06.07.2006 [guardian] - I read the article by David Hencke (Government turns charities into multi-million pound businesses July 3) and felt compelled to respond in my capacity as chairman of Tomorrow's People, which was referred to in his article. Although government is in dialogue with the voluntary sector to make more effective use of our expertise in the delivery of publicly funded employment prog Sport Diary The Guardian, Saturday March 19 2005 David Stewart Fittingly, the biggest on-course bet on Gold Cup day was on the big-race winner Kicking King, a tidy £100,000 to £25,000 wager landed with a minimum of fuss. If only all Festival favourites won like that . . . In fact, with only four winning outright favourites over the four days, desperate punters approached the 24th and last race as a getting-out-stakes affair, Sport Diary The Guardian, Friday March 18 2005 David Stewart "The most money I've ever made in a day at the races" was how the big bookmaker and Channel 4 betting pundit Barry Dennis gleefully summed up a disastrous day for punters. All six favourites on the Festival's third-day card lost, most notably Baracouda after starting the shortest-priced "jolly" of the meeting so far at 6-5. The French-bred veteran sank the day's biggest bet o Sport Diary The Guardian, Thursday March 17 2005 David Stewart "Punters are back in the game - the day started with a well backed winner and finished with the 7-2 favourite Missed That getting home," declared David Hood of William Hill. "It's 1-1 with two days left." Biggest bet in the ring was a loser - £100,000 on Azertyuiop, comprehensively beaten into third. Another punter came within two lengths of a £165,000 win in the op Sport In the ring The Guardian, Wednesday March 16 2005 David Stewart ·Punters were a million quid down at Cheltenham yesterday and that was before the Festival started with a win for a 20-1 outsider. With the Gold Cup fancy Kingscliff the latest well backed horse to be scratched, the Ladbrokes spokesman Balthazar Fabricius estimated an industry-wide £1m loss for ante-post punters who lose their stake when their selections are taken
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