Sentences with phrase «hits the headlines when»

His next game would be rather more memorable The next game saw Diouf hit the headlines when he spat at a Celtic fan during a game causing crowd disturbances and Diouf to be interviewed by the police.

He is an economist who has worked for both Margaret Beckett and the late John Smith but hit the headlines when he worked for then Transport Secretary Stephen Byers and sent an email to Labour HQ seeking information about the political sympathies of Paddington rail crash survivors

In 2007, E8 hit the headlines when physicist Garrett Lisi, who has no university affiliation and spends most of his time surfing in Hawaii, used the E8 group to seemingly unify gravity with the three other fundamental forces without using string theory.

But KIC 8462852 hit the headlines when Wright and colleagues suggested that the star would be a good candidate to search for evidence of a large manufactured structure built by alien life.

Sex addiction usually hits the headlines when someone famous gets caught behaving badly and lays the blame on their «disorder».

Shortly thereafter, the issue hit the headlines when the Trump administration moved to reverse the Obama administration's guidelines on transgender students» access to sex - segregated facilities.

RIM hit headlines when it announced it is selling the PlayBook once again at its most famous $ 199 price tag.

Crackdown 3 hit the headlines when Jones showed off the advanced destruction tech that would power the game.

On Monday Deus Ex hit the headlines when it emerged that the boss battles were not developed by Eidos Montreal.

In 1998, an illustrator protested at Chris Offili's use of elephant dung in his work by dumping dung on the steps of the Tate Britain while in 2001 the artist Jacqueline Crofton hit the headlines when she threw eggs at the walls of the room containing an installation by Martin Creed that consisted of an empty room in which the lighting periodically came on and went off.

Last year, self - proclaimed Arctic ambassador Lewis Pugh hit the headlines when he set off to canoe to the North Pole to raise awareness of the shrinking summer ice, although he went rather quiet — as did the media — after he failed miserably in his mission, having been blocked by summer ice.

CNBC recently hit the headlines when its Fast Money segment began publishing strongly - worded tweets about Bitcoin Cash's superiority, leading to suspicions of collusion between its staff and the altcoin's executives.

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GIC rarely comments on individual holdings, but it hit headlines in May when it pared its stake in UBS Group at a loss to 2.7 percent from 5.1 percent.

Flint, Michigan hit the headlines early this year when President Obama declared a state of emergency after the area's water supply was rendered undrinkable due to lead contamination from old pipes.

BioNTech hit the headlines in July when its experimental personalized cancer vaccine, tailored to the tumors of individual patients, kept disease in check in an early - stage clinical trial.

When stocks soar they hit the headlines and «tips» on that stock start to spread fast and furiously.

When oil hit $ 100 a barrel last year, consumers yelped and the media headlined the number as major news.

The new postmaster, Father Andrew Cain, hit the headlines last month when he defied a Church of England ban and married his same sex partner.

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

The last time they hit the headlines was under the Labour government, during the passage of Ed Balls» fortunately doomed Education Bill, when after a supposedly heroic process of negotiation with the government, they almost totally capitulated.

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.»

At least since 1956 when South African women hit the headlines with their protest against pass laws, they have never rested.

He hit the headlines earlier this year when he visited the Charismatic Evangelical Leadership Conference hosted by Kenneth Copeland.

The scandal hit headlines last September, when a senior official in the Hellenic competition authority was charged with blackmail after allegedly demanding about $ 2.5 m from a company under investigation.

Rebates hit the headlines in 2014 when global supermarket giant Tesco was caught overstating profits to the tune of # 263 million by incorrectly booking rebates from suppliers.

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.

Porn star Alina Henessy hit the headlines earlier this week when she promised to stage a 16 - hour sex session with Dynamo Moscow striker Alexander Kokorin as a reward if he scored five goals before the end of the season.

He scored in their friendly against Italy on Thursday and will be hoping to hit the headlines again on Tuesday when they take on Belarus in the first of the games in the World Cup qualifying group.

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.

Age: 17 Nationality: English Position: Attacking Midfield Right / Left Current ability: 109 Potential ability: -8 Leko hit the headlines in 2015/16 when he became the first player born in 1999 to feature in the Premier League and the winger immediately impressed with his mazy dribbling ability and confidence on the ball.

Scottish Championship team Queen of the South hit the headlines in February, 2018 when their youth team goalkeeper Sam Henderson was injured by a runaway cow on his father's farm.

PSG's central defender hit the headlines recently when he penned a new deal that was rumoured to be earning him around # 170,000 a week.

Rashford hit the headlines last month when he scored a well - taken brace against FC Midtjylland in the Europa League to stun Old Trafford.

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.

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

When tough news hits the headlines it can be tempting to hide the facts when talking with childWhen tough news hits the headlines it can be tempting to hide the facts when talking with childwhen talking with children.

This manufacturer is fully confident in the safety of its products and even when the BPA scandal first hit the headlines, Advent did not have to recall any of its baby bottles because they did not contain the chemical.

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

And she explained that every time Brexit hits the headlines again there is a spike in incidents and she expects another wave when the formal process of quitting the EU begins in the spring.

Gushing headlines in the Brexit press was a free gift and the economic fallout will be on May's watch, so there'll be no hiding behind a copy of a supportive newspaper when harsh reality hits the No 10 fan.

I hit the headlines in 2000 when I achieved my dream and won gold at the Sydney Olympic Games.

Parliament itself continues to treat this piecemeal, reacting and wringing its hands in horror when cases such as those of Criado - Perez or Mary Beard hit the headlines - but otherwise focussing on the easy moral panic over porn and doing little to protect women from online violence.

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.

When MPs» expenses were hitting the headlines we were told that sunlight was the best disinfectant, and the same applies to party funding.

Failings inconveniencing passengers hit the headlines at the beginning of 2008, when engineering works supposed to be completed before New Year's Eve over-ran to affect the first commutes of the New Year.

Lord Mandelson hit the headlines in 2008 when he joined George Osborne on a yacht belonging to Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, as a guest of financier Nathaniel Rothschild.

The issue hit the headlines again last year when a Guardian investigation suggested the practise was not confined to Mr Goodman and had been widespread at the newspaper, with many household names from political, sporting and cultural life, having their privacy invaded.

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

Sandra Osborne's name hit the headlines in 2003 when she resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Helen Liddell following her opposition to the war in Iraq.

When the news about Eliot Spitzer's indiscretions hit last Monday, nymag.com invited readers to offer their own headlines for the next day's New York Post.