The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from September 2008:
Full tank as Top Gear goes live in London
Sep 01, 2008 ... TOWER BRIDGE: The presenters of BBC's Top Gear rolled into Londontoday in a tank to launch the new tour of their live show MPH. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will host the showin Earls Court and Birmingham before going on a world tour. Fanswill be able to watch ...
Fears cash won't come through to save Titians
Sep 01, 2008; ... THE director of the National Gallery in London admitted today hehas "serious concerns" that funds will not come through in time tosave two Titian masterpieces. Nicholas Penny claimed the [pounds]50 million needed to securethe first of two Renaissance oil paintings may not be ...
Commerzbank in dive as Dresdner jobs axe swings ; BANKING
Sep 01, 2008; ... SHARES in German banking giant Commerzbank fell more than 8%today as investors fretted about its [pounds]7.3 billion takeover offellow German bank Dresdner Kleinwort. As many as 1200 jobs are set to be axed in London, the HQ ofDresdner Kleinwort's investment banking arm, as part of ...
Goals scores again buts its growth slows
Sep 01, 2008 ... FIVE-A-SIDE football pitches owner Goals Soccer Centres todayreported booming profits but signalled growth was slowing as thecredit crunch took its toll. The firm, which has 29 centres across the UK, said profits wereup 20% to [pounds]3.7 million in the first six months of the ...
Benfield leaps on hopes of bid from M& M ; INSURANCE
Sep 01, 2008; ... SHARES in London-based insurer to the insurers Benfield Groupjumped by 6p to 350p today on hopes that a full-blown bid battle isabout to break out. United States giant Marsh & McLennan is expected to try togatecrash the [pounds]844 million takeover of Benfield, which wasagreed by ...
'Whistleblower' hearing at M& S ; IN BRIEF
Sep 01, 2008 ... MARKS & SPENCER today held a disciplinary hearing against aworker it plans to sack for allegedly leaking cuts in redundancyterms to the ...
Taylor Nelson calls for a No to WPP ; IN BRIEF
Sep 01, 2008 ... MARKET research group Taylor Nelson Sofres today repeated itsadvice to shareholders that they should reject the [pounds]1.2billion hostile takeover bid from Sir Martin Sorrell's advertisingand media ...
Pub investors call time as sun goes in on sales
Sep 01, 2008; ... INVESTORS are still calling time on the UK's pub chains ahead ofwhat is likely to be a miserable set of trading updates from thesector later in the week. With consumers cutting back on spending, and the smoking ban andlack of summer sun also hitting sales, traders fear that ...
Jade's boyfriend gets 18 months for assault ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE boyfriend of reality television star Jade Goody was jailedfor 18 months today by Chelmsford crown court after being convictedof assaulting Daniel Steele, then 16, ...
Broadmoor doctor wins sacking case
Sep 01, 2008; ... A CONSULTANT at top-security Broadmoor Hospital was unfairlysacked after he had an affair with a colleague, an employmenttribunal ruled today. Dr Sameer Sarkar, 44, lost his psychiatry job amid claims that heharassed his former lover referred to as Dr X and sent evidence ofthe ...
The Londoner's Diary ; The Londoner's Diary
Sep 01, 2008 ... ALISTAIR Darling sought to soften his image further in hisGuardian interview by mentioning that he is a fan of Leonard Cohen.I wonder if he likes First We Take Manhattan with its cheery lyrics:"They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom/ For trying to change thesystem ...
Monty: Faldo is wrong to leave out Clarke
Sep 01, 2008; ... COLIN MONTGOMERIE today joined the outcry over Darren Clarkessurprise omission from the European Ryder Cup team, as captain NickFaldo defended his decision. Faldo caused controversy by ignoring the claims of an in-formClarke to draft in Ian Poulter alongside Paul Casey, even though ...
Dropout held indefinitely for knife attack on father
Sep 01, 2008; ... A UNIVERSITY dropout who stabbed his father hours after he wassent home by psychiatrists was ordered to be detained in hospitalindefinitely today. Jack Archer, 24, plunged a seven-inch kitchen knife between hisfather's shoulder blades at the family home in Muswell ...
