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The Lunchbyte - Friday



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WELCOME to The Lunchbyte – tasty morsels of news, gossip and gab from Scotland on Sunday.




RED TOP REVIEW

Football again dominates the world of the tabloids with the death of Tommy Burns putting Wednesday's riots in Manchester into some perspective.

Both the Sun and the Record have eight-page tribute pull-outs with Celtic greats Billy McNeill and Murdo MacLeod giving their own insights into the former player and manager.

The fallout from events in Manchester is still covering acres of paper, with the Sun calling on readers to "Shop the Yobs" on its front page while the record asks "What Went Wrong?"

Both papers are careful to highlight criticisms of the way police and council officials organised events, with the Record in particular using its man Keith McLeod to describe "ad-hoc, ill-planned and badly coordinated" police charges on fans.

While the Mirror covers both football stories it does manage to make Page 3 a celebrity zone with Angelina Jolie on the red carpet at Cannes confirming she is expecting twins.

The same paper also gives insight into the a fashion war between Victoria Beckham and Paris Hilton, who have both launched designer fashion accessory lines.

SPORT
Rangers are claiming that rioting in Manchester following the club's Uefa Cup final defeat was caused by outside supporters.

Ibrox chief executive Martin Bain said: "Some of the scenes were dreadful. We've been informed they were caused by people who do not normally attached themselves to our support."

Initial reports suggest Rangers will not be punished by Uefa for the trouble in Manchester because it took place outside the stadium.

The funeral of Tommy Burns will take place on Tuesday at St Mary's Church, Abercromby Street, Calton, Glasgow. The Requiem Mass will begin at noon.

The service will be predominantly for family, friends and club representatives and there will only be very limited public access.

Afterwards, the funeral cortege will pass by the main stand at Celtic Park, where supporters will have the opportunity to pay their respects to Burns, who died on Thursday after losing his fight with cancer.

St Mary's Church Hall was the birthplace of Celtic Football Club, when, in November 1887, Brother Walfrid, along with others, discussed the establishment of a football club to feed the poor in the East End of Glasgow.

FASHION




If you've ever wondered where Paris Hilton gets her, er, 'talent', for shameless self-publicity, you need look no further than her mum, Kathy.

She obviously taught her everything she knows about dodgy dressing and shameless self publicity. The apple never falls far from the tree.




Leaving aside the horrendous issue of wearing a black bra with a white shirt, Anna Kournikova appears to have forgotten to button her blouse.

Oh, and put on the rest of her skirt.




It seems as if Jennifer Morrison has had a fashion panic attack.

When the House star left her own house, she obviously couldn't decide which necklace to wear – so she bunged 'em all on.



TELEVISION
Later with Jools Holland
Scotland gets its fair share of the vote here, with Sharleen Spiteri revealing her first solo work ahead of the July release of her new album. Spiteri has said she always wanted to make a Nancy Sinatra-style record, so expect her to be road testing that idea in public for the first time. Fellow Glasgow rockers, Glasvegas, who opt more for a Fifties crooning approach to their music and lyrics, join her.
Tonight, BBC2, 11.35pm.

Deadliest Catch
The men make a life or death decision on whether to head out for the perilous crab season, having just heard the ominous weather forecast, in the new season of this popular man-against-the-elements documentary series.
Tonight, Channel 4, 8pm

BUSINESS
British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, will not receive his annual bonus this year, despite the airline reporting a 45% hike in annual pre-tax profits.

Walsh has turned down his bonus following the fiasco at the opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 earlier this year, even though BA posted what he described as "outstanding" results. Annual pre-tax profits in the 12 months to March 31 were up 45% to £833m.

Walsh told BBC Breakfast News this morning that it would be "inappropriate" to cash in his bonus after the catastrophic opening of T5, which has been described as a "national embarrassment".

He warned that the disastrous first week, which led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and mountains of delayed baggage, would hit BA's earnings in the current financial year.

The airline also cautioned that the rising price of oil, which has almost doubled since last year, would have an adverse effect on results over the next 12 months, during which revenues are only expected to rise by 4%.

INTERNET
www.morphthing.com
What might a child of Yoda and Angelina Jolie look like? This site allows you to morph celebrity photos together to produce a mix of the two faces. Upload your own pictures and mix your image with the stars. Kim Jong Il and Rod Stewart is just strange. Sophie Ellis Bextor and Shrek is a laugh.



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