Hitting the headlines:

  • Bionic eye gives the blind a glimpse of future (The Independent/ i/ Daily Express)
  • £74m for this silly cartoon? The Scream‘s record sale (Daily Mail/ The Gurdian/ Daily Star/ Daily Express)
  • Adele jumps ahead of Jacko – the perfect way for Adele to celebrate her 24th Birthday as her secons album 21 has outsold Michael Jackson’s Thriller album (Daily Mail)
  • Fashion fans opt for Kate – Princess Kate has been named the most fashionable female royal  (Daily Star)

 

Picture Perfect

  • Roll out the red carpet for Scarlett – Scarlett Johansson receives a star on the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles (The Independent)
  • Can one tell what it is yet? – a portrait by Gerhard Jenne for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – it includes a cake for every year of her reign (The Times)
  • Doing the rounds – Carousel has been named best musical of the 20th century by Time magazine (The Daily Telegraph)
  • The sinking feeling – a lavatory in a penthouse in the Mexican city of Guadalajara is likely to appeal only to users with a head for heights as it offers a view of the 15-storey lift shaft over which it was built (The Daily Telegraph)
  • Happy Dais – a picture of some daisies which have grown in the shape of a smiling face (The Sun)
  • Crate day for pandas – handlers had to dress up in panda constumes to move two pandas (Daily Express)

PR at work:

  • Queen to appear in Peppa Pig on channel 5 to mark her Jubilee (The Daily Telegraph)
  • Jogging ‘can add years to your life’ – research from Copenhagen City Heart Study which has been monitoring bad health (i/Independent/ Daily Express/ Daily Star/ Daily Express)
  • One in seven Brits has bought goods on the internet while drunk according to a survey by website Have You Seen (The Sun/Daily Mirror)
  • Mila cutest – Mila Kunis wins Sun’s hottest 100 women (The Sun)
  • Why Jubilee pageant won’t be drinking a toast to Marmite – Unilever (profits £4bn) refuses to stump up for Queen’s river parade (Daily Mail, pg 5)
  • Double page spread on the Queen’s outfit recycling (Daily Mail, pg 22-23)
  • William and Kate stay at Westleton Crown inn on their first wedding anniversary (i/Independent/ The Daily Telegraph / Daily Express)

Business:

  • Mirror chief Bailey quits after being asked to take a bonus cut (The Independent/The Guardian)
  • Chinese company Bright Foods swallows Weetabix for £1.2bn (The Independent/ The Guardian/ The Daily Telegraph Daily Mail/Daily Mirror)
  • Asda starts fresh row over petrol – Asda has begun a mini price war with Sainsbury’s by announcing a fuel cut of up to 2p a litre (i/Independent/Daily Express)

Posted by on May 4th, 2012