Sentences with phrase «hits the headlines for»

Last year, the Scouts hit the headlines for creating a new promise that members can make when they join.

At the end of March a brutal fight broke out in Argentina's Primera B division, with both sets of players from Instituto and Guillermo Brown ending the fixture in chaos — and now the country's Primera division has also hit the headlines for violence, in what is an appalling advert for Argentine football.

Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford continues to hit headlines for all the right reasons — not something England youngsters are renowned for.

Wenger saw his # 40 million plus # 1 bid for the Uruguay striker hit the headlines for all wrong reasons in August 2013.

For so long the forgotten man, Hart's stint as England's No. 1 has so often hit the headlines for the wrong rea...

The Spain international's form has been poor and he continues to hit the headlines for disciplinary reasons.

Neymar recently hit the headlines for offering a fallen Rennes player a hand up before pulling it away.

Akpom hit the headlines for the wrong reasons recently when he reacted petulantly after being substituted.

6 Pedro Mendes (Portsmouth) He always seems to hit the headlines for the wrong reasons â $ «think of his long - range goal for Spurs against Man Yoo that was never given and the Ben Thatcher incident.

The Tories are hoping despite the fact that candidate Peter Cuthbertson recently hit the headlines for having written some strange things about rape, homosexuality and morality in the early 2000s.

A keen supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, and unafraid to cause controversy in the Parliamentary Chamber, Neil will be hoping his outspoken nature curries him favour against someone who hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons when she asked to restart a live television interview.

Nick and Ann Winterton both served as Tory MPs until 2010, when they stood down having hit the headlines for various scandals.

It's been more than 30 years since Brooke Shields hit the headlines for starring in the under - aged romance Endless Love in 1981 opposite newcomer Martin Hewitt.

A school that hit the headlines for banning «extreme hairstyles» has been praised for reforming bad behaviour among pupils.

The Iconia Tab that has been in the news more for its constant delays than anything else has now hit the headlines for all the right reasons.

Having hit the headlines for my purchases of carbon offsets, and my transatlantic romance, this Treehugger is now a little concerned that I'll come home to find activists chained to my front door.

South Africa already hit the headlines for its ambitious plan to build a huge 5GW solar thermal power plant that could single - handedly provide 10 % of the nation's electricity needs, and for pioneering promising solar power

In recent years, the audit profession has often hit the headlines for the wrong reasons and its compliance - driven nature can sometimes encourage businesses to view it as an unwelcome distraction.

Almost exactly four months after the collapse of the legacy SJ Berwin business, the EMEA operation rebuilt from its ashes by King & Wood Mallesons (KWM)-- dubbed KWM 2.0 — has been hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons.

Stephen Parkinson is Theresa May's current political secretary and former Vote Leave figurehead, who hit headlines for outing Sanni as gay in a Downing Street statement.

It seems that every day another company hits the headlines for behaving badly.

Not exact matches

As my colleague David Meyer reports, the purchase will likely require the scrutiny of the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS), which recently hit the headlines by stalling Broadcom's unsolicited bid for Qualcomm until President Donald Trump outright nixed that deal.

That would let them avoid nasty headlines in the future, but it would also mean a significant economic hit for a country that can't exactly take it in stride.

Since the Cambridge Analytica news hit headlines, calls for users to ditch the platform have picked up speed.

The European Central Bank remains very far away from hitting its objective for headline inflation of slightly below 2 %.

Given that the headline payroll growth has been solid, the latest round of US GDP data (for Q2) surprised to the upside, and personal consumption, real personal consumption and personal income data also surprised to the upside (July data), PCE inflation (fell to 1.4 % Y / Y in July, hitting the lowest since late 2015) and general wage growth has been the missing piece of the puzzle for the Fed.

Just Eat hit the headlines in May 2015 after outlaying $ 855 million for Menulog, which was 55 per cent owned by co-founder Leon Kamenev and 25 per cent owned by online retailer Catch Group, which sold a similar business, EatNow, to Menulog earlier in 2015 in return for an equity stake.

