Hitting the headlines:

  • Becks kicks off Olympic party – David Beckham visited the official Olympics photobooth to surprise unsuspecting fans (The Sun, Metro, Mirror, Star, Daily Express)
  • Opening ceremony of the Olympics – thousands of fans got a sneak preview of the ceremony during a rehearsal last night (Mirror)
  • Stare of Batman maniac – cinema gunman, James Holmes, appeared in court yesterday (all papers)

Picture perfect:

  • Myleene Klass models her collection for Littlewoods (Mirror)
  • Garden shed new home for Olympics – a woman is renting out her shed for £40 a night during the games (The Sun)
  • Just Jaws dropping – a canoeist came face-to-face with a 23ft shark near Cornwall yesterday (all papers)
  • Northumberland seal greets diver (The Times)

PR at work:

  • The films every child should see by the age of ten – Toy Story came out top, a survey by LOVEFiLM (Daily Express, Daily Star)
  • Today is the hottest day of the year but rain is expected again by Friday, Vantage weather services (Daily Express, Independent)
  • One in seven brides start slimming up to a 18 months before their big day, survey by the New Atkins Diet (Daily Mail, Daily Express)
  • Bank of mum and dad – millions of grown up children are relying on cash from their parents to pay for basic living needs, a survey by LV (Daily Express, Daily Mirror)
  • Britons took six days sick leave on average last year, a survey by XpertHR (Independent)
  • The risk of skin cancer triples for those over 70, research by Cancer Research UK (Daily Mail)
  • Women are most confident at 32 and feel their sexiest at 28, research by Lil-Lets (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Star)
  • KFC is to become the first fast-food chain in Britain to pay its staff to study for a Bachelor of Arts degree while working full time (Daily Mail)

Business in brief:

  • Domino’s Pizza claimed to be Britain’s favourite TV dinner, pre-tax profits have risen by 15 per cent (Daily Express)
  • Spain bailout looms as euro crisis deepens, analysts believe a full-scale bailout of the Spanish state may be imminent (all papers)
  • Tesco is to revamp 900 of its in-store bakeries, baking things such as rosemary and rock salt focaccia (Daily Mail)

 

Posted by on July 24th, 2012