Hitting the headlines:

  • Andy Murray wins over nation after valiant Wimbledon Final performance and emotional speech (across the board)
  • Summer? What summer? Weather goes from bad to worse as flooding continues and hosepipe ban is finally lifted (across the board)
  • ‘Flab jab’ could let you stay slim on a junk food diet, according to American researchers (Daily Mail, The Sun, Daily Star, Daily Mirror, Metro, Daily Express)
  • Phone hacking prosecutor to decide charges within weeks: Ex News of the World staff to learn their fate (Guardian, The Times)

Picture perfect:

  • Chaps go surfing: Iron board surfing is exhibited at the annual Chap Olympiad in London (Guardian)
  • An ice cream van is left stranded on a dismal looking Whitby beach in the face of the poor weather (Guardian)
  • Running for cover: Participants take evasive action during the second running of the bulls in Pamplona (Guardian, i)
  • Mario Balotelli is pictured smoking a hookah pipe with glamour models (Daily Mirror, The Sun)
  • Kate and Pippa wow the crowds at Wimbledon (Daily Star, Daily Mail)
  • The world body painting festival has kicked off in Portschach, Australia (Daily Star)

PR at work:

  • £100,000 boost from final loss: Oxfam have won more than £100,000 after gambler left bet on Roger Federer in his will (Metro)
  • Mucky motorists: According to the AA, the wealthier the motorist, the longer they let their car go without a wash (Metro, Daily Mail, i)
  • A hol lot of cash wasted: according to the Post Office, we lose £21 million a year on poor currency details (Daily Mirror, i)
  • According to the British Retail Consortium, Brits are getting over the summer washout by enjoying a spending spree (Daily Star)
  • Trots of jam: Tesco has now begun to sell bacon jam (Daily Star)
  • Take it as red…the only way is ginger. A dating agency for redheads, TopCarrots, has had more than 200,000 sign ups in first week (Daily Star)
  • Danger drives of tired new dads: More than half of fathers said they were sleep-deprived when driving their baby home, according to Britax (i)
  • Leeds Rhinos stars tackle the dancefloor for rugby star Rob Burrow in his testimonial year (Yorkshire Evening Post)
  • According to Institute of Fiscal Studies, half of graduates will be paying off their loans into their 50s (Daily Mail)
  • Roly-poly Olympics? The torch was an ice-cream cone and the medals were doughnuts in the Fattylympics that took place recently (Daily Mail)
  • Chocolate sponge is named as Britain’s favourite cake, according to the Good Food Channel (The Sun)

Business in brief:

  • Marks & Spencer is set to reveal sales slump as Next will take over as top retailer (Daily Mail)
  • Debenhams is set to go abroad with its first ever foreign language website (Metro)
  • The monthly KPMG Rec report has shown that businesses are braced for a bleak second half of the year (i)
  • Iconic Soho establishment, The Groucho Club, has posted a huge profit increase (i)
  • Morrisons is considering acquiring a large proportion of Costcutter stores to increase presence in the smaller store market (i)

Posted by on July 9th, 2012