Hitting the headlines:

  • I’m so sad mum never met my Kate – Wills’ tribute to Diana (all papers)
  • Mother and father arrested over arson deaths of 6 children (Express/ Metro)
  • Hats off to Kate – the Duchess attends her first Buckingham Palace garden party (all papers)
  • British couple on Bali cocaine charges (Mail)

Picture Perfect:

  • Passing out parade – the heat takes its toll on a guardsman during a rehearsal for the Queen’s Birthday Parade as he passes out (Independent)
  • Dead ringer for Berlusconi – a waxwork depicting Silvio Berlusconi in a glass coffin went on display at a gallery near the Prime Minister’s residence in Rome yesterday (Independent/ Metro)
  • Indelible Hulk – a comic fan accidentally used permanent paint to paint himself green (Sun)
  • Queue here to conquer Everest – a line of small dots seen on the side of the mountain are people (Mail)
  • Paraglider is left hanging by rope after hitting cliff – the 77-year-old was saved after passers-by sat on his canopy (Metro)
  • Listen, I’ve just got big bones – picture of a hedgehog that can’t roll into a ball as it is too fat (Metro)
  • This is really summit to remember – Mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington carries Olympic Torch to top of Snowdon (Metro/ Times)

PR at work:

  • 1st is in bag for chippies – fish and chips is still our favourite takeaway – Mintel (Mirror)
  • Man’s world – women get 30% of top jobs – BBC (Mirror)
  • Chokablok…in numbers – Lick the jubilee into shape with ice cream – creating the perfect Jubilee ice cream fit for a Queen – R&R coverage (Mirror)
  • Child Deprivation – how Europe compare – UNICEF (Independent)
  • The most complained-about advertisements of all time – ASA (Independent/ i)
  • Generation Trap – one in three men aged 20-34 still live with parents and one in six women stuck too as house prices blamed – the Office for National Statistics (Sun/ i)
  • Katie’s fella tickled pink – Katie Price launches new lingerie range (Sun/ Metro)
  • Fan Joe’s wrap up – a football fan drapes his home in St George flags to win a Carlsberg competition (Star)
  • TOWIE stars launch pop-up internet cafe at the Carphone Warehouse (Star)
  • Children losing their taste for marmalade – Mintel (Mail)
  • Aga you can turn on by text – the £10,000 cooker will even send you a reply (Mail)
  • Danger of taking very high doses of vitamin D – University of Copenhagen (Mail)

Business in brief:

  • Jags to Riches – car giant’s £1.5BN profit 3yrs after it nearly went bust (Mirror/ Express)
  • Sales up as high street defies euro and inflation worries – strongest sales growth for more than a year – CBI (Independent)
  • Facebook shares slump to new lows (Independent)
  • Network Rail faces £24m fine over 13.7m late trips (Metro)

Posted by on May 30th, 2012