“A major disadvantage of the AFC scheme is that low income households would be concentrated … thereby reinforcing social divides.”Other specific conclusions were that the extra jobs produced will be outnumbered by the increase in people living in the area and so could reduce local people’s employment prospects, and that green space, in a [...]

We have been together for three or four years so it’s always good to have fresh faces and to make competition stronger.”O’Neill has injury concerns over his forward trio, Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton and John Hartson, for their Premier League game against Motherwell at Fir Park tomorrow. Larsson suffered a back injury in the [...]

Smith suffered a leg injury in the collision and hobbled through last night’s encounter.Newcastle tried to compensate for their lack of inside power by launching a fusillade of three-pointers, but most missed and it was two three-pointers from Jets’ Ryan Huntley which gave the visitors a 20-10 lead. Jets closed the half with an [...]

If one manager leaves it is important the new man improves the situation, and Coleman is doing that.”The former Welsh international himself, in his first managerial position, is refusing to get carried away. Although he inspired Fulham to win at Old Trafford this season and is now hoping the Cottagers can beat Chelsea for [...]

Two teams, Holcombe and Old Georgians, new to the outdoor National League this season, look most likely to contest a final. Blackheath, who withdrew yesterday, have incurred the wrath of organisers.The regular Coaching Solutions Midlands Invitation Tournament (3 and 4 January, at three venues: Cocks Moors Woods, Birmingham, Wyre Forest Glades, Kidderminster and Perdiswell, [...]

Sir Jack Hayward yesterday conceded defeat, at least temporarily, in his quest to find “magical new investors” for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He hasn’t said it this year and they’ve not been defeated yet, so maybe he has learned his lessons from that point of view but 15 games unbeaten in this league is a major [...]