The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from April 2008:
HOUSE PRICES: SLUMP STARTS ; Biggest monthly fall in London for three years
Apr 01, 2008; ... LONDON house prices have suffered a heavy fall, leading to fearsthat the market has passed the turning point. The capital as a whole saw a 0.4 per cent drop in February,leaving the average at [pounds]353,760. It is the biggest monthlydownturn since March 2005 when values slumped by ...
Jockeys finalise positions ; NATIONAL IN BRIEF
Apr 01, 2008 ... FINAL jockey bookings for the National were becoming clearertoday with Paul Nicholls giving Turko the go-ahead to run withRichard Johnson on board. Meanwhile, Timmy Murphy ended speculation over his National mountby plumping for Comply Or Die. Trainer David Pipe, who is ...
Khan wants Bolton to fight
Apr 01, 2008 ... AMIR KHAN is ready to put Bolton through a tough boxing trainingregime as they fight to avoid relegation from the Premier League. Bolton helped fan Khan in his formative professional boxingcareer by offering him the use of their gym. Now unbeaten Khan, ...
Uniteds travel troubles are their European weakness, claims Spalletti
Apr 01, 2008; ... ROMA coach Luciano Spalletti has taunted Manchester United byinsisting the clubs poor away form in Europe will cost them theirhopes of winning the Champions League this season. Manchester United take on Roma in the first leg of their quarter-final in the Italian capital tonight, ...
Uniteds travel troubles are their European weakness, claims Spalletti
Apr 01, 2008; ... ROMA coach Luciano Spalletti has taunted Manchester United byinsisting the clubs poor away form in Europe will cost them theirhopes of winning the Champions League this season. Manchester United take on Roma in the first leg of their quarter-final in the Italian capital tonight, ...
Chelsea are scared of Istanbul trip, says Kezman
Apr 01, 2008; ... MATEJA KEZMAN insists Fenerbahce have got his former Chelsea team-mates running scared and believes they will knock Avram Grants sideout of the Champions League, writes Simon Johnson. Kezman (below) is set to play against Chelsea tomorrow inIstanbul for the first time since he left ...
I'll steal Boris ideas, admits rattled Ken ; Mayor pledges to freeze C-charge for four years in Standard debate
Apr 01, 2008; ... MAYORAL ELECTIONS 30 DAYS TO GO www.standard.co.uk/mayor KEN LIVINGSTONE has admitted stealing Boris Johnson's keypolicies in an attempt to revive his faltering re-election campaign. The Mayor said he would copy the Tory's pledge to force youthswho misbehave on buses and are ...
Battle of Notting Hill ; The Londoner's Diary
Apr 01, 2008 ... BLOOD was shed in Notting Hill last night when former Reutersreporter Jules Stewart launched Crimson Snow, Britain's FirstDisaster in Afghanistan at the Travel Bookshop in Blenheim Crescent.An empty bottle was thrown across the street by a passer-by,striking Williamina Baillie, wife of ...
PLAYWRIGHT Mark Ravenhill is back ; The Londoner's Diary
Apr 01, 2008 ... PLAYWRIGHT Mark Ravenhill is back with a series of 16 short playsrunning at different venues across London. The Shopping and F***ingplaywright has recently emerged from a prolonged coma ...
Lewis's grief encounter ; The Londoner's Diary
Apr 01, 2008 ... JUST when Health Minister Ivan Lewis thought his life couldn'tget any more complicated ... Lewis made headlines at the weekend by saying that the Governmentwas "losing touch with what fairness means to the mainstreammajority who work hard". His comments were put to the ...
ONE person who is unlikely ; The Londoner's Diary
Apr 01, 2008 ... ONE person who is unlikely to criticise Harriet Harman over herstabproof jacket photo opportunity is Tory MP John Bercow. Buckingham MP Bercow was to be seen in the Commons ...
Man faces jail over illegal egg trove
Apr 01, 2008; ... A PROFESSIONAL egg thief who collected an "Aladdin's cave" ofillegal birds' eggs was told today that he faces jail. Richard Pearson, 41, was found with more than 7,000 eggs, manyfrom rare birds such as golden eagles, peregrine falcons andospreys. The decorator admitted to five ...
Board shake-up at WH Ireland ; FINANCE
Apr 01, 2008; ... A MAJOR shake-up at WH Ireland will see a consortium of well-known City figures take a 26% stake in the regional stockbroker. Investors including former Tory party treasurer Lord Marland,football-toinsurance man Rupert Lowe and Carphone Warehouse jointfounder David Ross have spent ...
