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Sand switch can benefit Calahonda.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: Saraband C ALAHONDA can make the most of a switch back to the all-weather in the digibet Casino Handicap (London Mile Qualifier) at Kempton. The four-year-old has in the past proved her mettle on turf, but...

North women end wait for win.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) A LONG wait is over for Northumberland, who yesterday won a match at County Ladies Week - after going three years without so much as a half - by beating Durham 5l-3l at the Carlisle club. Teenager Nicola Haynes, from the...

Ton for Trott.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) A WONDERFUL century from Jonathan Trott gave England Lions an impressive five-wicket victory over West Indies A in their Tri-Series meeting at Northamptonshire. The tourists' skipper Devon Smith won the toss and opted to...

Pleased Sir.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) SIR Mark Prescott's attention to detail managed to coax a win from Sumerian at Brighton. Prescott had in recent years a 35% strike-rate from runners at the switchback Sussex course, and felt it was necessary to pay a...

LITTLE COMES CLOSE AT KINGSBARNS AS CAMPBELL IS CAST ADRIFT.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) FOUR venues were used in final local qualifying for The Open Championship yesterday and none of them threw up a player from the North East and Cumbria who will be teeing off at St Andrews on July 15, writes TIM TAYLO R. But...

Graeme's good to go after bike crash.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: ZOE BURN GRAEME Gowland bounced back from a high-speed crash to cling on to fourth place in the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship at Mallory Park. The Allendale rider crossed the line in sixth...

Friday night's all right - Tait.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: MARK DOUGLAS NEWCASTLE Falcons head coach Alan Tait wants his players to shine under the Friday night lights at Kingston Park next season, writes MARK DOUGLAS. Tait has asked to play the majority of the...

SPORT TODAY.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) SPORT TODAY FOOTBALL UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG Tre Fiori v Rudar Pljevlja.............1930 CRICKET FOURTH NATWEST INTERNATIONAL The Oval: England v Australia............ LV= COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP...

Duo battle heat to sail into pairs final.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: GEORGE MACINTYRE SIMON Robertson and Shaun Ramshaw won the third and final heat of Kielder Water Pairs boat competition on Sunday with 15 for 23lb 2oz. The anglers battled with the challenging conditions to...

Hopeful Murray is looking set fair for huge tests that lie ahead.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) ANDY Murray believes it is grand slam experience rather than his smooth progress through the draw that will count for the most as he bids to reach a second successive Wimbledon semi-final. The fourth seed goes into...

Row is left firmly in past as Robin and Rafa square up.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) ROBIN Soderling and Rafael Nadal had their friendship shredded by a fractious Wimbledon battle three years ago, but harmony has been restored as they head into the pick of this year's quarter-finals. Sweden's Soderling...

Another shock in tournament of surprises.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) SERENA Williams will be the only top-20 women's seed in the Wimbledon semi-finals after her sister Venus fell victim to the biggest shock yet in a tournament of surprises. The five-times champion was dumped out 6-2 6-3...

Spanish patience pays off with win.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: PHIL BARNETT Spain 1 Portugal 0 SPAIN'S crusade to add the World Cup trophy to their Euro 2008 title continued last night with a closely-fought last-16 win over Iberian neighbours Portugal, writes PHIL BARNETT....

The penalty party begins for Paraguay.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Japan..................................................... 0 Paraguay............................................... 0 (after extra time; Paraguay win 5-3 on penalties) PARAGUAY coach Gerardo Martino revealed his side...

Hodgson narrows the list of options.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) ROY Hodgson could be about to slam the door on one of England's management options. It is believed Hodgson is finally ready to quit Fulham and join Liverpool, despite being placed high on the Football Association's...

COOPER ENTERS QUAKERS' REVOLVING DOOR - BUT INSISTS HE'S HERE TO STAY.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) NEW Darlington boss Mark Cooper insists he is in it for the long-haul after being unveiled as the sixth Quakers boss in 14 months. Former Kettering and Peterborough boss Cooper agreed a one-year deal to spearhead...

Durham set up chance of victory with classy display.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: Luke Edwards THERE was a tardiness about Durham's work in the field, but also a touch of class with the ball which has put them into a match-winning position against Warwickshire. This was a very good day which...

Yardy focused as England aim to embarrass world's best.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) ENGLAND are confident they have "all bases covered" in oneday cricket but know they must keep it that way to complete a near-unthinkable 5-0 whitewash of the world's No 1 team. Mike Yardy agrees with world rankings which...

Overkill a danger for Twenty20, says Blackwell.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: Luke Edwards IAN Blackwell is worried county cricket's infatuation with Twenty20 is in danger of taking both the excitement and the interest out of the game as he called on the ECB to reduce the number of matches...