Jil Sander is sold to Japan for EUR 167m
Sep 01, 2008 ... MINIMALIST fashion designer Jil Sander has been sold to theJapanese owners of the Joseph chain after a successful turnaround inthe hands of a British private-equity firm. Change Capital Partners, the private-equity firm founded byformer Marks & Spencer chairman Luc Vandevelde, ...
Home loan approvals fall to new record low ; ECONOMY
Sep 01, 2008; ... THE HOUSING market plunged deeper into the abyss today aftermortgage lending crashed to a record low. Bank of England figures showed just 33,000 home loans wereapproved in July down 6% from the 35,000 in June and a massive 71%from the 114,000 approved in July 2007. It was ...
Factories still on the slide but raise prices
Sep 01, 2008 ... RECESSION drew ever closer today as figures showed strugglingmanufacturers suffered a fourth consecutive month of decline inAugust. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply said itsbarometer of activity for the sector where anything below 50represents contraction and ...
Third body found in arson mystery
Sep 01, 2008 ... New discovery: a third body has been uncovered in the ruins ofthe burnt- out home of millionaire ...
DARLING SENDS POUND DIVING ; All-time low against euro as City takes the Chancellor at his word
Sep 01, 2008; ... THE pound crashed to a record low today as the City reacted toChancellor Alistair Darling's warning on the economy. The markets sent sterling plunging to 81.39p to the euro, thelowest since the European currency was founded in 1999, in the firsttrading since Mr Darling said Britain ...
No10 PR chief 'is not being ousted'
Sep 01, 2008 ... DOWNING STREET tried to quash reports today that Gordon Brown'sstrategy chief was being fired after only seven months in the job. The Prime Minister's official spokesman insisted PR expertStephen Carter was not being ousted. But although Mr Brown and Mr Carter said there was ...
Labour goes for the old school tie in poll
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE headteacher from Gordon Brown's old school, Kirkcaldy HighSchool, is frontrunner to stand for Labour in the Glenrothes by-election, it emerged today. Lindsay Roy, 59, will stand against teacher Colin Davidson, ...
Cameron: I've got tough spending decisions ahead
Sep 01, 2008; ... DAVID CAMERON today warned it will be "tough" to keep spendingwithin the targets to which he has already committed himself. He said that rising unemployment and inflation would put intensepressure on a future Tory government to make savings, even withouttax cuts. "These are ...
Hurricane, what hurricane? ; The Londoner's Diary
Sep 01, 2008 ... IS WEATHER forecaster Michael Fish back at the BBC? HurricaneGustav is gathering speed across the pond, threatening to repeatHurricane Katrina's powerful devastation of low-lying New Orleans in2005. Residents of the state of Louisiana have been told toevacuate, aid is in place, and the ...
Wales agree to Bellamy break
Sep 01, 2008; ... CRAIG BELLAMY has been withdrawn from the Wales squad for theWorld Cup qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Russia. The West Ham forward managed only a handful of appearances lastseason because of injury and missed the start of the currentcampaign with a hamstring problem. The ...
The Darling of the Guardian ; The Londoner's Diary
Sep 01, 2008 ... IT SEEMS there is a Guardian-Alistair Darling nexus in operation.The Chancellor not only chose the newspaper's Decca Aitkenhead as aholiday companion but he employs Sam White as his special adviser,the son of Guardian associate editor and former political editorMichael White. The ...
The Londoner's Diary ; The Londoner's Diary
Sep 01, 2008 ... COULD they by any chance be related? John McCain's running matefor the US presidential election, Sarah Palin, has been married for20 years to her highschool sweetheart, Todd Palin, who is an eighthInnuit. Michael Palin is the former Monty Python who traverses theglobe for the BBC ....
The Londoner's Diary ; The Londoner's Diary
Sep 01, 2008 ... SIR Richard Branson may want to merge his Virgin company with BMIbut it looks unlikely if British Midland Airway's (BMI) chairman SirMichael Bishop has anything to do with it. "There is considerable logic in Virgin and BMI working as one,"Branson told the Telegraph yesterday. "We ...