'New evidence' on Henri Paul blood halts Diana inquest
Apr 01, 2008; ... NEW evidence involving blood samples taken from chauffeur HenriPaul today brought the Princess Diana inquest to a dramatic halt. The coroner adjourned the hearing on the second day of hissumming up while it was being assessed. Mr Justice Scott Baker toldthe jury it had only been ...
Freeze in prices of top houses ; PROPERTY
Apr 01, 2008; ... HOUSE prices in the most expensive parts of London barely roselast month as the crisis in financial markets deepened and the Cityprepared for mass job cuts. Estate agent Knight Frank said prices in "prime central London" areas such as Mayfair, St John's Wood, Kensington, Notting ...
Regulator 'finds insider dealing' in probe of Eads
Apr 01, 2008 ... INVESTIGATORS probing the alleged shares scandal at Airbus ownerEads today said they had found evidence of insider dealing. French stock market regulator AMF is examining allegations thatsenior managers at the engineering giant sold shares shortly beforeannouncements were made of ...
New contracts 'good for Tube' ; ENGINEERING
Apr 01, 2008 ... TUBE chiefs today announced the first contracts to improve thenetwork's sub-surface lines, including the Circle and District,following the collapse of Metronet. Now in administration, Metronet has agreed a deal with trainmakerBombardier, one of its partners, for an upgrade of all ...
Miners and oils coming under prices pressure ; MARKET ROUND-UP
Apr 01, 2008; ... SLIDING commodity prices and the rising dollar put pressure onminers and oil stocks today as losses in both sectors tarnished astrangely upbeat session in the City. The price of gold, platinum and copper eased as the dollarrallied and traders warned of declining demand for metals ...
Brown rejects report's call to cut back on immigration
Apr 01, 2008; ... GORDON BROWN today rejected heavyweight calls for a cap onimmigration, saying workers from abroad were vital to the economy. He rejected a major report that attacked Government claims thatmigrants boost the economy, saying they were as important as foreigninvestment in the ...
TWO MARINES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ON AFGHANISTAN PATROL
Apr 01, 2008; ... TWO Royal Marines killed in southern Afghanistan were namedtoday, bringing the number of British military fatalities inAfghanistan since the start of operations in November 2001 to 91. Lieutenant John Thornton, 23, and Marine David Marsh, 22, of 40Commando Royal Marines, were on ...
28-day detention long enough, rules DPP
Apr 01, 2008; ... GORDON BROWN'S anti-terror legislation suffered an early blowtoday after the head of the prosecution service said there was nocase for detaining terrorist suspects without charge for 42 days. Sir Ken Macdonald, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said theCrown Prosecution Service ...
63 civil servants working on Olympics 'gravy train'
Apr 01, 2008; ... THE Government was today accused of an "extraordinary waste ofmoney" after it emerged that 63 public workers are employed tooversee the 2012 Games. Figures released to Parliament show that the Government OlympicExecutive the Whitehall body scrutinising contracts for the Games ...
About turn: UK troops ordered to stay in Iraq
Apr 01, 2008; ... THOUSANDS of British troops were today ordered to stay in Iraq tostop violence in Basra spiralling out of control. Defence Secretary Des Browne was telling MPs this afternoon thathe was shelving for the time being plans to cut British forces to2,500 this spring. On the ...
Leaving now would be seen as a strategic defeat
Apr 01, 2008; ... BEHIND Des Browne's announcement that the UK is to keep troops inthe south of Iraq lies a fierce debate in the Government and Armyabout whether to send soldiers back into Basra or get out of thecountry altogether. Mr Browne recognises that the Army's tactical fence-sitting ...
Heather Mills: Publish secret papers and let public decide ; She only wanted [pounds]20m and Sir Paul turned down a pre-nup, claims lawyer
Apr 01, 2008; ... HEATHER MILLS is considering a return to court to force thepublication of secret documents exposing Sir Paul McCartney'sbehaviour during their marriage, her lawyer said today. David Rosen told the Evening Standard that his client wanted toput the record straight over claims she was ...
Teenager knifed in daylight attack
Apr 01, 2008; ... A TEENAGER was fighting for his life after being stabbed in thechest on a busy street this morning. The 19-year-old was knifed following a row outside the Whitgiftshopping centre in Croydon. He staggered through the busy centre and into an underground carpark where paramedics ...
