The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from June 2008:
Dont make me skipper again, says Beckham ; Beckham: Dont make me the captain again
Jun 02, 2008; ... DAVID BECKHAM insisted today that he is not the man to leadEngland through their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. The 33-year-old former Manchester United and Real Madrid star wasFabio Capellos choice to captain England in last nights 3-0 winagainst Trinidad & ...
Oil shares get a fresh lift from upbeat broker ; MARKET ROUND-UP
Jun 02, 2008; ... SHARES in the big oil explorers have enjoyed a strong run in thewake of a sharp rise in crude oil prices, but one of the Citys big-hitters is telling investors there is still plenty to go for. Demand for oil remains high, resulting in urgent action on thepart of the explorers to ...
Sterling pounded as property pain shows ; B&B IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE pound today had its worst fall against the dollar for fourmonths as the property market crisis deepened. Bank of Englandfigures showing a fall in mortgage lending added ...
MPs asked to end unjust NHS ban on cancer funds
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE husband of a cancer patient denied NHS care after privatelyfunding her own treatment today called on ministers to reverse theirban on top-up payments. Brian OBoyles wife Linda was barred from free treatment atSouthend hospital because she spent thousands on ...
Fathers vigil for baby after stabbings
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE father of two children who were stabbed to death by theirmother has been keeping a vigil at the hospital bedside of his thirdchild, who survived the attack, a relative said today. Navarajah Navaneethan, 39, is staying with family in Forest Hillfollowing the deaths of his ...
Royal salutes for Queen of land and sea
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE QUEEN bid an emotional farewell to the cruise ship QE2 todayon the 55th anniversary of her coronation. The 82-year-old monarch was presented with 55 red roses to markthe occasion at the Eastern Docks in Southampton. Baroness Thatcherwas among 300 guests. The Queen launched the ...
TATUM ONEAL HELD FOR CRACK COCAINE POSSESSION
Jun 02, 2008 ... OSCAR-winning actress Tatum ONeal has been arrested in New Yorkfor allegedly buying crack cocaine. Police said that when ONeal, 44, pictured right, was approachedby officers in Manhattan, she asked: Do you know who I am? She thenallegedly said: Im researching a part Im doing this ...
Ill, agitated Gazza sectioned again
Jun 02, 2008; ... FORMER England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned underthe Mental Health Act. He was taken to hospital after reports that he was actingbizarrely in Hemel Hempstead yesterday, according to HertfordshirePolice. Some reports said Gascoigne was banging on his ex-wife ...
I am not an extremist ; Man accused of jet terror plot tells jury how he went to Pakistan to deliver aid
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE man accused of leading a terrorist plot to blow uptransatlantic jets today denied being an extremist as lawyers beganhis defence in court. Ahmed Ali, 27, said he had become interested in his Muslim rootsas a teenager and had done charity work with Afghan refugees. He also ...
BBC under fire as report finds Ross is good value at [pounds]18m
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE BBC was under fire today after a report claimed the multi-million-pound salaries of its top presenters were value for money. An independent pay review by economists Oliver & Ohlbaum,published today, found the BBC was not paying above the odds for itsstars. The BBC Trust ...
Brown: I wont put my job on the line over terror Bill
Jun 02, 2008; ... GORDON BROWN made clear today that he was not putting his careeron the line in the crunch vote on anti-terror laws. The Prime Minister denied that the Commons showdown on extendingdetention without charge to 42 days would amount to a vote ofconfidence. Asked if a defeat on ...
Grab chance of leadership soon, MPs tell Miliband
Jun 02, 2008; ... DAVID MILIBAND will never be Prime Minister unless he seizes hischance to become Labour leader before the next general election,senior Blairites have warned. The Evening Standard has learned that senior ministers are readyto back the Foreign Secretary but fear he may repeat ...
Struggling Surrey are given a harsh lesson ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... SURREY, without a County Championship win this season, slumped toan eight-wicket defeat at Whitgift School today. Somerset, chasing avictory target of only 108, knocked off the runs in less than 15overs. County Championship, Div 1 Rose Bowl: Kent 431-8dec, ...