West must stop relying on Russian energy, says Brown
Sep 01, 2008; ... EUROPE should wean itself off Russian oil and gas and suspend itsfuture relations with Moscow, Gordon Brown urged today. As the EU held an emergency meeting on the conflict in Georgia,Mr Brown said it was time for a "root and branch" review of alllinks to the Kremlin. Germany ...
Man City in bid to hijack Berba deal ; Hughes says [pounds]30m offer is accepted as Spurs agree fee to take Arshavin to White Hart Lane
Sep 01, 2008; ... MANCHESTER CITY manager Mark Hughes today claimed Tottenham haveaccepted a British transfer record bid of over [pounds]30million forDimitar Berbatov and will meet the striker for talks before thetransfer window closes at midnight. The amazing move to hijack Manchester Uniteds ...
Hammers close in on Appiah
Sep 01, 2008; ... WEST HAM were today hoping to sign Ghana captain Stephen Appiahfrom Fenerbahce before the midnight deadline. It is understood that the Upton Park club have agreed terms withthe 27-year-old midfield player and with time running out before thewindow closes, were hoping to agree a ...
Orient line up rejected Ryan
Sep 01, 2008 ... LEYTON ORIENT are keen on signing Millwall outcast Ryan Smith andanother striker before tonights transfer deadline. The former Arsenal winger would welcome a move to Orient whodrew 0-0 at Brighton on Saturday after his switch to Dutch side NECNijmegen broke down. Orient ...
Redknapp makes peace with Capello
Sep 01, 2008 ... PORTSMOUTH manager Harry Redknapp has made up with Fabio Capelloand backed the Italian to lead England to the World Cup finals. Redknapp was outspoken in his criticism of Englands tacticsfollowing their dismal draw with the Czech Republic two weeks ago especially Liverpool captain ...
Anne sets her sights on world top 50
Sep 01, 2008 ... ANNE KEOTHAVONG will continue her bid to break into the worldstop 50 by competing in Tokyo following her impressive run at the USOpen. Hackney-based Keothavong reached the third round, where she putup a brave fight against Elena Dementieva. For now, Keothavong will have to be ...
Casey feels flattered by his call-up
Sep 01, 2008 ... PAUL CASEY landed in Phoenix last night to discover a barrage ofmessages and calls on his mobile congratulating him on his Ryder Cupselection. Casey was on a flight from Boston where he and fellow pick IanPoulter both missed the halfway cut in the Deutsche BankChampionship when ...
Rogers warning to marching Murray
Sep 01, 2008; ... TENNIS CORRESPONDENT AT FLUSHING MEADOWS DEFENDING champion Roger Federer today warned Andy Murray hefaces a very danger-ous battle against Swiss compatriot StanislasWawrinka on Centre Court at the US Open tonight. Federers difficult season came to life at the Beijing ...
Role-model Freddie is an all-round star ; Flintoffs at the top of his game as England seek a whitewash against the South Africans. By David Lloyd
Sep 01, 2008 ... ANDREW FLINTOFF is back to being an all-round inspiration forEngland, on and off the field. Flintoffcame up with vital wickets and sparkling runs yet againat Lords as Kevin Pietersens currently unstoppable one-day teamthrashed South Africa once more to move 4-0 ahead in the ...
Cregan ends 24-year career with Toyota
Sep 01, 2008 ... TOYOTA team manager Richard Cregan is to leave the Formula Oneoutfit at the end of November. Cregan, 48, has spent half his life with Toyota after joiningthem as a mechanic in 1984 and being promoted to manager in 2004.His ...
Freeing the west
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE Mayor today asks Londoners affected by the western zone ofthe congestion charge for their views on its future. Like theoriginal central zone, extension to the west reduced the daily totalof cars in the area but prompted criticism from businesses whichblamed it for lost trade. Mayor ...
Dubai Briton 'changed his story' about sex on beach
Sep 01, 2008; ... A BRITISH man facing jail for having sex on a Dubai beachadmitted the offence before later changing his account, prosecutorssaid today. Tourist Vince Acors, 34, from Bromley, initially told police hehad full intercourse with fellow Briton Michelle Palmer, 36. But he later ...
