To clear up the mess, it said, the regional government offices, Whitehall's provincial outposts, should be beefed up to exert more local control.

ECONOMIST: English devolution

Now it is up to Arsenal and Manchester United to exert their authority and tell their managers to end this feud.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Premiership | A sad feud that two clubs must stop

Geoff Chapple's men continued to exert their stranglehold on the match but the chances started to dry up, although Robert Kember went close with a blistering 18-yard strike which drifted wide.

BBC: Woking 1-0 Forest Green

With traffic and traffic lights there to confound smooth progress, putting a foot down when the road does finally open up is one of the few ways an urban driver can exert some control over a journey.

BBC: Traffic