He was left to weave a path through slower traffic while using a mobile phone to contact the police. Within minutes patrol cars were providing a rolling escort and trying to warn away other motorists.One police officer suggested that he turn off the engine but Mr Rayner feared this would activate the steering lock, causing the lorry to overturn.Eventually Mr Rayner chose to crash into the barriers on the hard shoulder, but his actions prompted accusations from the Crown that he had deliberately prolonged the drama because he was enjoying the excitement. Mr Rayner told the court he had been genuinely concerned that the police suggestions would lead him to kill himself and possibly others.. A HONG Kong businessman is claiming ownership of a second pounds 1.5m National Lottery ticket, having already won pounds 1.5m for the same winning numbers.
Oi Wah Hui, who owns a factory in Britain employing 300 people, bought his winning ticket in March. But he claims that he bought another ticket on the same day at the same news-agents in Bayswater, west London, with the same numbers. The High Court was told yesterday that the second winning ticket was kept by a friend, Emile Choucair, a businessman from the Lebanon. Mr Choucair claims that he had a deal with Mr Oi that they would share any winnings. He passed the second ticket to Camelot, who have paid the second pounds 1.5m into court to await the outcome of the trial.
"This case concerns greed on a massive scale," said Jonathan Crystal, counsel for Mr Choucair.. BLUE-CHIP companies are struggling to attract enough recruits as students opt to travel round the world rather than enter the job market. A survey of 11,427 finalists at 25 leading universities reveals that up to a third of those graduating this summer who want a job have been put off applying because of pressure to complete course work and worries over their final exams. Instead, they intend to take time off, go travelling or enrol on postgraduate courses. Martin Birchall of High Fliers Research, an independent research organisation that did the survey, said graduates who sacrificed job prospects for a good degree were making a mistake. Personal skills and work experience were often more important.The survey found a big fallin the number of graduates expecting to join the job market this year. Just 29 per cent of finalists expected to start a full-time job soon after university and a further 14 per cent thought they would be looking for work Last year's combined figure was 49 per cent.