Buy-to-let blamed for bank crisis ; Bradford & Bingley crash starts [pounds]4 billion sell-off
Jun 02, 2008; ... BRITAINS banks faced a black Monday today as a [pounds]4 billionshares sell-off was prompted by a major lender warning of plungingprofits. Bradford & Bingleys drastic trading statement said more customerswill fall into arrears and at one point it was forced to suspendshares. When ...
Parents could face court if they allow children alcohol at home
Jun 02, 2008; ... PARENTS who let their children drink at home could faceprosecution under government anti-binge drinking measures announcedtoday. It is currently illegal for families to let children under theage of five drink alcohol but ministers are planning to review thislimit as part of new ...
GODFATHERS OF PARK LANE ; (1) Safe deposit boxes hid drugs, guns ... and millions in cash (2) Mayfair bosses let crime barons store proceeds for 20 years
Jun 02, 2008; ... POLICE have smashed a criminal banking network operating from aPark Lane safe deposit box firm. Detectives found millions of pounds in cash and property hiddenby criminals in deposit boxes at a series of top London addresses. Two alleged masterminds were arrested by armed ...
Composer Nyman holds concerts for Kiyan and other young knife victims
Jun 02, 2008; ... AWARD-WINNING composer Michael Nyman is to dedicate a series ofconcerts to recent victims of knife crime. He has also produced a new arrangement of a work previouslywritten for murdered Queens Park Rangers youth player Kiyan Princefor a special performance on Friday. Nyman ...
Grab chance of leadership soon, MPs tell Miliband
Jun 02, 2008; ... DAVID MILIBAND will never be Prime Minister unless he seizes hischance to become Labour leader before the next general election,senior Blairites have warned. The Evening Standard has learned that senior ministers are readyto back the Foreign Secretary but fear he may repeat ...
Brown: I won't put my job on the line over terror Bill
Jun 02, 2008; ... GORDON BROWN made clear today that he was not putting his careeron the line in the crunch vote on anti-terror laws. The Prime Minister denied that the Commons showdown on extendingdetention without charge to 42 days would amount to a vote ofconfidence. Asked if a defeat on ...
Saint Laurent, the genius who let women wear the trousers
Jun 02, 2008; ... EVEN if you are not a fashion lover it is impossible to forgetthe huge impact Yves Saint Laurent, who has died aged 71, has had onfashion. This is because practically all of today's wardrobe staplesbiker jackets, blazers, turtleneck sweaters issued from his ...
Teen mentors keep younger pupils in line
Jun 02, 2008; ... TRAINING teenagers to act as "mentors" to younger pupils helpschange the culture leading to knife crime, new research shows. The Evening Standard has called for the adoption of "peermentoring" schemes to teach children that respect cannot be won atknifepoint. Some 180 secondary ...
BEAT KNIFE CRIME ; OUR CHARTER
Jun 02, 2008 ... 1 More targeted high-profile searches backed up by more policewith scanners on the streets, on public transport and inside andoutside schools, with targeted patrols on routes to and fromschools. 2 Train children in "peer-to-peer mentoring" and use citizenshipand personal, social ...
Petrified 14-year-old 'ran pleading for help before gang killed him'
Jun 02, 2008; ... A TERRIFIED 14-year-old killed in a London knife attack begged abystander for help as he fled from a mob of teenagers, the OldBailey heard today. Witness Tom Morgan told the court how stab victim Martin Dinneganran past him pleading: "Please help me." Mr Morgan said he saw ...
TATUM O'NEAL ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE
Jun 02, 2008 ... OSCAR-winning actress Tatum O'Neal has been arrested in New Yorkfor allegedly buying crack and cocaine. Police said that when O'Neal, 44, was approached by officers inthe Lower East Side of Manhattan, she asked: "Do you know who I am?"She then allegedly said: "I'm researching a ...
'Ill and agitated' Gazza is sectioned once again
Jun 02, 2008; ... FORMER England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned underthe Mental Health Act. He was taken to hospital after reports that he was actingbizarrely in Hemel Hempstead yesterday, according to HertfordshirePolice. Gascoigne approached a member of the public and appeared ...
Brad thinks I'm at my (twin) peak says Angelina
Jun 02, 2008; ... ANGELINA JOLIE is "very sexy" when she is pregnant. How do weknow this? Because Brad Pitt tells her so, that's how. Jolie, who will be 33 on Wednesday, is expecting twins in August. Speaking about her pregnancy in Vanity Fair, she said: "I'mfortunate. I think some women have a ...
