The bird's eye view of the stunt shows Mr Connery, 42, plunging 2,400 feet wearing only a wingsuit as he homes in on his target - a pile of 18,600 cardboard boxes one mile away. From the air it becomes apparant how little margin for error the father-of-two had. The entire flight took less than a minute and was only given the green light because the weather conditions were “perfect”. Emerging from the boxes after landing, Mr Connery, from Henley-on-Thames, Oxon said he felt "absolutely wonderful". "I am in a strange zone at the moment. It is an amazing feeling. I feel incredible, just completely elated," he said. Continue reading →
I was staying with my family in Devon last weekend when my son Ludo spotted that the Olympic Torch Relay was due to pass through Dartmouth on Sunday morning. ‘Can we go, Daddy?’ he asked. ‘Please, please, please?’ Dartmouth was only ten minutes from the cottage we were renting, so it seemed churlish to refuse. Caroline and the other children were quite excited by the prospect, too. Even my curiosity was piqued. I envisaged a distinguished Olympian running with the torch, followed by a squad of young hopefuls. A scene from the director’s cut of Chariots of Fire. We arrived in Dartmouth at about 11 a.m., having read on the Torch Relay website that the parade was due to arrive at 11.25 a.m., and took ... Continue reading →
Nick Robertson, chief executive, will collect about 1.5m shares, worth £23.3m. Nick Brighton, finance director, will pick up shares worth £11.4m. Jon Kamaluddin, international director, and Robert Bready, product and trading director, will collect £9.6m and £12.4m respectively. The company explained that the pay outs came after the company enjoyed stellar growth over the last three years. On 31 March 2012, ASOS's market capitalisation was £1.37bn, up from £2189m three years previously, an increase of over 500pc. The details of the shares were published on the same day the company reported a jump in profits from £15.7m to £30.3m, and a 46pc increase in sales to £495m. The company has an ambition to sell £1bn of products to its overseas customers by 2015. The company ... Continue reading →
