16 May 2010 - 10:13am | by Staff Writer | 0 comments

BBC, Easyjet, The Sunday Times, Sky News: The Sunday Round Up

BBC, Easyjet, The Sunday Times, Sky News: The Sunday Round UpBBC, Easyjet, The Sunday Times, Sky News: The

A look at some of the stories making headlines this Sunday morning, including further senior wage cuts by the BBC, another Ash Cloud set to hit UK airports, Easyjet maybe not so 'Easy' after all and a 'condom' campaign from the Ministry of Defence.

The Sunday Times says that Easyjet has drawn up plans to drop the 'Easy' part of the brand should it fail to resolve the ongoing row with founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

Futher wage cuts are set to be implemented at the BBC hitting both its biggest stars and executives, while a new non-executive chairman will be installed to act as a 'board level watch-dog' says The Sunday Express.

New chairman of tourism body VisitScotland, Dr Mike Cantlay, says that he wants to see an equal partnership between public and private sector in promoting Scotland, he tells the Sunday Herald.

The Sunday Herald also reports that Mike Weir, MP for Angus and SNP spokesperson for Trade and ­Industry believes that the decision to make cutbacks to the Scottish edition of The Sunday Times will be damaging to the nation as a whole.

The Mail on Sunday reports that the personal on-air argument between Sky News political editor Adam Boulton and former Labour spin doctor Alistair Campbell following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, stemmed from a fued between their wives.
The Mail on Sunday also carries the story highlighting the Ministry of Defence's new advertising campaign which advises women soldiers to carry a condom, following a rise in pregnancies on the front line.

The Telegraph reports that health retailer Holland & Barrett has come under fire, having 'retouched' the body shape of a model featured by its Healthy customer magazine.

Scotland on Sunday reports that US hotel marketing business, Magnuson Hotels, has signed up its first hotel in Scotland, Popinjay Hotel, owned by Birmingham FC midfielder and former Scotland captain, Barry Ferguson.

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