Hitting the headlines:

  • Racist?…I was being sarcastic – John Terry’s claim as court told fling ‘jibe’ sparked Anton rant – footballer John Terry attends court after shouting racial abuse at football player Anton Ferdinand (all papers)
  • I did see my husband attacking Shafilea – trial mum changes story – the mother of murdered Shafilea Ahmed now changes her story and claims she witnessed her husband kill their daughter (all papers)
  • Find killer of hero cop – manhunt after horror at the seaside – off-duty policeman is shot dead in a residential area of Essex (all papers)

Picture Perfect:

  • Catching some heir waves – Princes William and Harry go body boarding in Cornwall (Mirror/ Sun/ Mail)
  • Olympic Rings in Richmond Park, London – the Olympic rings have been mown into the grass in Richmond Park – can been seen by passengers flying into Heathrow (Guardian/ Sun)
  • Hedgehogs could be wiped out – a family of abandoned baby hedgehogs are brought into the Folly Wildlife Rescue near Tunbridge Wells in Kent – the wet weather could spell doom for hedgehogs as falling numbers have left them on the brink of extinction (i)
  • William takes his dad to work – Prince William took his dad, Prince Charles, around his RAF base – RAF Valley in Anglesey (i/ Mirror/ Express)
  • A really cheeky chipmunk – a greedy chipmunk fought off seven others when they were handed a pile of peanuts – the chipmunk stuffed his cheeks until nearly bursting (Express)
  • Andy Warhol print of the Queen is set to make between £40,000 to £60,000 when it goes under the hammer (Independent)

PR at work:

  • Shadey character – computer generates the face of fantasy man Christian Grey, the central character of the novel Fifty Shades of Grey, using different images of celebrities (Mirror)
  • When pets are not a priority – the London Fire Brigade has warned that cat owners whose pets get stuck up a tree shouldn’t call emergency services after being called out to rescue 620 animals last year (i)
  • Bite-sized chunks to help diets – dieters can lose more weigh simply by cutting their food into smaller pieces – research at Arizona State University (Express/ Mail)
  • Kelly shows an eye for colour – a dress designed by Kelly Brook, which is on sale in New Look, was also snapped up by Amanda Holden (Express)
  • How does outfit no.28 look, dear? – women can wear 28 outfits on a week’s holiday – Tesco study (Sun/ Express)
  • Faster, younger, more females: Team GB shows its Olympic hand – The team includes a record number of female athletes (Independent/ Guardian)
  • Rising fees put 50,000 people off university – according to UCAS (Independent/ Mail)
  • Cost  of ‘getting by’ up by a third since 2008 – families with two children now need a household income of £36,800 a year just to maintain an acceptable standard of living – research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (Independent)
  • Britons have growing obsession with celebrity – Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism research (Independent)
  • Coke for a cuddle –a vending machine is dishing out free cans of coke when people give it a big hug – installed in Singapore by Coca-Cola (Sun)
  • Breast is slim help – mums who breastfeed cut their risk of obesity decades later  – a study by the International Journal of Obesity (Sun)
  • Great Bear-itain – half of kids believe bears, wolves, buffalo and meerkats roam the British countryside  - according to research by National Countryside Week (Sun)
  • Hols short and sweet – scientists have worked out the formula for the perfect holiday – journey should be four hours maximum and the break should be no more than three days – study by Holiday Inn (Star)
  • Batman on wing and a prayer – Batman would probably die if he tried to land safely, experts have claimed – study by University of Leicester (Star)

Business in brief:

  • JJB finds new chief as sales dampen – Bob Corliss, an American, who has good experience with sports goods has been hired (i)
  • Cost of food to rocket in rain – UK crops are rotting – prices set to rise by 10% or more as British supermarkets forced to import more supplies – National Farmer Union comment (Star)
  • Mini gets £250m boost – BMW is to invest £250m in its three British Mini plants – securing more than 5,000 jobs – the current 6 Mini models are set to expand to 10 new ones (i, Star)

Posted by on July 10th, 2012