A new petrol price war was raging last night with the supermarket chains Sainsbury and Tesco both promising unleaded fuel for under 50p a litre. And the oil giant Esso, which fired the first volleys in the campaign last month, stoked the fires by pledging that it would not be undercut.
Esso has launched “Pricewatch” promotions [...]

After hearing submissions from the defence, Mr Justice Garland said the charge against Celia Beckett, 34, of murdering Tracey Butler, four, and of causing grievous bodily harm to five-month-old Clare should be dropped. Mrs Beckett, of New-ark, Nottinghamshire, is still charged with manslaughter of Tracey, who was allegedly given 23 anti-depressant tablets, and with child [...]

These included suspending the shares to prevent a “disorderly market” developing.He also had to tell the company’s stockbroker and the banks, the Stock Exchange and the company’s lawyers. JOHN WILLCOCK
Financial Correspondent
Kevin Maxwell described on his fifth day of giving evidence at the six- month-old Maxwell trial the panic following the news of his [...]

It extended its investigations to venous thrombosis and related deaths in July, after the WHO study.. Preparations containing third-generation progestogens appear to have a slightly stronger association. than other low-dose preparations”.The final study, which the Department of Health says was the trigger for the CSM’s decision, was that of Dr Hershel Jick, Associate Professor of [...]

It was a terrible blow.”He said he was in a meeting when he heard the news and had to ask the people present to leave so “I could gather myself. It was the shock of thinking that he had fallen off the boat,” he said.”I was breathless. It was extremely hard to do anything and [...]

The inspector’s theory was that he’d been feeding dandruff to the fish in order to develop tougher scales for an unspecified use in the electronics industry.He suddenly rose and stabbed the dagger into the table “Good grief!” he shouted. Suspects include Colin Swillsby, who collects dandruff; Vlad, the work-experience boy who is having an affair [...]