Alston inherits plum UK posting
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FORMER communications minister Richard Alston will take over as Australia's High Commissioner in London next month from Michael L'Estrange, who heads in the opposite direction back to Canberra.
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One of the most successful business leaders in the North-East has won a prize in the Quoted Company Awards in London.
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By HAZEL MOLLISON  A CITY woodland is being given a GBP 200,000 makeover with a network of paths, new wardens and thousands of trees.   Work will begin on improving Colinton and Craiglockhart Dells next month thanks to the grant from the Forestry Commission Scotland.
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The 51-year-old Scot has quit his post at Blackburn and will take over at St James&#39; Park next Monday. A Newcastle United club statement read: &quot;Graeme Souness leaves Blackburn Rovers today to take up the position of team manager of Newcastle United.
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE county boss David Collier has been named England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive in succession to Tim Lamb.
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Manganese Bronze is to sell for just &pound;1 some of the rights to Zingo, the mobile phone cab ordering service that last year kept the maker of London taxis well in the red.
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GORDON Bulloch is to take over as Scotland captain for the Abbey Autumn Tests. He succeeds Scott Murray, who has an injured knee but would probably have lost the role anyway as Matt Williams
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Retired rower Matthew Pinsent will be offered a job with the International Olympic Committee.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown  appoints a fellow Scot, Alistair Darling, to succeed him as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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GLOBAL miner BHP Billiton Ltd and the world&#39;s largest aluminium producer, Alcoa Inc, plan to raise up to $US100 million ($138 million) in calendar 2004 by selling shares in their metal-processing
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Brian Barwick last night accepted the chief executive&#39;s position at the Football Association following a final round of interviews earlier in the day.
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Peter Hain is leaving Northern Ireland, having been appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 2--A British company will start operations this month at the former J.R. Simplot Co. ethanol plant in Caldwell.
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Martin Jol is likely to be named the new manager of Tottenham after Jacques Santiniâs shock decision to quit yesterday. The Dutch assistant coach will take charge of todayâs game against Charlton, and
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The British lender's new head is no stranger to high-profile troubleshooting.
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Â· Rose also promised Â£4.5m in shares if targets are met  Â· Shopworkers in line for payouts of Â£500 each
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Looks to feed on Accenture scraps A director of Computer Science Corporation (CSC) has confirmed the company's interest in taking over another region of England's NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT).â¦