What the Sunday papers said
The Sunday Times
- Seven new cases of Legionnaires' disease in Hereford, bringing the total number affected by the outbreak to 22. A cooling tower at the Bulmers' cider plant is suspected to be the source of the disease.
The Prince of Wales has been given the go-ahead to build a new model town near the surfing beaches of Cornwall, after the success of Poundbury, a picture postcard village in Dorset created a decade ago.
David Blunkett was poised to resign from the cabinet if he had not got his was over identity cards. The new cards are planned for 2013 in a bid to counter the threat of terrorism.
UK business is worried about a drive to harmonise company taxes across Europe which, it is feared, will seriously damage British companies.
The Independent on Sunday
- Companies reporting financial results this week include pub operator Burtonwood (today), Scottish whisky distiller Glenmorangie (Wednesday), global brewer SABMiller (Thursday) and London-based brewer and pub operator Fuller's.
Shares in restaurant chain Ask Central jumped 22 per cent last week after the group confirmed it was in takeover talks with City Centre Restaurants.
Italian jeweller Bulgari is to open a boutique hotel in London. Along with its partner, Ritz-Carlton, Bulgari is looking for a suitable site to take over in the capital.
The Sunday Telegraph
- Whisky distillers are battling drinks giant Diageo after it added other malts to produce a hybrid Cardhu, changing it from a single malt to a 'pure malt'.
BSkyB is paying its recently-departed chief executive Tony Ball more than £10m for agreeing not to work for a competing media firm.
The Ritz hotel, owned by Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, the secretive billionaires, lost £2.2m in 2002, according to accounts filed at Companies House.
The Observer
- Leading Scotch whisky firms are to meet this Tuesday to consider suing Diageo, the drinks giant, after accusing it of undermining the industry with its controversial distilling policy over Cardhu.
A new generation of "warehouse casinos" with £1m jackpot fruit machines will be given the go-ahead this week in one of the biggest shake-ups in the gambling industry since the 1960s.
Britain's major food companies, supermarkets and caterers are to join forces to combat high rtaes of obesity in children.
The Business
- South Africa's booming wine industry faces damaging allegations that some producers have adulterated its widely-admired Sauvignon Blanc vintages.
As well as banning smoking, Ireland is considering imposing the world's first tax on chewing gum, a move that could be followed by other European countries.
The Sunday Express
- Birmingham nightclub operator and dance-music label Miss Moneypenny's is opening five clubs in major cities around the world.
The Mail on Sunday
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