Football legend Kevin Keegan launches interactive football training systems to help improve soccer skills, particularly among youngsters.
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TV and radio journalists insist Leveson-style statutory regulation does not hamper them. But history (and Lord Patten) disagrees
Passionate broadcasters – including Greg Dyke and Kevin Marsh – write a letter to the Times hailing the wonders of the tighter regulation they work with, duly underpinned by statute. Nevertheless, they say, “our industry has a proud record of independent, challenging journalism – calling the rich and powerful to account without fear or favour”. So settle down, you restive print guys, as the Leveson debate moves on. “The suggestion that such regulation is inevitably anathema to free speech, or automatically places us under the thumb of politicians, is wrong and insulting to us as fellow journalists.”
At which point, probably unwittingly, they illuminate an absolutely critical divide. No one would remotely call Greg or Kevin (when one was DG at the BBC and the other his chosen editor at Today) anything but proud and challenging. Of course much TV and radio journalism is fine, professional work. We’re not talking sheep and goats here. Good journalism exists across the media spectrum.
But surely Greg Dyke and Kevin Marsh remember the catastrophe of Andrew Gilligan, David Kelly and the Hutton report? Surely Kevin remembers the Downing Street waves that lapped around him? And surely Greg remembers the vote by the BBC governors – chaired then by a former chief whip – that swept him out of office?
It might be helpful at this difficult stage if lovers of editorial freedom rattled the chains that tie them down rather than demanded more chains for everyone. It was the current chairman of the BBC Trust who said, on the record, that the corporation couldn’t have broken either the MPs’ expenses story or the phone-hacking scandal. Too difficult, too strained, for the rulebook. An admission that some stories too close to the seats of power can only be followed, not set in train.
And making that point doesn’t, for a second, run the letter-writers down. It just defines the whole debate we ought to be having.
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Grinnell's Jack Taylor scores record 138 points in 179-104 win
Boston.com Jack Taylor scored 138 points to shatter the NCAA scoring record in Division 3 Grinnell's 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible Tuesday night in Grinnell, Iowa. Taylor made 27 of 71 3-point attempts, was 52 of 108 overall from the field, and added 7 free … Kevin Durant, NBA players stunned by D-III player Jack Taylor's 138 points Jack Taylor scores 138 points for Grinnell Grinnell's Taylor scores 138 points
Kevin Stanford attacks Lion Capital’s stewardship of fashion chain it rescued from brink of administration Kevin Stanford, the embattled high street fashion tycoon, has hit back at the private equity firm which rescued his All Saints chain from the brink of administration last year, after being asked to step down from the business. Stanford is understood to be furious that news of his departure leaked and has attacked Lion Capital’s stewardship of the chain since it took control last year. A spokesman said: “Kevin has legitimate concerns about the way that All Saints has been managed since the involvement of Lion Capital. He is perplexed at the appearance of confidential information in the media.” Lion Capital has also backed buyouts at Weetabix and clothes chain American Apparel. All Saints found itself in the hands of administrators to failed Icelandic banks Kaupthing and Landsbanki after shares pledged by Stanford and Baugur, the Icelandic investment group run by his friend Jon Asgeir Johannesson, were forfeited. Initially, the banks had sought to retain Stanford, who has an unrivalled reputation for building successful high street fashion chains, most famously Karen Millen. However, they fell out and the banks threatened to call in administrators if All Saints management could not find a buyer for their stake. All Saints continued to be turbulent following its rescue last year, with Lion Capital’s fellow rescue partner Goode Capital disappearing from the share register in March. Stanford was said to have a 15% stake in the group, though the ownership is difficult to confirm as the trail of holding companies disappears to the Cayman Islands. Since 2008 Stanford has been struggling to claw back elements of his wider business empire, which was substantially lost in the wake of the Icelandic banking crash. He is still pursuing a £500m claim against the estate of Kaupthing. In particular, he is pressing a claim over the quarter-share in Mulberry he lost to the bank.
Category : World News England bowler Stuart Broad has denied having any involvement in a Twitter account set up by a member of the public that poked fun at teammate Kevin Pietersen. Read more from the original source: Broad: I’m not behind fake account Category : World News OSHAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – July 23, 2012) - Kevin Williams, President, GM Canada will outline a commitment to Canadian R&D at the Canadian Engineering Centre on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Follow this link: MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OP: GM Canada to Confirm Canadian R&D Investments at the Canadian Engineering Centre Category : Stocks
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