Tests in babbling as babies face a 'nappy curriculum'
Sep 01, 2008; ... A CURRICULUM for nursery education which will see babies assessedon their "crying babbling and squealing" was condemned by parents'groups today. The Early Years Foundation Stage dubbed the "nappy curriculum" is compulsory for all nurseries, childminders and playgroups inEngland ...
Missing Kirstie: third body discovered in arson house
Sep 01, 2008; ... POLICE searching the burnt-out home of millionaire businessmanChristopher Foster have found a third body which is believed to bethat of his 15-year-old daughter Kirstie. West Mercia Police said the human remains were found at OsbastonHouse by officers who had already located the ...
Man City in bid to hijack Berba deal ; [pounds]150m takeover gives Hughes the clout to outflank United with [pounds]30m bid for Spurs star
Sep 01, 2008; ... MANCHESTER CITY were today trying to hijack Manchester United'smove for Dimitar Berbatov. The amazing move came after the champions' cross-town rivals weretaken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group, who immediately made theTottenham striker their No1 target. It is thought City ...
I cradled my dying son as knife attackers fled ; Army cadet, 14, stabbed by BMX gang only yards from his home
Sep 01, 2008; ... A 14-YEAR-OLD boy stabbed to death in Hackney was an Army cadetand is believed to be the youngest teenage murder victim in Londonthis year. Shaquille Maitland-Smith died after he and his 16-year-old sisterTahiri, known as Titi, were attacked by a gang on BMX bikes onlyyards from ...
Kingsgate Native is ruled out of Sprint
Sep 01, 2008 ... ANTE-POST favourite Kingsgate Native is still suffering fromstiffness and will miss Saturday's Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock,writes Paul Fielder. Trainer John Best will now try to prepare the three-year-old forthe Prix de L'Abbaye at Longchamp on 5 October, a race in which ...
Channon set to be released from hospital
Sep 01, 2008; ... MICK CHANNON could be released from hospital just a week aftersurviving a fatal car crash that saw the death of his friend TimCorby. Channon's son, Michael, says that his father is "starting toclimb the walls" at a Nottingham hospital where he is being treatedand that a return ...
Rain and high winds usher in a wash-out September
Sep 01, 2008 ... SEPTEMBER is to be another wet and windy month, forecasterswarned today. They say it will get off to a depressing start tonight with heavyrain and wind predicted across the capital. "August was really awful, and very disappointing for the wholecountry," said Michael Dukes of ...
A LEAKING
Sep 01, 2008 ... A LEAKING pipe at Baker Street station caused major disruption onthe Tube today. The Circle, District and Hammersmith and City lineswere ...
Cameron: EU must sever its links to Russia
Sep 01, 2008; ... DAVID CAMERON called for tougher action against Russia todayafter European leaders backed down from their threat of sanctions. An emergency EU summit in Paris was set to condemn Moscow'sinvasion of Georgia but would not impose economic retaliation forfear of losing billions in ...
Cast adrift:
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cast adrift: a man carries his son near Trivenigunj in Biharstate, India, through floods that have ...
CITY LIFE
Sep 01, 2008 ... Reddy steady: This one will run and run. And run .... More than , people took part in the first ever 1 k race to startfrom Wembley. Set off by Paula Radcliffe and Sebastian Coe, they were runningto " compete" against ...
Dutch tower has the edge on Pisa's
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE Tower of Pisa is overtaken by a 12th-century church tower ina northern Dutch town as Europe's most steeply tilting. The 55.86-metre Pisa tower leans four metres, ...
British women in camper van attack
Sep 01, 2008 ... TWO young British women suffered a two-hour sex ordeal after aman broke into their camper van in Tokomaru Bay on New Zealand'sNorth Island. Police said today a 29-year-old local man had beencharged ...
China builds the fastest train, again
Sep 01, 2008 ... CHINA plans to beat its record for the world's fastest train bybuilding a train to travel between Beijing and Shanghai at 236mph,Zhang Shuguang, deputy chief engineer at the Ministry of ...
Here's a real job for the boys ; Advertisement feature:EDUCATION
Sep 01, 2008; ... FOR Daniel Whiley, teaching is a vocation. Ever since he signedup to do work experience at a local primary school in his GCSE yearhe has wanted to be a teacher and to teach in primary schools inparticular. Now 26, he has just finished his year as an NQT (NewlyQualified Teacher) at ...
