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Dashwood: Coward comforted by Brazilian lawyer - Telegraph.co.uk
A source close to Coward said: "Elena has hired a private army" and "fighting these cases has become pretty much a full-time job for him". By Anna White That's the number of concurrently running legal cases taken out against Martin Coward, ...
Man killed in shooting incident involving police officer - Telegraph.co.uk
A female family friend, who refused to give her name, said: "His family are still in a complete state of denial, they don't want to believe that he's dead. "I don't know what he had got mixed up in but it has brought a great deal of pain to the family ...
Norway massacre: the real Anders Behring Breivik - Telegraph.co.uk
A schoolfriend at the time – who did not wish to be identified – says: “It's true he got into a lot of trouble, but what he doesn't admit is he informed on his friends to the police. When it comes to depicting himself, not all of that adds up – like ...
Norway massacre: British traders helped supply Breivik's arsenal of weapons - Telegraph.co.uk
The owner of Tool Timez, who declined to give his name, said: “It's very shocking. My heart is pumping. To think that my hands were on an item that was then parcelled up and sent to him — it's very disturbing.” Breivik also bought a 3M full-face ...
City job cuts to cost the Government £1.3bn in lost tax revenue - Telegraph.co.uk
A City analyst, who asked not to be named, said: "Bond trading since the beginning of the year has been tough but in the last two months volumes have collapsed. My guess is job cuts will begin in September." It is understood that at some bulge-bracket ...
Banks on the back foot during a week of key results - Telegraph.co.uk
... people don't like our business, but what they should realise is that it was the City's earnings and our taxes that helped pay for the welfare state everyone has come to expect," says one senior London-based banker, who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Norway attacks: Is the man who inspired Breivik a Briton? - Telegraph.co.uk
Meanwhile, another leading member of EDL, who spoke on condition of anonymity, took the blame game full circle by suggesting that Breivik would almost certainly have sought out Mr Lennon and Mr Carroll when he visited Britain last year. ...
Phone Hacking: 'Rebekah Brooks pressed for sacked Ian Edmondson to get paid' - Telegraph.co.uk
But the middle of last year The New York Times said News International's lawyers and some executives were urging the company to accept “some responsibility”. At least three company sources, who declined to be named, claimed Mrs Brooks “disagreed”.
Georgia says photographers confess to spying for Russia - Telegraph.co.uk
A senior Interior Ministry official, who declined to be named, said all three had now confessed. The Justice Ministry released a videotape of one of the accused, freelancer Giorgi Abdaladze, who sometimes worked as a contract photographer for the ...
Chelsea close to agreeing a permanent deal with West Ham United for old boy ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp said on Thursday that he was not aware whether Modric had submitted a formal transfer request — the club are insistent one has not been received while sources close to the player claim he personally delivered it to Levy ...
News International legal manager leaves in hacking scandal - Telegraph.co.uk
Tom Crone has stepped down as legal manager of News International, which also publishes the Sun and the Times, after 26 years at the company, a source said. His main responsibility was to advise the News of World and the Sun on legal matters relating ...
Blackstone unit in talks to buy Miller Group stake - Telegraph.co.uk
GSO is in advanced negotiations to inject around £160m into Miller Group as part of a refinancing with lenders that is due complete in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter. If the deal completes, GSO is planning to work with Keith Miller, ...
Blackstone in talks to buy Miller Group stake - Telegraph.co.uk
Blackstone is in advanced negotiations to inject around £160m into Miller Group as part of a refinancing with lenders that is due complete in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter. If the deal with Blackstone completes, the US group is ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger 'to star in Western' - Telegraph.co.uk
But an industry source who asked to remain anonymous confirmed to Reuters that the movie was going ahead as planned with Schwarzenegger in the lead role. Schwarzenegger said in May that he was halting discussions for a new Terminator movie and all ...
News of the World phone hacking: live - Telegraph - Telegraph.co.uk
Citing sources close to the police investigation, the paper alleges that former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair, former Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman and serving Assistant Commissioner John Yates may all have been hacked. ...
Antiquated border checks allowed rogue preacher to enter country - Telegraph.co.uk
An anonymous source at the UKBA has told Radio 4's File on 4, in a programme to be broadcast tonight (TUES), that he was picked up by a system called E-borders on a flight from Tel Aviv but slips of paper were delivered to staff working at Heathrow's ...
Anger as BBC backtracks on promise over stars' salaries - Telegraph.co.uk
A source close to Mr Hunt, who has repeatedly called for greater openness at the BBC, said: "Jeremy is very disappointed that they are stepping back from pledges of transparency. It is in their interests to be open." Sir Michael, who was replaced by ...
Australian group UGL interest threatens to derail DTZ's merger talks - Telegraph.co.uk
However, a source close to the negotiations said UGL and other potential rival bidders are being frustrated by SGP, which owns 55pc of DTZ. They allege that SGP is blocking the property agent from entering into detailed discussions with other parties ...
Princess Charlene of Monaco 'tried to flee three times' - Telegraph.co.uk
The sources said that when Charlene visited Paris in May to try on her white-silk Armani wedding dress she "took refuge" in the South African embassy. Later that month she also tried to escape during the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix, they alleged. ...
Enter the bull - can New York save the London Stock Exchange? - Telegraph.co.uk
"It made a mockery of London and all that we have to offer to the rest of the financial world," said the head of a mid-sized London broking firm who asked not to be named. Of course, Rolet inherited many of these problems and has been lauded in certain ...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn dines out as rape claim bail conditions lifted - Telegraph.co.uk
"This is not the most expensive dish - pasta with white truffles is $180," said the restaurant owner, who declined to give his name. Under the gaze of several bodyguards with earpieces, the guests drank red wine Brunello di Montalcino (116 dollars). ...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: former IMF head could resurrect presidential ambitions - Telegraph.co.uk
Another senior Socialist, who declined to be identified, said: "What if we all embrace him again and then he turns out to be guilty after all? Our voters have lost trust not just in him but the party. We have to be careful." But Socialists like Mr Lang ...
David Cameron's local Tory chairman found dead in Glastonbury toilet - Telegraph.co.uk
Detectives have yet to establish the cause of his death, a source said. Inspector Chris Morgan said inquiries into the nature of the death were ongoing. He added: "It is only a couple of hours ago - we are still working on establishing a cause of death ...
Has John Paulson lost his magic touch? - Telegraph.co.uk
Although its two largest funds were down at the end of May, all its others - including a gold, recovery and merger arbitrage fund - were all up, according to a person familiar with the matter. It's certainly true that a problem like Sino-Forest is a ...
MySpace 'will sell for at least $100m' - Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: AFP By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor in Palo Alto Contrary to earlier reports that the media giant was unable to achieve its asking price of $100m, a source close to the acquisition process told The Telegraph, that News Corporation would ...