normandie Stud Fleur De Lys Fillies' Stakes was the first of the major events and Dettori was at his strongest as he guided Aspectoflove Read more [...]

In the old days of majority government, rank had its privileges. One particular privilege was that of playing national TV programmer, which fell to the Minister for Communications courtesy of the powers the Broadcasting Services Act conferred on him or her. But unlike most ministerial responsibilities, broadcasting regulation is a subject on which anyone who watches TV thinks they’re an expert. With a minority government, suddenly everyone thinks they can play national TV programmer. Last week Read more [...]

FREE-TO-AIR television networks win twice over from an outdated and restrictive policy. IN the chamber of horrors of Australian public life, broadcasting policy occupies a special place.That policy has been aptly described by the Productivity Commission as reflecting "a history of political compromises [whose] legacy of quid pro quos has created a framework that is inward looking, anti-competitive and restrictive".Central among those restrictions are the anti-siphoning Read more [...]