But Labour’s links with business came under scrutiny last month when Anji Hunter, Mr Blair’s Head of Government Relations, left to take a highly paid job with BP.As a former cabinet minister with one of the toughest briefs in Labour’s first term, a job that spanned everything from the Royal Opera House to school [...]

Thomas joined him in 1949, taking over The Sepia Swing Club from B.B. King in 1951 and then, three years later, renaming it Hoot’n’Holler. His weekly radio show continued until 1998.Thomas knew a young record producer, Sam Phillips. At first his records were leased to the Chess label in Chicago, but Phillips released “Bear [...]

I’ve never been offered a chief executive job that I wanted to do. But what did happen is that I was offered quite a lot of chairmanships.”He certainly seems to be enjoying himself He even wants to make time to write creative fiction. “I’d like to have a go at novels, financial thrillers,” he [...]

The deal represents a 27 per cent premium to the latest price of P&O Princess Cruises, which closed at 360p on Friday valuing the company at £2.5bn.Carnival’s move would bring together the largest and second largest cruise operators in the world. This could cause problems with competition regulators which would be concerned at the [...]

He added that he was not allowed under Home Office rules to name her killer.But police who investigated the murder said there was no doubt Nick Davies was to blame.Detective Chief Superintendent Wynne Phillips said: “There is not a shred of evidence at all that can connect any other person with the death of [...]

If the accounts of the Northern Alliance soldiers are to be believed, 400 defeated men managed to force the United States into taking part in the massacre of prisoners of war.. An unconventional alliance of South African scientists and traditional healers is frantically trying to spread information about an indigenous plant which can help [...]

Now I have no desire to get on a motorbike again.”He responds calmly and thoughtfully when I allude to the rumours about the cast “doing a Friends” and demanding exorbitant fees.”Our fees have gone up and I’m happy to say that it’s well paid,” he says “It’s all about market rate. I don’t know [...]

Sources in the public prosecutor’s office said he would be looking at physical and other evidence which appeared to corroborate at least part of Ms Mulder’s story.Ms Mulder, born in the Netherlands in 1968, was for many years among the 10 best-paid models in the world. She retired a year ago and is currently [...]

They believe the move will lead to a “redistribution” of students to established universities, rather than to a massive increase in numbers.Margaret Hodge, the Minister for Universities, told universities it was “timely and right” to have a debate over lifting the restriction. Privately though, officials are stressing that the move would mean vice-chancellors would [...]

I was thinking about Daddy and I was thinking about him watching us.”After the young Maddisons had handed their posy to the Queen, the service began. The Prime Minister and his wife, Cherie, were there, with representatives of the other main parties. The Queen was accompanied by Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales, [...]