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LINKED NAMES: James Vaughan is a definite Town target, but reports over Dexter Blackstock, left, appear to be wide of the mark

DEXTER DEAL IS UNLIKELY; Blackstock reports quashed

YOUR report headlined "Pensions drain the coffers as budgets tighten" (The Journal, February 9) was wide of the mark in referring to gold-plated public sector pensions.

Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Pensions tin foil, not gold plate

But claims that the new structure will detract from views of the Council House and St Philip's Cathedral are wide of the mark.

Tower fears; THE BIRMINGHAM POST

Alan Hodges, from the charity, said: 'We are not encouraging people to be ungrateful but it is a fact of life that some of the gifts under the tree will be wide of the mark.

Present unwanted gifts to care charity

Mark Allott was the main threat posed by League One Chesterfield and twice drove left foot shots just wide of the mark.

Football: Scunthorpe 2 Chesterfield 0

Claims that the increase had been set deliberately low for election purposes were shown to be wide of the mark in a graph produced by Mr Phillips.

Low council tax rise not deliberate for election

Economic adviser Peter Spencer said the clamour for a another cut was wide of the mark.

FUTURE RATE CUT UNLIKELY

Rumours sweeping the wholesaling industry that Irish distribution giant BWG had been sold are well wide of the mark, according to a source close to the deal.

BWG sale talks still in progress. (Wholesale)

At first, it was left to the British design team to come up with some ideas, but those presented in Geneva--Spritual 1 and 2--were wide of the mark of what a Mini was all about.

Manufacturing the Mini. (Euro Auto)

Chinese male fantasies of the women's quarters as a still point in the noisy world are shown to be very wide of the mark, however, as women s enormous responsibilities for household and business management, education of children, and care for elders are detailed.

Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century

Helen Dickinson, head of retail at professional services firm KPMG, said: "Sadly, July was a lacklustre month and it's doubtful this trend will change as early expectations that the Olympics will raise retailers' fortunes look to be wide of the mark.

July 'lacklustre' for shops

A spokeswoman for the Met Office said reports of imminent snowstorms were wide of the mark.

Region to escape chill

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