Looking at the headline figures, first quarter 2018 could be considered a business - as - usual quarter for the European fund industry, since the assets under management (+ $ 10.5 trn) hit a...

He first hit the headlines in 1972 when he wrote an internal memo with the line «I would walk over my Grandmother for Richard Nixon.»

That's the headline on a hit piece at Media Matters for America, which specializes in something that you'd think would take four arms to accomplish — pounding the table with both hands while sticking fingers in both ears.

Meat reducers have hit the headlines with news that a growing number of people are going meat free for the whole of January.

Not exactly the sexiest spot, and we aren't in the market for a QB, again another hit to how flashy or headline making our pick can be.

Dixie Pratt, 19, hit the headlines back in January for dating Brazilian football legend Romario, and we've been keeping one eye on her Instagram page.

A few days ago when the Arsenal transfer rumours linking the club to a possible January move for the Borussia Dortmund and Gabon international striker first started to hit the headlines, I dismissed the reports because the player himself had spoken before the Bundesliga winter break about how happy he was at Dortmund.

The last straw for Manchester City was when the striker and his manager hit the headlines in January after a brawl following a stern tackle from Balotelli on City's Scott Sinclair.

And the 6ft 2in tall hit man has been grabbing the headlines in the Netherlands as he has notched up 28 goals in 50 appearances for the club and has even appeared for the Polish national side at under - 20 level.

It had already been an amazing run for the Imps from Lincoln who have already got past Premier League chasing Brighton and an another Championship side in Ipswich Town, but they really hit the headlines today after beating EPL club Burnley to become the first non-league club to ever reach the last eight.

Sam Liang (Miramonte - Orinda), Sr. — Tim Tague earned most of the headlines, but Sam Liang was awful good in his own right for the Matadors, nishing 9 - 1 with 1.33 ERA while also hitting.387.

Angel di Maria, Juan Mata and Ander Herrera may be hitting the headlines this morning following Manchester United's demolition of Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, but there is one player that former Arsenal striker Alan Smith is quick to highlight as key for the team going forward this season.

Gauld was to hit the headlines later for his part in a soccer betting scandal, where he had developed a betting syndicate whilst recovering from his broken leg.

He recently hit the headlines with this wonderful strike for the England U21's.

Emile Heskey's name has been famous in the footballing world for a long time but is also a name that has hit the headlines recently as he signed for Bolton Wanderers recently and scored on his debut.

He gives nothing away and they are purely for the benefit of tired media hacks looking to trip up our manager and engender a misleading hit - provoking headline.

It was the first of four goals he scored for them in 18 National League appearances, of which 11 were starts, and it was certainly the most memorable, an overhead kick from a right wing cross that hit the headlines on the day.

The 18 - year - old is yet to score a goal for the Addicks but he hit the headlines earlier this month when a clip of Mavididi bursting past several Rochdale players to run the length of the pitch went viral.

The problem hit the headlines earlier this year when the so - called «Saharan smog» settled over London for the best part of a week.

«The TUC's March for the Alternative on 26 March promises to be one of the biggest events that we have ever organised, but local campaigns and protests that do not hit the national headlines could well make just as much an impact in those constituencies where there are coalition MPs with small majorities.

Off the pitch, Blanco made headlines for his hot temper, and, «for hitting the nightclubs with as much gusto as he does the soccer ball.»

The «stock tip» story shot back into the headlines again Tuesday after Collins mistakenly hit «reply all,» including reporter in an email intended for the head of Innate Immunotherapeutics, the company at the center of the accusations.

I hope those Fabian members and other Next Left readers who are not already part of the Avaaz network will look at getting involved in this campaign and the other initiatives and campaigns: the case for sustained and positive civic pressure over time is massively important in between the big summits which hit the headlines.