Royal salutes for Queen of land and sea
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE QUEEN bid an emotional farewell to the cruise ship QE2 todayon the 55th anniversary of her coronation. The 82-year-old monarch was presented with 55 red roses to markthe occasion at the Eastern Docks in Southampton. Baroness Thatcherwas among 300 guests. The Queen ...
Man pleads guilty to abusing boys at Jersey children's home ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... A 45-YEAR-OLD man today admitted sexually abusing three boys atthe Haut de la Garenne children's home on Jersey. Michael Aubin, ofSouthampton, pleaded guilty at the island's magistrates' court toindecent assault on a child of seven and a 13-year-old ...
TravelWatch chief is sacked for attack on Ken before election ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE chair of London TravelWatch was sacked today after publiclysupporting Boris Johnson a week before the mayoral elections. BrianCooke, who has held the post for four years, will leave immediatelyafter the London Assembly transport committee decided his commentswere ...
I didn't feel need to publicise my fat-loss surgery, says Fern ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... FERN BRITTON told viewers today she had not previously felt theneed to go public about having stomach surgery to help her loseweight. The co-host of This Morning had a gastric band two yearsago. Britton, 50, said she ...
Historic painting of war hero Wolfe saved by art fund bid ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... A PAINTING of General James Wolfe by JSC Schaak, seen as the mostauthentic portrait of the 1779 hero of the Seven Years War, has beenbought by the National Army Museum for [pounds]300,000. It had beenoutbid last year but the painting was seen as so important theGovernment temporarily ...
Big Ben model in the can for new campaign ; LOCAL LONDON
Jun 02, 2008 ... WESTMINSTER: A sculpture of Big Ben made from Coca-Cola cans hasbeen unveiled on the South Bank to inspire more people to recycle. The six-metre artwork, made by sculptor Robert Bradford, wascommissioned to mark the start of Recycle Week today. The Big Ben tower is one of four ...
Mexico, Nevada? ...er, it's actually Hackney
Jun 02, 2008; ... WELCOME to the Big Country the badlands of the Wild West whereoutlaws bushwhack their victims, Indians go on the warpath, andsettlers stake their claims. Just be careful of the traffic on the M11 link road, and don'tdisturb the neighbours you're in east London. The epic panoramas ...
Royal park to go eco shade of green with recycle bins ; LOCAL LONDON
Jun 02, 2008; ... HYDE PARK: The country's first park recycling litter bins havebeen installed alongside traditional bins as part of a three-monthtrial. If successful, the "recycle on the go" campaign is to be launchednationally. "We need to take recycling beyond the office and home into ...
UN team can search for 'nuclear reactor' in Syria ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYRIA is to allow inspectors to visit the country to investigateallegations that it was building a nuclear reactor, the UN saidtoday. The International Atomic Energy Agency says inspectors are due inSyria ...
Five killed in explosion at Danish embassy ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... FIVE people died and dozens more were injured in a bomb blastoutside the Danish embassy in Islamabad today. Denmark's foreign minister Per Stig Moeller said the blast killeda Pakistani cleaner ...
Kennedy has surgery for brain tumour ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2008 ... EDWARD KENNEDY was today undergoing surgery on a brain tumour. The 76-year-old US senator was diagnosed with cancer last monthand will have chemotherapy and radiation after his operation inDurham, North ...
Stars party as studio burns ; Blaze destroys movie sets and King Kong
Jun 02, 2008; ... A MASSIVE fire tore through Hollywood's largest film studios,causing widespread damage and destroying the Back To The Future filmset. The second blaze at the historic Universal Studios in Californiain nearly two decades devastated sets and gutted buildings. Thousands of ...
Rotarians die in plane crash
Jun 02, 2008; ... TWO Britons were killed when their light aircraft crashed into anItalian mountain ravine during an international air regatta. John Ritchie, 80, and Kevin Young, 40, died along with VittoroRosseti, 69, who was piloting the light aircraft, and his wifeMarinella, 56. The group ...
