Hitting the headlines:

  • Bafta successes (all papers)
  • Hero dies rescuing a child from the sea – 4 year old is saved by a man who then had a heart attack and drowned (all papers)
  • Woman is murdered in an underpass in Berkshire after a night out (all papers)

Picture perfect:

  • Elle magazine’s first ever solo male cover shoot has taken place, featuring David Beckham (Mail)
  • Charity’s £350,000 pot luck – a charity shop received a damaged bamboo pot and thought it might be worth something so took it to an auction house where it was sold for a staggering £350,000 (Metro/ Mail/ Telegraph/ Times)
  • Can you dig it? – what really goes on in Britain’s back gardens (Mirror)
  • Hitting the high notes… – Guitarist Oz Bayldon sets a new world record 6,654m up in the Himalayas playing his guitar (Metro)

PR at work:

  • That’s cool…DIY ice cream in an instant – Angel Delight has created an ice cream mix in a sachet so people can create their own ice cream quickly and easily at home (Mail)
  • Why giving away a gift needn’t make you feel guilty – research suggests that those who gave you the gift would rather it went to a good home – London Business School (Mail)
  • Cheer up…you might live until you’re 100! – according to research, people who have a more cheerful outlook on life live longer – Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Institute for Aging Research in New York (Mail/ i/ Express)
  • London restaurant that’s booked for dinner until 2013 (Mail)
  • Which Jubilee treats are fit for a Queen? – comparisons of Jubilee themed food (Mail)
  • R White’s secret lemonade drinker ad actors are reunited for remake of the ad to promote the brand’s new lolly (Express/ Mirror)
  • Why we put off the dentist – one in five people are cutting back on dental checks due to the recession – HPI research (Metro)
  • One in four people would buy stolen goods if the price was right a study shows by insurer LV (Metro/ i)
  • ‘Best of British’ poll topped by devil and drugs – Iron Maiden top CD and Train Spotters DVD are voted best in HMV survey (i/ Sun)

Business in brief:

  • Dixon’s boss nets $56m just for joining Apple – “golden hello” for taking charge of the tech giants’ retail arm (Telegraph/ Express)
  • Terry Leahy talks about how he greatly improved Tesco and turned it into a giant (Mail)
  • Male elite hinders women’s way to top, says study – men look for men in the boardroom – Equality & Human Rights Commission (Guardian)

 

Posted by on May 28th, 2012