Since the trust will forever be at the mercy of a potentially feuding clan, there is no clear idea of where it may be taken.Look elsewhere.. The shares' discount to NAV has narrowed from 30 per cent to 21 per cent in...

Ask Central dropped 4p to 168p after Panmure downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "buy", citing risks to takeover talks with City Centre Restaurants. "Although we expect a minimum acquisition price of 190p per share...

It has since emerged that Fowler and his team-mate Steve McManaman tried to "gag" the tabloid at the High Court in Manchester to stop it revealing that the pair had allegedly "coaxed" a girl into "a sick roasting...

Newland has only just begun to make changes at the paper, to mould it into the shape required by the man who appointed him - Lord Black.Now Black himself is no longer the man pulling the strings, and Newland and his...

Merz's adoption of a distinctive signature style thereafter, manifested in his employment of neon numbers and writing, secured his status over the ensuing three decades.This fusion of the scientific and artistic found...

In 1976 he joined the Royal Ballet School where he mostly taught the boys at White Lodge, the junior section. An expert in the transforming power of make-up, he also gave classes in this. In 1980 he left the Royal...

Or, more accurately (like one of those Robert Ludlum titles), the Potato Questions. You can gauge how bored people were during work and pensions' questions because there was a ripple of excitement caused by a rumour....

I was stopped by the police on an approach road to an autobahn and asked for my ID card I explained that I am British and we don't have ID cards. In his will Vicars accused Edward VII and the Irish government of...

It'll be a nice preparation for the King George - and I just hope I'll be able to ride him there."Best Mate may be revered by racegoers and his own training team but other members of the training fraternity have not...

"I was a bit surprised when I heard I was playing, and you do think to yourself that there will be people out there who doubt whether you can do it. It continued when he scored a first-minute own goal and conceded two...

India is an attractive business proposition precisely because it is poor. The CBI's argument, although it would never be couched in such terms, is that Britain is less attractive because it is not poor, and therefore...

He continues to heap praise on the British Prime Minister for his steadfast support for the US in that conflict. Whatever differences Blair has with him in their frequent meetings, he keeps private, the better to...

In an interview published on Monday Dominique de Villepin, the Foreign Minister, called for the handover of power to "go faster" and suggested a transfer of sovereignty by the end of the year. But the new attempt to...

The molestation angle was confirmed by one of Mr Jackson's lawyers."The investigation is about a 12-year-old boy. The child molestation accusations that almost ended Michael Jackson's career a decade ago returned with...

These could include Associated British Foods and Doughty Hanson, the owner of Ranks Hovis McDougall.Weetabix, which also owns the Alpen and Ready Brek brands, has a 14.2 per cent market share by volume of the...