'NOBODY SEEMS TO BE SELLING AT THE MOMENT'
Jun 02, 2008 ... GRAHAM WALKER and his wife Diane put their five-bedroom house onthe market in September. They hoped it would sell for[pounds]795,000, but after failing to find a buyer have reduced itsprice to [pounds]700,000. The family want to move because the house in Totteridge, on salewith ...
A FRIEND CALLS. 'THEY ARRESTED THE GORILLA!' HE CRIES ; SKETCH
Jun 02, 2008; ... ON the concourse at Liverpool Street station, two men dressed asTower Bridge are dancing a slow waltz. Their partners are a gorillaand a sex doll that has Boris's beaming face. This is the last partyof Ken Livingstone's London. As I enter the station, the crowds begin: goths and ...
Heathrow a joke, says airline chief
Jun 02, 2008; ... HEATHROW was today branded "a national embarrassment" by the headof the world's airline community. Giovanni Bisignani, head of the International Air TransportAssociation a trade group of international airlines said theairport, its owner BAA and its regulator the Civil ...
Protesters pledge more anti-Boris booze-ups ; But Mayor says: This just proves I was right
Jun 02, 2008; ... ORGANISERS behind the Tube drink ban protest which spiralled outof control are planning more demonstrations, the Evening Standardcan reveal today. News of their plans came as Mayor Boris Johnson said his alcoholban on the Tube was vindicated by the "Circle line party" ...
Capital set for three inches of rain tonight
Jun 02, 2008; ... MAJOR thunderstorms are set to hit north London tonight,threatening to bring problems to many commuters' journey home, theMet Office has warned. It has issued a severe weather warning for the area, and saysheavy storms will begin at about 7pm and continue until the earlyhours of ...
Leg over and over here ; The Londoner's Diary
Jun 02, 2008 ... YOUNG British men, look out. Six years ago Leah McLaren, ajournalist from the Toronto Globe and Mail, wrote a cover story inThe Spectator entitled The Tragic Ineptitude of the English Male.The Spectator announced that Leah, "an acknowledged beauty", hadbeen on 12 promising dates in ...
The memory that wasn't ; The Londoner's Diary
Jun 02, 2008 ... INCREDULITY has greeted the claim made by Gordon Brown in aninterview with Total Politics that his favourite programme when hewas young was That Was the Week That Was. The programme first aired in November 1962 and ran until electionyear 1964 when the BBC stopped it for fear it was ...
This alcohol ban makes sense ; Comment
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE party on the Circle line on Saturday night to mark closingtime for drinking on London's public transport system came to adismal and predictable conclusion with the closure of sixUnderground stations because of disorderly behaviour and assaults onpolicemen and Tube workers. It did, ...
(1) MAJOR BANKS IN NEW CRISIS(2) Buy-to-let blamed for bank crisis ; (1) Bradford & Bingley crash sparks [pounds]4billion stock market sell-off(2) HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland tell investors not to panic
Jun 02, 2008; ... BRITAIN'S banks faced a black Monday today as a [pounds]4 billionshares sell-off was prompted by a major lender warning of plungingprofits. Bradford & Bingley's drastic trading statement said morecustomers will fall into arrears and at one point it was forced tosuspend shares ....
The flip side of your new career as an amateur landlord ; COMMENTARY
Jun 02, 2008; ... TO think that the Bradford & Bingley was once a sturdy buildingsociety, based in Yorkshire and famous for its bowler hats. Then,eight years ago, it turned itself into a bank and became the firstport of call for amateur landlords. Buying to let was booming and B& B became the market ...
Huge price cuts in bid to tempt home buyers
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE owner of a central London flat has knocked almost [pounds]1million off the asking price in an attempt to sell as the creditcrunch tightens. The news is further evidence of the weakening of the propertymarket, and comes after Nationwide Building Society figures showednational ...
Tube ringleader is City banker
Jun 02, 2008; ... THE organiser behind the Tube drinking ban protest is a Londonbanker, the Standard can reveal today. Alexandre Graham, 26, who works for the Royal Bank of Scotland,set up the Saturday night "Circle line party last day of drinkingon the Tube" which ended in violent clashes and 17 ...
Leading from the front ; The Londoner's Diary
Jun 02, 2008 ... THOSE opening their copies of The Times this morning may beshocked by a radical redesign that has seen the leading articlessection plonked on page two a sensation not dissimilar to beingbrought your main course before your starter. "I can't remember theleading articles ever being at the ...
