Hitting the headlines:

  • £35,000 to dress duchess: Princess Kate has splashed £35,000 on designer gear in just five months (Daily Mirror, Daily Express)
  • Britain moves on from Euro 2012 disappointment with the start of Wimbledon – seeing Heather Watson win and Venus Williams lose (Daily Star, The Sun, The Times, Guardian, Daily Mail)
  • Doubts grow over PM’s welfare blitz: Cameron announces 17 proposals but questions raised over cost of reforms (Guardian, The Times)
  • Twitter racism row erupts once again after England Euro 2012 disappointment (The Sun, Daily Mail)

Picture Perfect:

  • On a wing and a dare…it’s Jetman. A stuntman uses Jetwing to fly alongside sponsor plane (Daily Mirror)
  • Bye, George! Lonesome George, the last giant tortoise of his kind has died and made his species extinct (across the board)
  • Frozen Navy explorers: A detachment of Royal Marines from HMS Protector passing through an ice cave (Daily Telegraph)

PR at work:

  • Google plan to take over your TV set: Google TV set to launch this week (Daily Mirror, i)
  • Brits tune into telly for 6 hours each day, more than previously expected according to a Government survey (The Sun)
  • Movie legend Marilyn Monroe topped a Debenhams poll for the best cleavage, followed by TV presented Holly Willoughby (The Sun)
  • Caerphilly does it: Working Welsh women aged 45 to 54 are Britain’s most thrifty shoppers, a survey says (The Sun)
  • Cricket Foundation’s StreetChance scheme is set to launch this week (Daily Mirror)
  • A young woman’s picture is taken 27 times during an average night out, according to Very.co.uk survey (Daily Star)
  • Fundraisers managed to raise a whopping £500,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity through sponsored 5k run (Daily Star)
  • Turn it off and save £86 a year: according to Energy Saving Trust, the average Brit wastes £86 a year by leaving gadgets on standby (Daily Star)
  • The desk job workout: Daily Express feature on how to keep active even with a desk job (Daily Express)
  • Des res for sale: according to Shelter/Royal Institute of British Architects, the most bizarre feature requested on a home is a hidden bedroom wing (I)
  • Institute of Fiscal Studies has showed that pensions are getting higher and paid for by youths (i)
  • Care Quality Commission has found that private care homes are often more dangerous to the vulnerable and disabled (I)
  • Man who gave away holiday gets VIP treatment: Single man who gave away his holiday receives free ticket and accommodation by Malta Tourist Board (i)
  • There are twice as many stillbirths in poorer areas, according to BMJ Open (i)

Business in brief:

  • Budweiser maker prepares for $12bn Mexican buy-out (Daily Telegraph
  • Stores pump up fuel feud: cut-throat pump wars saw petrol prices fall to a 16 month low (Daily Mirror)
  • Swan heck of a movie deal: Films including Black Swan and X:Men will be available via LoveFiLM after deal is signed with 20th Century Fox (Daily Mirror)
  • ‘Brace’ hits the bullseye again as Pixar film is their thirteenth straight No. 1 (Independent)

Posted by on June 26th, 2012