Taylor 'ideal replacement at right-back'.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: Mark Douglas DANNY Simpson insists right-back rival Ryan Taylor has the perfect credentials to fill Newcastle United's troublesome defensive slot when the Premier League season kicks off. United are pondering...

Cats close to signing Egyptian.
June 30, 2010... (From The Journal) Byline: MARK DOUGLAS SUNDERLAND are closing in on Egyptian right-back Ahmad Al-Muhammadi after agreeing a pounds 500,000 loan fee with his club ENPPI, writes MARK DOUGLAS. The Black Cats had the offer accepted last...

Dave commissions series based on Robert Llewellyn's web chatshow.
June 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) The TV channel Dave has commissioned a chatshow hosted by the former Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn, based on his web video format Carpool . Carpool, in which Llewellyn interviews guests while driving them about...

BBC reunites Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.
June 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson are to star in a new BBC one-off drama based on a narrative poem about a reunion of ex-lovers. The drama, which uses Christopher Reid's 2009 poem The Song of Lunch in full, will be...

Award-winning Diesel campaign banned by ASA.
June 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) A campaign for Diesel that won a top award at the Cannes advertising festival last week has been banned by the UK ad watchdog for being offensive and encouraging antisocial behaviour. The campaign, which ran on...

ASA bans misleading Orange advert.
June 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) The advertising watchdog has forced Orange to retract a claim that its 3G network reaches more people than competitors' networks, after a challenge from rival company 3. A press ad run by Orange for its mobile...

BBC Trust loses two trustees.
June 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) The BBC Trust's vice-chair, Chitra Bharucha, and the trustee for Wales, Janet Lewis-Jones, are stepping down but Patricia Hodgson is set to stay -- the corporation's regulatory and governance body appears to have...

Bait bikes: the way to beat theft gangs or entrapment?
June 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) If you're a cyclist then you'll surely agree: bike theft is a scourge, and any method the police use to combat it is to be welcomed. Any method? There is a technique shown to dramatically reduce cycle theft...

Let Holly's death be a warning to others.
June 30, 2010... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Helen Smithson Mum's plea after 15-year-old dies sniffing lighter fuel A MOTHER whose teenage daughter died after inhaling lighter fuel last night warned other youngsters of the dangers posed by solvent...

Independent school to close after 65 years.
June 30, 2010... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Joe Willis PARENTS have spoken of their sadness at the closure of an independent school. Hurworth House School, in Hurworth, near Darlington, will close next Wednesday at the end of the summer term. ...

Talent winners show off their skills at training day.
June 30, 2010... (From The Northern Echo) BRITAIN'S Got Talent winners Spelbound were in the region brushing up their acrobatic skills yesterday as they prepare to represent the UK at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Poland. Members of the...

Hospital ward to close less than a year after opening.
June 30, 2010... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Barry Nelson HOSPITAL bosses have come under fire after admitting they are closing a busy 20-bed ward mainly used by elderly patients. Managers at the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust...

We will fight to keep you in prison for ever.
June 30, 2010... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Joe Willis Parents' stark message asmurderer holds his silence THE parents of murdered teenager Jenny Nicholl have marked the fifth anniversary of their daughter's disappearance by issuing a stark message...

Councillors fear cuts will hit the most vulnerable.
June 30, 2010... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Mark Summers COUNCILLORS in the region yesterday voiced their fears that the impact of spending cuts called for by the new coalition Government will fall hardest on the weakest and most vulnerable. The...

National Patient Choice Survey latest results.(Clinical report)
June 30, 2010... (From Central Office of Information - News Distribution Service) The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Report on the National Patient Choice Survey, February 2010, England The main findings of the...

Practice Based Commissioning Group and Independent Leads Survey: Wave 3.
June 30, 2010... (From Central Office of Information - News Distribution Service) This is the third Wave of research for the new Practice Based Commissioning survey, conducted between 4 May and 28 May 2010. The previous PBC GP practice survey (August 2007 --...

Accountant jailed in AGBP11m tax fraud.
June 30, 2010... (From Central Office of Information - News Distribution Service) A London accountant has been jailed for eight years for stealing AGBP11m in income tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) by manipulating both his clients' and his own tax returns. ...

MPA committee meetings: Joint meeting of the Finance and Resources and Strategic and Operational Policing Committees, followed by the Strategic and Operational Policing Committee.
June 30, 2010... (From Central Office of Information - News Distribution Service) Metropolitan Police Authority 30/06/10 38/10 A joint meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority Finance and Resources and Strategic and Operational Policing Committees will...

Punishment for Excessive Deficit.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) According to the latest proposal of the EC, EU member states with budget deficit exceeding 3 percent of the GDP and public debt exceeding 60 percent of the GDP are to be deprived of access to subsidies from the...

ECB Calls for Sanctions for Excessive Deficit.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The Chairman of the European Central Bank (ECB) Jean Claude Trichet appealed to the EP to take decisive measures against excessive deficit and public debt in the EU member states. According to his suggestions, the...