Master of style ; Comment
Jun 02, 2008 ... YVES Saint Laurent, the French fashion designer who died lastnight, was a creative genius, to whom women owe many of theirwardrobe staples, including safari jackets, blazers with polo necksand trouser suits. But for ...
Revealed: City graduate who led Tube drink demo
Jun 02, 2008 ... Bubble's burst: the organiser behind the Tube drinking banprotest Alexandre Graham in party mood on Saturday ...
MARY'S GOLDEN RULES OF SHOPPING
Jun 02, 2008 ... MARY'S GOLDEN RULES OF SHOPPING If you don't get good service you are effectively being rippedoff. Remember, it's part of the margin built into the ticket price. If you're not being served, walk out. There are few storesselling things that can't be found elsewhere. These shops ...
CRITICS CHOICE
Jun 02, 2008 ... FIVE BEST FILMS Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Cert 12A, 124mins At 65, Harrison Ford can still cut it as the intrepidarchaeologist just about. Sex and the City Cert 15, 145 mins Most of the charm of the TVseries is carried onto the big screen but dont ...
BOOK NOW
Jun 02, 2008 ... Gnarls Barkley 12-14 June, 229 Bush Hall and Union Chapel(www.ticketmaster.co.uk). [pounds]17.50. Gnarls Barkley have confirmed three cosy shows this month as partof The June Residency. Riding on the crest of their second album,The Odd Couple, the band should be on typical feisty ...
ON SCREEN
Jun 02, 2008 ... Jules et Jim Tonight 8.30pm, Barbican, EC2 (www.barbican.org.uk;020 7638 8891). [pounds]5.50. Enjoy discounted tickets tonight at the Barbican for FrancoisTruffauts classic film of a genial menage a trois. Just re-releasedby the BFI in a handsome new print, Truffauts 1962 film was ...
MEET ME AT...
Jun 02, 2008; ... The Windmill South Side, Clapham Common, SW4 (020 8673 4578). Mon-Sat noon-midnight, Sun noon-11pm Long before the smoking ban pitched a good many drinkers outsidefor long chunks of the evening the Windmill was an advertisement forthe joys of al fresco drinking. The pub (which has ...
DONT MISS
Jun 02, 2008 ... Spitalfields Festival From 5.30pm tonight, various venues until20 June (www.spitalfieldsfestival.org.uk; 020 7377 1362). Established back in 1976 in the hub of Londons East End, theSpitalfields Festival now incorporates a three-week spell in Juneand another 10 days in December to ...
Ronaldo told to stay put
Jun 02, 2008 ... DAVID BECKHAM today urged Cristiano Ronaldo to snub Real Madridand stay at Manchester United. The Spanish champions are desperate to make the winger their bigsummer signing and Ronaldo has promised: "In two to three days Iwill announce my decision." Real's bid for Ronaldo ...
More Power to the Bees
Jun 02, 2008; ... BRENTFORD have recruited former London 2012 bid executive MikePower to oversee their move to a new stadium, writes Raoul Simons. The club are planning to switch from Griffin Park to a purpose-built 20,000-seat stadium at Lionel Road, near Kew Bridge, withinthe next four years and ...
West End's Gone With the Wind is damned
Jun 02, 2008; ... ONE of the most hotly anticipated West End shows of 2008 is toclose after only two months. Trevor Nunn's [pounds]4.5 million production of Gone With TheWind will put on its final, 79th, performance on Saturday 14 June. It was condemned in savage reviews when it opened in April, ...
LONDON THIS WEEK
Jun 02, 2008 ... TOMORROW Barry George, 47, is due to face a retrial over themurder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando. Old Bailey. He was jailed in2001, but the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction. Launch of the 10 shortlisted proposals for a ceiling artwork atthe Natural History Museum. Candidates ...
109 cameras keep eye on Leicester Square
Jun 02, 2008; ... LEICESTER SQUARE station is watching you via a network of 109newly installed CCTV cameras. The security upgrade is part of a 12-month refurbishment, whichhas been declared complete with the exception of some minor cosmeticjobs. More than 38 million commuters use the ...