Catch up on the week

MONDAY

Lloyds chief executive Eric Daniels, below, became the latest banking boss to waive his bonus. Daniels told the board he would not take a 2.3 million payout, the second year in a row he has turned down a bonus. He will receive his 1.035m salary.

TUESDAY

Abbey Road studios, which played its part in famed recordings from Elgar to The Beatles, were given Grade II listed building status. The recognition is mainly for the key role the north London complex played in some of the most famous and influential albums of all time.

WEDNESDAY

An NHS hospital "routinely neglected" patients and displayed "systemic failings" in its approach to care, an independent report found.

The damning study found Mid Staffordshire and NHS Foundation Trust's appalling standards put patients at risk and between 400 and 1,200 more people died than would have been expected between 2005 and 2008.

THURSDAY

A mother who starved her seven-year-old daughter to death was cleared of murder after prosecutors accepted her defence of diminished responsibility. Angela Gordon, who admitted the manslaughter of Khyra Ishaq in May 2008, was formally found not guilty of murder at Birmingham Crown Court.

FRIDAY

Union bosses warned of possible industrial action over proposed BBC cuts.

Under the plans, the corporation would close down digital stations BBC 6 Music and the Asian Network, as well as cut the number of its web pages by half and online staff by a quarter.

GOOD WEEK

Angelina Jolie

She is often cited as the sexiest woman in the world, commands some of the highest pay cheques in Hollywood and is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN. But the Tomb Raider actor's stardom reached new heights last week when the citizens of Derby voted to name a new road Lara Croft Way after her most famous film role.

BAD WEEK

Adrian Chiles

The beardy poster boy of postprandial chit-chat was knocked off his perch last week when the BBC told him he will only be needed for four of The One Show's five weekly slots. The Corporation is extending Friday shows to an hour and has told him his workload is too heavy for the new format. Chiles has reportedly threatened to quit.

What the papers said… about Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's apology to the Scottish Parliament over writing to a sheriff suggesting a convicted fraudster could be spared jail

Daily Record: The Deputy First Minister's sincere apology will impress voters far more than shouting "It wisnae me" at maximum volume when it is clear to all that a mistake has been made.

The Scotsman: It would have been better had Ms Sturgeon and Mr Salmond considered the difficulty they were in when the Rauf story broke and apologised immediately, rather than initially trying to tough it out, only to have to climb down embarrassingly.

The Herald: An acknowledgement of misjudgment and an undertaking to learn from the experience earns more respect than a macho stand-off involving heavyweight politicians.

RIP: KERMIT TYLER

1916-2010

"DON'T worry about it." With those words, the young US Army Air Force pilot, on radar watch, dismissed a large blip on his screen out to sea off Hawaii.

Moments later, on 7 December 1941, the US fleet at Pearl Harbour was bombed by 180 Japanese aircraft , propelling the US into the Second World War.

Cleared of blame, Tyler flew combat missions and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He died at his San Diego home aged 96 last week.

THIS LIFE:

SOME people will do anything to get in the Guinness World Records. Keith Malcolm, 39-year-old nurse from Aberdeen, will be in there for the longest run while on fire. Last July, he doused himself in petrol and set off running engulfed in flames that reached a temperature of 1000C.

He managed 259ft, beating the previous record of 227ft.

A Guinness World Records spokesman warned the feat should only be tried by professional stuntmen.

Keith is merely an enthusiastic amateur but appeared to know what he was doing.

For the stunt, he put on eight layers of protective clothing, including four layers of fireproof undergarments, a Formula One fireproof jacket, three sets of overalls, three fire hoods, a helmet and, underneath the lot, a coating of fire-retardant stunt gel.

BEST OF THE BLOGS:

In a week where one leading Scottish politician was complaining about the forces of hell being unleashed on him, while another was apparently trying to suggest that he was next to God (or was that God next to him?) it turns out that a third is actually going try to take on the fiery inferno herself. But whilst Chancellor Alistair Darling's motive may have been revenge on the Prime Minister and Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy was seemingly hoping to gain some electoral advantage, SNP MSP Christina McKelvie's stunt is for charity. Whilst many politicians would walk on hot coals to get elected later this year, Ms McKelvie is to do that on 12 March to raise money for motor neurone disease, a condition her father suffered from.

*I have just been reminded that this is not Ms McKelvie's first experience of playing with fire. She once admitted to having an interesting tattoo of a dragon.

David Maddox, 75668">the Steamie

The ONS have revised the Q4 growth figure from a sickly 0.1% to a meagre 0.3%. An improvement but still nothing to be cheery about. What this figure does do though is decrease the chances that on 23rd April Britain will officially be back in a recession. The odds on an early election were slashed last night, but this news is good for those holding out that the election will be 6th May.

Guido Fawkes

It's not been a good week for Labour. A Prime Minister accused of bullying and now a Cardinal saying he 'hopes the Pope gives Labour hell' when he next visits Scotland. Cardinal O'Brien might have been more inclined to keep his thoughts to himself, had it not been for Jim Murphy's extraordinary and egregious attempt to portray the Labour Party as being the natural political home for people of faith. Quite rightly, Murphy has taken an absolute kicking from opponents and in the press for his trouble.

Richard Thomson

THE WEEK ON THE WEB:

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There are no aliens in Area 51. Homeopathy is hokum. Nessie is a fake. At least that is what the boffin boys at the world's biggest online myth-busters say. Skeptic's Dictionary is the best place on the web to check out whether the latest craze has any truth in it.

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TWEETS:

AndyRileyish: 'Tensomethings': the new name for teenagers.

davidschneider: Surely if homeopathy works the NHS could give it a very small sum, say 2, and that should trigger it to fund itself.

jupitusphillip (right]: Just been asked if I'd do an interview for a TV show for the BBC which I submitted to them and was rejected four years ago... Nice...

DrSamuelJohnson: Implants (n.) Globules of Insincerity, oft plac'd athwart a Slattern's Frontspiece

caitlinmoran: *mid afternoon slump.* Mummy needs wine.

patrickharvie: After a long winter, going home from work when it's still light feels almost like bunking off.

scottiesays: Hilarious. The BBC has just announced that 'Marshall Mathers' (right] will 'top the Bill' at T in the Park. What is this, 1950?

MichaelRosenYes: I never did not say that I had or had not ever accused the PM of not having said that he would or wouldn't, so let's get real here.

dianainheaven: Will have to change my password from 'squidgy' to something harder to guess.

supersonicpr: Cheryl Cole is separating from her husband Ashley Cole. Cheryl asks the media to respect her privacy during this difficult time.