• And just yesterday, the biggest cities of four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were in competition to host the Summer Olympics.

    NPR: New York, Los Angeles Step Up Security

  • The Canal and Rivers Trust, which advises on proposals affecting inland waterways, has backed the scheme to council planners as it says the increased competition would benefit canal users.

    BBC: Barby marina plan in Northamptonshire set for approval

  • In 1970, the International Cricket Council banned South Africa from international competition, leaving the country's cricket-mad fans deprived of the sport they loved, and their cricketers of the careers they dreamed of.

    CNN: Branded a rebel: Cricket's forgotten men

  • The design competition to completely overhaul the square was announced by the council last year.

    BBC: George Square redesign: Council drops radical revamp plan

  • It is disliked by many but it is the commission's task to be mean to a lot of people, be it member states (infringement procedures), undertakings (competition procedures) or the Council itself (withholding undesirable legislative initiatives).

    ECONOMIST: Europe's constitution

  • The landlords of the three shops being offered in the competition - the Mander Shopping Centre, The Wulfrun Shopping Centre and the council - will donate the premises rent free and cover most of the running costs.

    BBC: News

  • The International Year of Biodiversity competition was judged by Diana Garnham (Chief Executive, the Science Council), Felix Pepler (Creative Education Consultant) and Leo Vincent (UNESCO Associated Schools in the UK).

    UNESCO: IYB Competition

  • Some members of the Inspire Centre had criticised the council for not refunding some of their fees, as the main competition pool is out of action on Fridays and Saturdays until 2 February.

    BBC: Tom Daley's Splash! inspires divers in Luton

  • However, many Jedburgh residents were keen to see increased competition in the town, and the local community council had backed the application.

    BBC: Jedburgh supermarket bid rejected

  • However Jules Pipe, the Mayor of Hackney, claimed that council newsletters were not in competition with local papers.

    BBC: Communities and Local Government Committee

  • West Sussex County Council is running a competition inviting people to name the new bridge with the winner to be chosen in June.

    BBC: Shoreham swing bridge nearing completion

  • The council opted to buy the university land and undergo the development themselves, thus cancelling the tendering competition that had included MEL's site at Sweet Street in Holbeck and another site on Elland Road.

    BBC: Council wins Leeds Arena damages case

  • Russian organized crime syndicates and criminally linked oligarchs may attempt to collude with state or state-allied actors to undermine competition in strategic markets like natural gas, oil, aluminum, and precious metals, the National Security Council attests.

    FORBES: Russian Organized Crime Strategic Threat to US - NSC

  • The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has warned that "a model based on price competition is a blunt instrument".

    BBC: Legal aid: Government consults on ?220m savings plan

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