Hitting the headlines:

  • And the forecast is…long to rain over us – Prince Charles delivers lunchtime weather bulleting during visit to BBC Scotland (The Times, Independent, I, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Sun, The Guardian)
  • Nick Coulson: Number 10 never challenged me over hacking evidence (Independent)
  • Bankers wife murders two children (Daily Mirror, The Times, Independent, Daily Star, Daily Telegraph)
  • Widow of 7/7 suicide bomber ‘financed Kenya tourist terror attack’ (Independent)
  • Olympic torch blown out on its way to London (Independent, Daily Star)

Picture perfect

  • Baboons let loose on new Hyundai model at Knowsley Safari Park (Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Star)
  • Pygmy prince passes away: pygmy hippo named in honour of Prince Harry has died after surgery to repair hernia (Independent)
  • Man determined to take picture of all of Britain’s 115,000 postboxes (Daily Mirror)
  • When Rocky went to Rome: Stallone lookalike found in picture in Rome (Daily Mail, The Sun)
  • Eyewitness: Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham celebrates 40 years. (The Guardian)

PR at work:

  • Two in five new mothers struggle to cope during the first weeks after birth, YouGov survey for NSPCC reveals (The Times)
  • Women reveal the 30 qualities they want in their perfect man in Austin Reed survey (Daily Star)
  • Sting in cocktail: The official “world’s hottest cocktail” went on sale last night (Daily Star)
  • Brits spend an average of 14 years of their life on a diet, according to research by electronic giant Philips (Daily Star)
  • You might die laughing – the Dictator stages comedy coup at the premiere last night (Independent)
  • Paddington Bear set to return in a new film (I, Daily Mirror)
  • Girls ‘lack a range of role models’ – according to a report for Girlguiding UK (i)
  • Britain enjoys 4% rise in visitors from overseas according to Office for National Statistics (i)
  • A third of us admit to being baffled by jargon on our gas and electric bills: survey by GoCompare (Daily Mirror)
  • Jilted Tom’s giving away £1k holiday on YouTube (Daily Mirror, The Sun)
  • Masterprices: Records are smashed in pop art sale (Daily Mirror)
  • Kingsmill to be re-branded Queensmill for Jubilee (Daily Mirror)

Business in brief:

  • Two thirds of Trinity Mirror investors don’t back pay policy (The Times, i)
  • Dixons has bucked the trend of the recession with steady profits (Independent)
  • Multi-billionaire Warren Buffet to bid for struggling Avon (The Guardian, Daily Telegraph Business )
  • Superdry’s profits continue to fall in face of recession (The Guardian)

Posted by on May 11th, 2012