Shoaib gets five-year ban for speaking out ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Apr 01, 2008 ... SHOAIB AKHTAR was today banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board fromplaying in his country for five years for criticising the governingbody. The fast bowler has a controversial history ...
Monty left in a mood by Masters invitations ; British star claims that US organisers are bowing to TV companies over choice of field for Augusta.GOLF
Apr 01, 2008; ... COLIN MONTGOMERIE today criticised organisers of the US Mastersfor inviting three Asian players to next week's tournament atAugusta National for financial rather than golf reasons. China's Liang Wen-chong, Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng (below) andIndian Jeev Milkha Singh, ...
Boss backs pointless Massa ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Apr 01, 2008 ... FELIPE MASSA has received a vote of confidence from his Ferrariboss heading into this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix. While team-mate Kimi Raikkonen won in Malaysia, ...
Trials go swimmingly for Scottish hopefuls ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Apr 01, 2008 ... SCOTTISH swimmers won three of the four titles on offer at theBritish Championships in Sheffield this morning as they started tobook places on Britain's Olympics team. Caitlin McClatchey took the 100metres freestyle, ...
Strettle set for Quins comeback ; RUGBY
Apr 01, 2008; ... DAVE STRETTLE has been cleared to make his Harlequins comeback asboss Dean Richards attempts to prove his side are the pride ofLondon, writes Chris Jones. With Quins third in the Guinness Premiership, England wingStrettle has fully recovered from a second broken metatarsal ...
Arsenal tempt Saints with early Walcott cash
Apr 01, 2008; ... ARSENAL have capitalised on Southampton's financial problems tosave themselves almost [pounds]3million on the Theo Walcott deal,writes Simon Johnson. The striker signed for a fee worth up to [pounds]12m in January2006, with [pounds]5m paid up front and the remainder in ...
Head quits crisis primary where schools minister sends children
Apr 01, 2008; ... THE HEAD of the crisis-hit primary school attended by thechildren of Schools Secretary Ed Balls has quit. Carron Adams, 51, walked out as Grazebrook Primary School, inStoke Newington, faces a devastating report criticising standards. Verbal feedback and a draft report from ...
Labour presents its battleplan for the next election
Apr 01, 2008; ... A PLAN to ensure Labour victory at the next general election waspresented to the Cabinet today by Gordon Brown's chief strategist. Stephen Carter set out plans to beef up the Government'soperations under the themes of "On Your Side" and "At Your Service". The battle plan was ...
Neville 'hit by Liverpool fans' during fiery derby
Apr 01, 2008; ... POLICE are investigating claims from Everton that Liverpool fanspunched and spat at Phil Neville during Sunday's Merseyside derby. The incident took place in a heated match at Anfield, which alsosaw Everton defender Joleon Lescott taunted by home fans, whileLiverpool were upset by ...
British aid worker is kidnapped in Somalia
Apr 01, 2008; ... SOMALI gunmen today opened fire on a car carrying foreign aidworkers and abducted a Briton and a Kenyan. Witnesses said six armed men fired on the car as it approachedthem on a road in the south of the country. "I could see a white man running out of the vehicle with blood ...
Bush throws weight behind Nato expansion
Apr 01, 2008; ... PRESIDENT Viktor Yushchenko today said Ukraine had the "fullsupport" of the US for his country to move towards joining Nato. He underlined his claim as the US president flew in for a visit. Ukrainians are divided on whether the former Soviet republicshould join the alliance, ...
Tibet denies China's suicide attack claim ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Apr 01, 2008 ... TIBET'S government-in-exile today denied Chinese claims that itscountrymen are planning suicide attacks. Prime Minister SamdhongRinpoche said he fears China may ...
Muslim stylist: I was so depressed I quit the trade
Apr 01, 2008; ... A MUSLIM hairdresser who says she was turned down for a jobbecause she wears a headscarf has told how depression forced her toleave the trade. Bushra Noah, 19, said she decided to abandon her career afterbeing rejected for a stylist's job at a fashionable north ...
LONDON HOUSE PRICES: SLUMP STARTS ; Biggest monthly fall for three years
Apr 01, 2008; ... LONDON house prices have suffered a heavy fall leading to fearsthat the market has passed the turning point. The capital as a wholesaw a 0.4 per cent drop in February, leaving the average at[pounds]353,760. It is the biggest monthly downturn since March 2005when values slumped by 1.2 ...
