• Second-placed Arsenal are currently five points behind United but have nine games remaining - one more than Sir Alex Ferguson's team.

    BBC: Johan Djourou

  • Last month children from Bustehrad School in the village - now in the Czech Republic - visited Stoke to learn more about Sir Barnett.

    BBC: Lidice

  • Or, to put it more bluntly, Sir George said he would rather spend more time uncomfortable in an ambulance than being "happy and dead".

    BBC: NEWS | Health | Setting out the case for change

  • Mr Heywood is more radical than Sir Gus and a keen decentraliser, a cause dear to Mr Cameron's heart.

    ECONOMIST: Shuffling mandarins: Goodbye to GOD | The

  • No one doubts he is clever, experienced, understands markets and at crucial moments has proved more pragmatic than Sir Mervyn.

    WSJ: Wanted: BOE Chief to Tackle 'Jihadists'

  • He could ask Britain to find somebody more exciting than Sir Alastair Goodlad, a worthy but colourless figure who heads its shortlist for Brussels.

    ECONOMIST: The challenge awaiting Romano Prodi

  • More recently, Sir Harry, a committed Christian, presented the Sunday night religious programme Highway on ITV as well as Songs of Praise on BBC One.

    BBC: Sir Harry Secombe dies

  • "I don't believe it (the industry) would be substantially harmed and I believe that the success could be spread around a little more, " Sir George said.

    BBC: Whisky tax 'could benefit Scots'

  • Recessions affect all restaurateurs, but far more damaging to Sir Terence is the critical backlash that he has had to endure against his restaurants in the past months, and the feeling that his idea of the gastrodome has had its day.

    ECONOMIST: Terence Conran: A man for all seasons | The

  • But I can alert you that when we do get under way, make sure you listen to TMS at lunchtime as having looked back on 2008 in yesterday's lunch interval, they will be "delving into Old Aggers' Almanac" (as producer Adam Mountford puts it) and looking ahead to 2009 - with the World Twenty20, the Ashes, more IPL and more fun with Sir Allen Stanford to look forward to.

    BBC: SPORT | Cricket | England | India v England: 2nd Test day five as it happened

  • There has been a shift in the way people address each other in public places, such as hospitals, from using more deferential terms, such as "sir" and "madam" to more familiar terms that people have imported from their personal relationships.

    BBC: Is it acceptable to call someone 'babe'?

  • Shakespeare's story evolved from a history penned by Sir Thomas More more than two decades after Richard died in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

    CNN: Back from the grave, King Richard III gets rehab

  • In 1535, Sir Thomas More was executed in England for treason.

    CNN: Saturday

  • In 1535, Sir Thomas More, former Lord Chancellor of England, was executed for treason after refusing to recognize Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England.

    CNN: Monday,

  • It's not just the greater physical and mental demands since Charlton's days but if Giggs' greatness had ever subsided then there is no more ruthless manager than Sir Alex.

    BBC: Spot-on Giggs overtakes Charlton

  • To paraphrase Sir Thomas More, Robert Bolt's excellent play "A Man For All Seasons, " the laws of this country are the great barriers that protect the citizens from the winds of evil and tyranny.

    CNN: Transcript: Schippers, Lowell briefings before Judiciary panel, part 2

  • Some of the weeks incorporate both history and fiction, for example the reading of "A Man for All Seasons, " Robert Bolt's 1954 play -- later reworked into a famous 1966 film - about the life of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor to England's mercurial King Henry VIII in the 16th century.

    CNN: A moral take on leadership

  • For more than six decades, Sir Jimmy was one of Britain's most established showbusiness figures and a leading charity worker.

    BBC: Sir Jimmy Savile

  • In a stage and screen career spanning more than 36 years, Sir Ian has amassed five Olivier awards, a Tony and a Golden Globe.

    BBC: Sir Ian McKellen

  • She said HMIC had become more "independent" under Sir Denis O'Connor and its role would continue to change in future - including it reporting to Parliament rather than ministers.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • But Sir Mervyn said more needed to be done.

    BBC: Mervyn King calls for more action to boost economy

  • Given the plunge in the value of the pound after it was revealed that Sir Mervyn favoured more QE, this session will be scrutinised closely, and could have real-time effects on sterling.

    BBC: Week ahead in committees

  • It was a result that suited United's purposes more than Spurs' and Sir Alex Ferguson will be satisfied that they managed to contain one of their potential title rivals on home territory without ever threatening to hit the heights.

    BBC: Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

  • The journalists at the press conference had plenty of more radical suggestions to put to Sir Mervyn.

    BBC: No gold medals for the UK economy

  • Mr Olver has been chairman for more than eight years, while Sir Peter was appointed in 2003.

    BBC: BAE Systems investors call on chairman Olver to go

  • Sir George said a more integrated approach was needed towards the organisation of emergency care across the country.

    BBC: Emergency medicine czar appointed

  • Earlier, Met chief Sir Bernard called for more rigorous training of police officers with a "significant fail rate".

    BBC: Tom Winsor says outsiders will 'enrich' the police service

  • They scored their first UK number one single in September 2001, and have reached the top spot twice more, including a duet with Sir Elton John.

    BBC: Blue star on drink-drive charge

  • The Conservatives' David Cameron has been asked by Sir Thomas to provide more information about payments for which he over-claimed in 2006 when he changed his mortgage.

    BBC: Brown urges angry MPs to pay up

  • Sir Ronald is altogether more sophisticated and urbane.

    ECONOMIST: Face value

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