Learning a lesson from the Games ; Advertisement feature:EDUCATION
Sep 01, 2008; ... WHILE swimmer and recent school leaver Rebecca Adlington wowedBeijing with her two Olympic golds, Great Britain's ability tomaintain last month's Olympic success could be undermined by a lackof PE teacher training, according to one expert. Margaret Talbot, chief executive of the ...
Eve is eager over Beaver ; IN BRIEF
Sep 01, 2008 ... EVE JOHNSON HOUGHTON is hopeful that Beaver Patrol can secure afirst Group 3 success in the KBC Supreme Stakes at Goodwoodtomorrow. The trainer admits her charge is now rated too highly to run ...
Big-race blow for Sanders ; IN BRIEF
Sep 01, 2008 ... SEB SANDERS will miss big rides in three of the Flat season'sbiggest remaining races after breaking his leg at Chester onSaturday. Sanders has been ruled out for the rest of the season following afall from Speed Gifted and will miss fancied rides on RalphBeckett's Oaks winner ...
Channon set to be released from hospital later this week
Sep 01, 2008; ... MICK CHANNON is set to be released from hospital just a weekafter surviving a fatal car crash that saw the death of his friendTim Corby. Channon's son, Michael, says that his father is "starting toclimb the walls" at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham andthat a return to ...
BHP warns shortage of labour is pushing up costs ; MINING
Sep 01, 2008; ... BHP BILLITON today warned that labour shortages, which aredogging the booming mining industry and driving up costs, are set toworsen. Chairman Don Argus told an Australian Industry Group conferencethat "inadequate infrastructure" in rail and ports in Australia, akey producer of ...
GDF Suez raking in [pounds]2.7bn thanks to energy price leap ; ENERGY
Sep 01, 2008 ... ONE of the biggest continental suppliers of gas and electricityto the UK, GDF Suez, today highlighted how foreign operators weremaking massive profits thanks to the energy price boom with profitsrocketing 14% to EUR 3.38 billion ([pounds]2.7 billion) in the firsthalf of the ...
China factory output in fresh stumble
Sep 01, 2008 ... CHINA'S manufacturing output has shrunk for the second month in arow, underlining fears of a slowdown in the powerhouse economy thatcould have a knock on effect for the rest of the world. GDP growth has cooled for four quarters and policymakers areturning their focus from fighting ...
No 10 in a spin as 'image' chief is sidelined
Sep 01, 2008; ... A PR expert drafted into Downing Street to help boost GordonBrown's image is set to be sidelined after complaints that he is not"political" enough. Stephen Carter, the former lobbyist and Ofcom chief, was hired asthe Prime Minister's director of strategy in January to ...
Taylor Nelson tells backers to rebuff WPP
Sep 01, 2008 ... MARKET research group Taylor Nelson Sofres today repeated itsadvice to shareholders that they should reject the [pounds]1.2billion hostile takeover bid from Sir Martin Sorrell's advertisingand media giant WPP. TNS, whose friendly merger with German rival GfK fell apart lastweek, ...
Home Office confirms that leaked crime forecast is real
Sep 01, 2008; ... A HOME Office document predicting a surge in crime, violence andextremism was confirmed as genuine today. The Government took the rare step of admitting that the leakedletter was written by senior civil servants for Home SecretaryJacqui Smith, though she had not yet "cleared it" to ...
Brown plans fightback by helping house owners
Sep 01, 2008; ... GORDON BROWN will try to reassert his authority over theGovernment this week by slapping down the Chancellor's gloomy viewof the economy and offering help to hard-pressed families. The embattled Prime Minister, reeling from Cabinet splits anddire opinion polls, begins his fightback ...
Sterling in slide after Darling's tale of woe ; ECONOMY
Sep 01, 2008; ... STERLING hit a record low against the euro today after a warningby Alistair Darling that the economy faced its biggest crisis for 60years was compounded by further misery for manufacturers. The pound slid to EUR 1.229 its lowest since the single Europeancurrency was launched in ...