The remaining rescue companies fell somewhere between the AA and the RAC.Britannia Rescue rivalled the AA for its call-centre service, but it could not compete for roadside repair. As usual, satisfaction levels were better when the mechanic had the corporate overalls and van than when a subcontracting garage turned up.Probably the most important thing [...]

Had Tomlinson managed to gain the A standard in Madrid on Saturday, the selectors could have picked up to three competitors, but he could jump only 7.99m.Morgan, who had an operation at the start of the season, was beaten into third place in the trials, where Tomlinson was victorious. No further action is to [...]

Darren Stevens then produced an equally valuable supporting role before Maddy, who hit three sixes and a dozen fours, skied a ball from Ravinder Bopara which the wicketkeeper, James Foster, caught almost at midwicket.Ottis Gibson became the first of two victims for Darren Gough and Stevens fell to Andre Adams, the New Zealand all-rounder [...]

Buyers can use the hotel as a holiday getaway for up to 89 days a year and a £10 a night laundry fee. “It’s like the French leaseback system when buyers can use their villas or apartments for holidays and breaks as part of the whole package,” says Magner.For now, each buyer must put [...]

But if it can be shown by agents that the asking price is sensible, they will pay it.”There is also the danger that buyers will be put off even making offers on overpriced properties. A house that John D Wood brought to the market for £1.65m sold for more than this to a purchaser [...]

The immediate natural environment will be protected and enhanced. The principal construction material, timber, will be sourced from well-managed forests Water consumption will be cut to half the typical rate Waste will be driven near to zero. Despite those concrete foundations, it will be built primarily with low impact, non-toxic materials. Every new house [...]

Along with his wife, Gill, and another couple, he bought a large Victorian house in Halifax with an adjoining barn in much need of renovation. “The idea was that we would all share the house while I did up the barn for Gill and me to live in,” he says. “I was still working [...]

The visitors made a bright start and could have been ahead in the seventh minute but Alan Quinn could not quite deflect Ashley Ward’s low cross from a throw-in on target.Yet a catalogue of errors at the back cost the home side dearly in the 17th minute. Andy Gray’s third goal of the season [...]

A fit Dallaglio, fully committed to the Wasps cause on a permanent basis, will be an enormous asset to the champions of all they survey. The odds on them winning at least one major trophy this season were short enough to start with. The important thing will be to get something from the autumn [...]

I mean, are you going to issue that health warning before all political statements?” Evans adds that this was an “example of how things are at CNN, which has fallen on very poor times in many ways”.You might expect Evans to launch instantly into a critique of the Fox News Channel, which is routinely [...]