Komorowski: KRUS to Stay.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The Civic Platform (PO) candidate for President Bronislaw Komorowski announced that if he wins the elections, he will set up the Forum for Agriculture to assess the KRUS insurance system for the agricultural...

Uniformed Services Enjoy Undue Privileges?
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) In spite of the declarations made by the government in January, the long promised reform of pension system for uniformed services is not likely to be implemented in the near future. Meanwhile, experts complain...

Ombudsman Against Different Retirement Age.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) On 15 July, the Constitutional Tribunal will deal with the motion of the late Ombudsman for Citizen's Rights Janusz Kochanowski to investigate the constitutionality of the enactment of different retirement age for...

Best Faculties of Law.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" daily prepared its fourth ranking of the best faculties of law in Poland. The first place is again occupied by Warsaw University's Faculty of Law and Administration, which gathered 87.5...

Trade Unionists to Be Removed from Boards.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The Economy Council headed by Jan K. Bielecki demanded that trade union members should be removed from the supervisory boards of Treasury-controlled firms. They are currently present in the Boards of the majority...

Debtors May Request Removal from Register.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The new regulations on the Economic Information Bureaux (BIG) in force since 14 June 2010 permit creditors to place their debtors in the debtors' register in an easier and quicker manner, and grant quick access to...

Online Registration in 24 Hours.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) According to the Justice Ministry's proposal concerning the online registration of companies, the registration of a limited liability company may be performed within 24 hours from the moment the court receives a...

Online Businesses Must Pay Tax.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) As established by "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna", the controls conducted by Revenue authorities online are more efficient than the controls conducted on the market; with the efficiency of the former amounting to 90 and...

Revenue Offices Assessed.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) According to the results of the survey conducted for "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" daily, the revenue authorities are perceived as more and more friendly and helpful towards taxpayers. 73 percent of taxpayers are not...

NIK Detects Corruption in Customs.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) According to the results of the inspection conducted by the Supreme Controlling Authority (NIK) in the Customs Services, the institution can be accused of maintaining unnecessary offices, wasting large sums of...

Gambling Scandal Continued.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The Gambling Scandal Committee will resume its work three days after the second round of the presidential elections. The evidence will be supplemented by new material ? telephone billings listing phone calls made...

Minister Will Decide on Refurbished Gaming Machines.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) As established by the inspection conducted by the Prosecution of Appeal in Bialystok and the Central Investigation Bureau, licensed owners of low prize gaming machines frequently reconstruct the machines to enable...

Road Construction Companies Accused of Setting Tender.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The special services and prosecutors suspect that the three leading construction companies have set the tender for the construction of S8 motorway section which is to connect Warsaw and Konotopa. The price...

Illegal Publishing Targeted.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The Polish branch of one of the leading French record companies Hapro Media has started a crusade against the violation of copyrights in Poland. The target of the attack will probably be the web-based services...

New Restrictions on Gas Emissions Will Raise Car Prices.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The new regulations on the limits on car exhausts introducing the new norm Euro 5 come into force next year. Although car dealers are silent about the likely price increases, experts have estimated that new cars...

Biofuel Content Displayed.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) According to the new law on biofuels proposed by the Economy Ministry, petrol stations would be obliged to display the information on the percentage amount of biocomponents added to the fuels on distributors....

OFE.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) The Labour Ministry has announced that an average Pole managed to save ZL32,000 in his or her open pension fund (OFE) account. The data also shows that if the premiums were collected by the Social Insurance...

Pensions and minimum pay.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) Members of the Trilateral Commission have failed to agree on the valorisation of pensions and disability benefits and the rise of the minimum pay in 2011. According to the government, the valorisation index for...

Anti-flooding bills.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) Confederation of Polish Employers (KPP) has evaluated the legislative action taken by the government in relation to the effects of the floods in May and June 2010. The organisation stated that the special...

New EU subsidies.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) Applications for subsidies for Internet-based projects from action 8.1 of the Innovative Economy operational programme for micro and small companies could be submitted from 30 July 2010. The tender will be...

Housing co-operatives.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) Eugeniusz Grzeszczak, Minister in the PM's Chancellery, stated that there are plans to set up a team which would work on housing co-operatives law. He emphasized that the government wished to order and amend...

OFE.
June 30, 2010... (From Polish News Bulletin) According to the report of the Civil Development Forum, the proposals of changes to the pension system put forward by the Labour Ministry will be less advantageous for members of open pension funds (OFE). The...

Parliament refers 5 former ND government ministers to House preliminary investigation commission in Vatopedi-Lake Vistonida scandal.
June 30, 2010... (From Athens News Agency) The parliament plenary on Tuesday voted to refer to a parliamentary Preliminary Examination Committee five ministers of the former New Democracy government for implication in the controversial land swap between the...

