One of the big stories of the past week has been Tesco's attempt to take the US by storm starting with parts of its west coast with its Fresh & Easy chain of convenience stores. There seems to be no shortage of pundits saying that, even at this early stage,...
Mr Benny Andersson, singer, 59; Sir Michael Carlisle, former chairman, Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust, 76; Sir Arthur C. Clarke, science- fiction writer, 88; Sir Bernard Crick, political scientist and biographer, 76; The Hon Peter Dickinson, writer, 78; Miss Jacqueline Duncan, Principal, Inchbald Schools of Design and Fine Arts, 74;...
Some things haven't changed. Richmond, one of the founding fathers of rugby in this country, still play in old gold, red and black. The colours alone help to paint a picture of the club's rise, fall and semi-resurrection. Once high fliers and big hitters in the Premiership, when they were...
Mr Benny Andersson, singer and songwriter, 58; Sir Arthur C. Clarke, writer, 87; Professor Bernard Crick, political scientist and biographer, 75; Sir Robert Gunn, former chairman of Boots, 79; Dame Heather Hallett QC, High Court judge, 55; Mr Tony Hicks, rock guitarist, 59; Sir Jasper Hollom, former Deputy Governor, Bank...
If terrorism teaches us anything, it must surely be that, unless legitimate aspirations and grievances are appropriately addressed, it will eventually be necessary to negotiate with the bombers, fanatics and criminals who will take on the role of "freedom fighters". Tony Blair, perhaps more than anyone else, should have learnt...
Mr Benny Andersson, singer with Abba, 57; Sir Arthur C. Clarke, writer, 86; Mrs Myrella Cohen QC, former circuit judge, 76; Professor Bernard Crick, Emeritus Professor of Politics, London University, and biographer, 74; The Hon Peter Dickinson, writer, 76; Miss Jacqueline Duncan, Principal, Inchbald Schools of Design and Fine Arts,...
Sep 07, 2003 (The Advertiser - ABIX via COMTEX) A South Australian wine named for the goods and services tax GST has won a prestigious award. The other meaning of the name for the 2002 St Hallett GST is a reference to the three...
Barry Humphries was born in Melbourne in 1934. He arrived in England in 1959, making a living by writing the Barry McKenzie strip for Private Eye and appearing in musicals. In the Seventies his most famous creation, Dame Edna Everage, captured a British audience. Tours and television shows followed as...
WASHINGTON - ADESA Corp. is looking to stretch beyond the wholesale auto auction business. CEO Jim Hallett said the Indianapolis company: Will beef up heavy-truck sales Will begin Internet auctions of airplanes, boats and earthmoving equipment ...
Mr Benny Andersson, singer with Abba, 53; Miss Anne Begg MP, 44; Mr Michael Blackburn, chief executive, Halifax plc, 58; Mr Norman Blamey, painter, 85; Sir Michael Carlisle, Chairman, Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust, 70; Mr Arthur C. Clarke, science fact and fiction writer, 82; Mrs Myrella Cohen QC, former...
AT THE beginning of the season, when Richmond put 40 points on Newcastle in front of a crowd of nearly 10,000 at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, Ashley Levett was happy to put his money where his mouth was. He had a bet at 14-1 on Richmond...
Birthdays Mr Benny Andersson, singer with Abba, 52; Miss Anne Begg MP, 43; Mr Michael Blackburn, chief executive, Halifax Building Society, 57; Mr Norman Blamey, painter, 84; Sir Michael Carlisle, Chairman, Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust, 69; Mr Arthur C. Clarke, science fact and fiction writer, 81;...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It's no secret auction giants ADT Automotive Inc. and Adesa Corp. would love to merge. However, neither of their parent companies is willing to sell out to the other, say ADT and Adesa officials. "Adesa is not for sale," said Jim...
RICHMOND WERE not even allowed to set foot on the grass of their new ground when they visited it yesterday. They may have thought they had done well when they decided to up sticks and head west in search of rugby fortune. After the trials, tribulations and thorough bloody- mindedness...
LEADING lawyer Cherie Booth, QC, today called on her male colleagues to help break the dominance of men in the top legal positions across Europe. Miss Booth, wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, believes that not enough is being done to combat sex discrimination within the law...
RICHMOND emerged victorious from a match of incident and accident with their sixth home Allied Dunbar Premiership match. The match was riddled with penalties (the count had reached 40 by the end) and time-consuming lectures to various players by the referee, Ashley Rowden, as well as innumerable interventions by touch...
Now that English rugby has marked defeat with a blast of Elgar, a lap of honour and much boisterous abandon, today's Independent offers a range of innovative ideas on how to celebrate a victory. There could be an Rugby Football Union amnesty for those infamous bogeymen, Jack Rowell and Tony...
The Rugby Football Union has appointed a leading recruitment firm to help find Twickenham's first chief executive. The London-based Heidrick and Struggles will work alongside the RFU, and its recently appointed interviewing panel, a group that includes Cliff Brittle, the management board chairman, Fran Cotton, the national playing committee vice-chairman,...
Tony Hallett, the former secretary of the Rugby Football Union and one of the central figures in the power battle that polarised the organisation last season, believes he has been exonerated by the results of a judicial review into the episode. Chris Hewett reports on the latest twist in a...
While not quite in the 952 for 6 class of sporting history, Tony Hallett's resignation as secretary of the Rugby Football Union last week could prove to be more than a mere footnote. And after steering the English game through its choppiest two years this century, the...
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