Hitting the headlines:

  • Bob Diamond waives his £20m bonus but gets a year’s salary (£2m) as a bonus instead (all papers)
  • Eva Rausing, heir of drinks carton firm, Tetra Pak, was found dead in her London home (all papers)
  • Police killer shot himself dead on his mother’s grave – Peter Reeve, who shot PC Ian Dilbell at the weekend, killed himself yesterday (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, The Times)

Picture perfect:

  • François Holland inspects a guard of honour at the Foreign and Commonwealth office (Daily Telegraph, The Times)
  • Sir Roger Bannister, the record breaker who smashed the four-minute mile in 1954, carried the Olympic torch yesterday (all papers)

PR at work:

  • Number of births to women in their 40’s has tripled since 1991, research by the Office for National Statistics (i, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Star)
  • Blokes are better at cooking than women, a survey by Total Greek yoghurt (Daily Star)
  • Majority of Britons no longer eat together as a family and many who do, bring their mobile phone to the table, research by the Birmingham food festival (Daily Mail, Daily Express)
  • The end may be in sight for 10-year baby boom, research by the Office for National Statistics (Daily Mail)
  • A glass of wine a day could prevent arthritis, women who indulge in moderate drinking halve the risk of the illness (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror)
  • Sales of tester pots of red paint have soared as women try and recreate the Christian Louboutin heels, research by Homebase (Daily Mail)
  • Eating at your desk means you work an extra 16 days every year, a survey by Birmingham food festival (Daily Mail)
  • 2012 could be a year without a summer, a report by The Weather Outlook (Daily Mirror)

Business in brief:

  • Marks and Spencer’s sales director is stepping down as the store reports the worst sales in over three years (Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Guardian, i)
  • Google faces £15m fine for snooping on iPhone and iPad users (Daily Mail)
  • Demand for food and drink over the jubilee provided a timely boost to Britain’s manufacturing ouput and exports in May, research for the Office for National Statistics (Daily Express)

Posted by on July 11th, 2012