Author: LoveWorld UK

Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho said he senses the desire of his players to end the club’s 13-year trophy drought after they reached the League Cup final beating Championship side Brentford 2-0 on Tuesday. Spurs have not lifted a major trophy since their League Cup triumph over Chelsea in 2008 and goals from Moussa Sissoko and Son Heung-min secured their ninth final appearance in the competition, which they have won four times. Mourinho, who is seeking his fifth League Cup crown as a manager after previous triumphs with Chelsea (2005, 2007, 2015) and Manchester United (2017), said there was a…

British new car sales fell nearly 30% last year in their biggest annual drop since 1943 as lockdowns to curb the spread of the coronavirus hit the sector, an industry body said on Wednesday. Demand stood at 1.63 million cars in 2020, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It was particularly hard hit by a 97% fall in April, the first full month of a national lockdown. Dealerships gradually reopened in June on differing dates across the United Kingdom’s four nations. “We lost nearly three quarters of a million units over three or four…

Year of Preparation kicks off with an exciting ‘month of Celebration’. A burst into euphoric scenes evinced at the January Global Communion Service as the man of God, Reverend (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome declared January to be ‘the Month of Celebration’. This was of great peculiarity seeing that the month of January, in previous years, was a time of utter meditation and broad discussions on the message of the year as announced by the LoveWorld President. A cross section of senior Pastors on set with Pastor Chris at the service. In the exclusive global service, Pastor Chris was joined on set…

A group of 21 state GOP senators from Pennsylvania called on Republican leaders of the U.S. House and Senate to delay certification of the Electoral college votes until a legal battle mounted by President Donald Trump against the Pennsylvania Secretary of State is heard in court. The Republican senators in their letter to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that they believe the election results in Pennsylvania should not have been certified by Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar. “Members, we ask for more time given the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear Trump vs.…

British national radio station talkRADIO on Tuesday said that YouTube had removed its channel from the video-sharing platform and had given no detailed reason for doing so. TalkRADIO has more than 400,000 listeners and is regulated by Britain’s main broadcast watchdog, Ofcom. “We urgently await a detailed response from Google/YouTube about the nature of the breach that has led to our channel being removed from its platform,” talkRADIO said in a statement. YouTube did not immediately respond to a request for comment. TalkRADIO is one of Britain’s main news and speech radio stations and regularly hosts government ministers. The station…

Anger and confusion has arisen today over new lockdown restrictions which mean garden centres and pet stores can stay open while other retail stores are being forced to close. Thousands of chain and independent retailers have for a third time been ordered to shut their stores across England. The new lockdown order, which follows on from national shutdowns in March and November, comes amid rising Covid infection and death figures across the country. But some shop owners have bemoaned the harsh new restrictions, which will see all non-essential shops shut until at least mid-February. While florists, clothes stores and book shops have…

British retailer Marks & Spencer said new trade rules in place since Britain left the European Union were delaying deliveries of some fresh food to its stores in France, where at least three branches had empty shelves on Tuesday. As of Jan. 1, goods travelling back and forth between Britain and the EU are subject to customs and other bureaucratic hurdles that did not previously exist. The items out of stock at three Paris branches of the retailer on Tuesday included sandwiches, black rice and edamame bean salad, and turkey tortilla with curry, according to labels on the empty shelves.…

Britain offered a 4.6 billion pound ($6.2 billion) support package for businesses on Tuesday to soften an expected recession caused by a surge in COVID-19 cases that has triggered a third national lockdown. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the lockdown on Monday, saying a highly contagious coronavirus variant risked overwhelming the health service within 21 days. Most people must work from home and schools have closed for almost all pupils. Hospitality venues must stay shut, as well as non-essential shops. Britain’s economy looks likely to tip back into recession – shrinking in the final quarter of 2020 and the first…

A superb second-minute lob by Danny Ings gave Southampton a surprise 1-0 home win over Premier League leaders Liverpool, with the Reds’ attack looking rudderless as they were held scoreless for the second game in a row. With the injury-hit champions fielding a makeshift centre-back pairing of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho, striker Ings, who joined Southampton on loan from Liverpool in 2018 before making the transfer permanent a year later, was able to exploit some confusion at a set piece to secure the win. The victory lifted Southampton to sixth in the table on 29 points, behind Tottenham Hotspur and…

A closely watched gauge of growth in British manufacturing activity rose to its highest level in three years last month, as factories rushed to complete work before the end of the post-Brexit transition period on Dec. 31. The IHS Markit/CIPS manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for December rose to 57.5 from November’s 55.6, its highest since November 2017 and slightly above an initial flash estimate of 57.3. The most recent official data, for October, showed factory output was 7.1% lower than a year earlier, largely due to reduced demand in consumer-facing industries as a result of COVID-19 shutdowns. IHS Markit…