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In connection with French train company Govia winning the South Central franchise, Michael Barrow, economics lecturer in SOC, explained to the Evening Argus (25 Oct) why the French public sector is so successful in bidding for UK privatised industries.

Time Out magazine (18-25 Oct) consulted probabilities expert Dr John Haigh (SMS), on the coincidence of people's names matching their jobs, such as Arsenal FC manager being called Arsene Wenger. John predicted the probability in this case to be "quite high", and went on to suggest that Spurs' old Argentinian winger Ricardo Villa could, conceivably, have taken charge of Aston Villa.

BBC Southern Counties (October 20), the Mail on Sunday (15 Oct) and the News of the World (15 Oct) ran stories on the new student allotment scheme, emphasising the warning from Environmental Officer, Amanda Hastings: "We don't mind what they grow, as long as it's legal."

Channel 4 News (26 and 29 Oct), the Financial Times (24 Oct) and La Monde were among the media outlets calling Dr Erik Millstone, Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Policy in SPRU, to seek his comments on the outcome of Lord Phillips' BSE inquiry.

Dr Martyn Stenning, an ecologist in BIOLS, spoke to the Guardian and the Evening Argus (20 Oct) about the floods. He was quoted as saying that global warming exacerbates climate idiosyncrasies and will lead to heavy rainfall events.

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