Criminal record checks for millions of job applicants
Apr 01, 2008; ... MORE than 11 million people will face criminal record checksbefore they take up jobs under a new Government vetting system tobegin next year. Applicants will also have to pay a [pounds]64 fee and be able toshow there are no other reasons why they are unsuitable for the jobthey ...
KKR falls on its exit from mortgages
Apr 01, 2008 ... SHARES in buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts plunged 6.2% afterthe company announced a deal to exit its mortgage-related business. The move comes two weeks after Carlyle Capital hit the wall afterlenders called in their loans and seized its mortgage-backed assets. KKR ...
Banks on the climb after UBS head quits ; BANKING
Apr 01, 2008; ... MARCEL Ospel, chairman of Swiss banking giant UBS, today becameEurope's biggest casualty of the credit crunch after he fell on hissword as the bank announced another [pounds]9.6 billion of subprimewritedowns and a [pounds]7.6 billion rights issue. The bank said it will cut more ...
So does shares jump mean the worst is now really over? ; COMMENT
Apr 01, 2008; ... TODAY'S 8% climb in UBS shares has already been called the end ofthe credit crunch, or at least a signal that the worst is over. So is it time to break out the StollyBolly, call Savills for thelatest sale particulars and test drive the new Jaguar? No, no andthrice no. First, ...
Writedowns give greenback a boost ; IN BRIEF
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE UBS and Deutsche writedowns today added some much-neededlustre to the sickly dollar and took some of the shine off the euro.Big falls in commodities prices, oil and gold in particular, ...
RATTLED KEN: I WILL STEAL BORISS IDEAS ; "Mayors admission in desperate struggle to win a third term "He pledges 4-year freeze on C-charge at Standard debate
Apr 01, 2008; ... KEN LIVINGSTONE has admitted stealing Boris Johnsons key policiesin an attempt to revive his faltering re-election campaign. The Mayor said he would copy the Torys pledge to force youths whomisbehave on buses and are stripped of free travel to carry outcommunity service to get it ...
Dont knock the joy of frocks ; SECOND OPINION27 Dresses On general release
Apr 01, 2008; ... IN ALL the great womens pictures of the 1930s to 1950s,clothes are used as signifiers to trigger fantasies of self-transformation and transcendence. Think Katharine Hepburn cross-dressing in Sylvia Scarlett, spin-sterish Bette Davis blossoming into a fashion plate in ...
MEET ME AT ... ; Bincho Yakitori Second floor, Oxo Tower Wharf, SE1 (020 7803 0858, www.bincho.co.uk). Mon-Fri noon-3pm and 5pm-11.30pm, Sat noon- 11.30pm, Sun noon-10.30pm.
Apr 01, 2008; ... Bincho is a type of Japanese charcoal, and yakitori translates asgrilled bird. So this restaurant, on the second floor of the OxoTower, concentrates on serving up skewers of meat, seafood andvegetables. Chicken tsukane (meatballs) and juicy unagi (eels) areparticularly good. Five ...
LAST CHANCE ; Random Tonight, 7.30pm, Royal Court Theatre, SW1. Until 12 April (020 7565 5000, www. royalcourttheatre.com) [pounds]10-[pounds]15
Apr 01, 2008 ... Debbie Tucker Greens 50-minute play looks at one particular dayin the life of a West Indian family.A sister and brother wake onemorning, she goes to work, he to school. Their mother settles downfor a morning of daytime television while the husband slowly getsup. This routine is then ...
DON'T MISS ; The Puppini Sisters Tonight, 7pm, Koko, NW1 (0870 4325 527, www. koko.uk.com), [pounds]15
Apr 01, 2008 ... This trio of old-school Hollywood glamour girls admit that peoplearent sure about their act: People just cant make up their mindswhether were the coolest thing ever or just totally naff. PrinceCharles was given their CD last year and upon meeting them at theRoyal Variety Show ...
Immigration 'will push up house prices'
Apr 01, 2008; ... IMMIGRATION is helping to price firsttime buyers out of theproperty market and failing to benefit millions of other Britons, areport by peers warned today. In a highly critical assessment of the Government's policy, theall-party Lords Economic Affairs Committee says mass migration ...