-IETHA AETHA Athens 'Freeday': Weekly night-time bicycle outings.
June 30, 2010... (From Athens News Agency) What started out two-and-a-half years ago out as a weekly rendezvous among a handful of friends on Friday nights for a relaxing bicycle outing around Athens gradually attracted an increasing number of friends and,...

PM chairs PASOK National Council on social security reform.
June 30, 2010... (From Athens News Agency) The ruling PASOK Political Council, chaired on Tuesday by party leader and prime minister George Papandreou, discussed the government's social security bill with employment and social security minister Andreas...

-IETHA AETHA Athens Stock Exchange opening: Big rise.
June 30, 2010... (From Athens News Agency) Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Wednesday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 2.03 percent, standing at 1,463.57 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 14.135...

Two killed in hang glider crash.
June 30, 2010... (From Athens News Agency) Two people were killed on Tuesday night when their hang glider, for reasons as yet unknown, crashed in the area of Egio, Achaia prefecture during a training flight. The two were identified as the hang glider's...

New executive appointment at Fairpoint Communications.
June 30, 2010... (From Telecom World Wire) Fairpoint Communications Inc (NYSE:FRP), a US telecom company, yesterday announced the appointment of Ajay Sabherwal as vice president and chief financial officer for the company, effective as of 19 July 2010. ...

F-Secure releases latest version of Android security protection.
June 30, 2010... (From Telecom World Wire) F-Secure (OMX Helsinki: FSC1V), yesterday announced the release of F-Secure Mobile Security 6, the latest version of its mobile security solution for Android based mobile phones. The company said that with this...

HP and Avaya partner to provide unified communications solutions.
June 30, 2010... (From Telecom World Wire) Technology solutions provider HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Avaya, a provider of enterprise communication systems, on Tuesday announced the delivery of flexible, cost-effective unified communication solutions. These solutions...

Four new appointments to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
June 30, 2010... (From Central Office of Information - News Distribution Service) Four new appointments to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) have been announced today by James Brokenshire, Minister for Crime Prevention. The new appointees...

Immigration limit consultation launched by Migration Advisory Committee.
June 30, 2010... (From Central Office of Information - News Distribution Service) Issued by the News Distribution Service on behalf of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has today launched a consultation on the...

New Fabia a record-breaker.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick THE new Skoda Fabia Greenline II will become the most environmentally-friendly car ever to wear the famous Skoda badge when it goes on sale in the UK next week. The...

Ford wheels out special option.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick AS THE last UK-bound examples of its Focus RS hot hatch reach British dealers, Ford is offering a special, WRC-style wheel option to commemorate the end of production. The...

Success seems assured -- little wonder.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick NO ONE could accuse Mini of failing to stay on top of its game. Constant revisions to the core hatch models, embellished with new variants such as the Convertible, Clubman and...

Latest Leon powers into showrooms.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick JUST weeks after Seat launched its most economical Leon to date in the shape of the latest Ecomotive, its sporty Leon R model has rolled into showrooms. The latest Leon is the...

Festival debut for XKR 75.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick AN EXCLUSIVE XKR -- the XKR 75 -- will make its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday. Jaguar Land Rover's new CEO, Ralf Speth, initiated the challenge to the...

Harley plumps for new-look oldie.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick THE Americans are great at reinvention -- taking what's already there and giving it a new image, a different spin. Harley-Davidson is the Madonna or the Michael Jackson of the...

Rising star.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick MANY people say they can't enter motorsport because of the cost involved. Yes, motorsport can be expensive, but even those with buckets of cash would struggle if they didn't...

Couple in banger boost for Parkinson's research.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: kaye.nicolson A MORAY couple are setting out on a car rally challenge to raise money for victims of an illness close to their hearts. Julie and Andy Benson, who live at Buckie, are taking part...

Entries galore for memorial rally.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick VINTAGE and classic vehicles from across the country arrived in Stonehaven at the weekend as the town honoured one of the north-east's greatest inventors. The 43rd R.W....

DB9 upgraded.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick IN THE most significant programme of upgrades since its world debut in 2003, Aston Martin's DB9 range has received a complete package of styling, engineering and equipment...

Minis get fresh look.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick MINI has announced that, from this August, all models will have fresh design features both inside and out. Two new diesel engines and the first Mini Convertible powered by a...

Moscow launch for new Mondeo.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick FORD will debut its stylish and technologically advanced new Mondeo at the 2010 Moscow International Automobile Salon in August. The new model -- in UK dealerships in October...

Crash kit for FZ8.
June 30, 2010... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal) Byline: colene.mckessick R&G Racing has created a complete kit of crash protectors for Yamaha's naked middleweight, the new FZ8. With an exposed frame and engine, R&G created the comprehensive...