Some people loved our faulty T5, says BA chief
Apr 01, 2008; ... BA chief executive Willie Walsh today claimed passengers hadwritten to him praising the disastrous Terminal 5. He made the boast as he issued yet another apology for the chaoswhich has engulfed the [pounds]4 billion building. He claimed peoplehad "loved" the terminal and added: "I ...
28-day detention is long enough rules the DPP
Apr 01, 2008; ... GORDON BROWN'S anti-terror legislation suffered an early blowtoday after the head of the prosecution service said there was nocase for detaining terrorist suspects without charge for 42 days. Sir Ken Macdonald, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said theCrown Prosecution Service ...
TRADER TALK
Apr 01, 2008; ... VETERAN City investor Jim Mellon has substantially increased hisstake in mobile services company the Billing Services Group, raisinghis holding from 15.51% to 22.56%. Mellon, chairman of investment house Charlemagne Capital and withmore than 30 years of experience behind him, first ...
SHACKLETON? WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
Apr 01, 2008 ... DAVID ROSEN refused to talk about the incident at the end of thecase when Ms Mills poured a carafe of water over the head of SirPaul's lawyer Fiona Shackleton. "It is all water under the bridge,"he said, adding: "I found Sir Paul's team to be entirelyprofessional and courteous at least ...
'Insider trading found at Eads' ; ENGINEERING
Apr 01, 2008 ... INVESTIGATORS probing the alleged shares scandal at Airbus ownerEads today said they had found evidence of insider dealing. French stock market regulator AMF is examining allegations thatsenior managers at the engineering giant sold shares shortly beforeannouncements were made of ...
GCap tunes into gains after takeover by Global ; MARKET ROUND-UP
Apr 01, 2008; ... SHARES in GCap Media surged more than 9% today after it agreed toa [pounds]375 million takeover by Global Radio, the privately ownedfirm run by former ITV boss Charles Allen. The stock rose 18 1/2 p to 215 3/4 p on news of the deal, whichbrings together Global's Heart FM and Galaxy ...
Heather Mills: Publish secret papers and let public decide ; She only wanted [pounds]20m and Sir Paul turned down a pre-nup, claims lawyer
Apr 01, 2008; ... HEATHER MILLS is considering a return to court to force thepublication of secret documents exposing Sir Paul McCartney'sbehaviour during their marriage, her lawyer said today. David Rosen told the Evening Standard that his client wanted toput the record straight over claims she was ...
TOMORROW'S AGENDA ; TOMORROW'S AGENDA
Apr 01, 2008 ... WOOLWORTHS is expected to slash its dividend in response tosoaring interest payments when the struggling retailer unveilsannual ...
TOMORROW'S AGENDA
Apr 01, 2008 ... FURTHER evidence the property market is slowing is anticipated.Figures on mortgage lending from the Bank of England ...
Grid leaps on a [pounds]1.5bn US sale ; ENERGY
Apr 01, 2008; ... A SPARK was put into National Grid shares today when the powergiant unveiled a deal to sell a facility in New York. It is offloading the Ravenswood Generating System for $2.9billion ([pounds]1.5 billion), which is significantly more thananalysts assumed the power station was ...
TOMORROW'S AGENDA
Apr 01, 2008 ... SUGAR giant Tate & Lyle issues a pre-close trading update afterannouncing last month that annual profits would be slightly ahead ofexpectations. While the company ...
Covent Garden buskers hit back at cuts
Apr 01, 2008; ... BUSKERS in Covent Garden have hit back at plans to cut theirhours because the noise "upsets" shop workers. The performers said that out of nearly 50 market businesses theysurveyed, almost 90 per cent said they were not distracted by theperformances. Nine out of 10 also said ...
Luminar feeling CanDu draught ; LEISURE
Apr 01, 2008 ... THERE was further strife in the nightclubs industry today whenLuminar revealed it is exposed to the collapse of CanDuEntertainment, the UK's second-biggest clubs operator. CanDu bought 49 venues from Luminar in 2005 in a [pounds]27million deal led by Tim Roberts and Close Brothers ...
Curse of Aintree won't add to Thornton's pain ; Injured jockey will still cheer on Simon in the National as he bids to strike for his lucky new rider. By Paul Fielder
Apr 01, 2008; ... ANDREW THORNTON was going ominously well aboard Simon only forthe pair to part company six fences from home in last year's JohnSmith's Grand National and the jockey believes the Mercy Rimell-owned nine-year-old has a great chance of making amends in the bigrace on ...