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The owner of Falcon and Dawes made a loss before taxation of £2,157,00 to the year ended 31st January 2006. In December 2005 the company said it thought its losses would be "around £150 000 before exceptional items and goodwill amortisation."

The Next website does well in The Retail Bulletin's code testing, carried out by website testing company SiteMorse, but major retailers such as Dixons, M&S and Halfords have websites that fail basic accessibility tests, says the testing company. However, is SiteMorse any good?

In 2004 Trek gave President Bush a $2700 Fuel MTB. White House gift disclosure documents reveal that the bike-mad president's gift increased in price in 2005: Trek gave him a bike worth $5474. And two pairs of Nike cycling shoes...

The route chosen for the final day - laps around London - uses part of the route that will be used by the Tour de France Grand Depart in 2007.

Bikeforall.net has news that Wayne Rooney is getting back to fitness by cycling around Manchester United's training ground. There's a pic of the metatarsally-challenged footballer on his bike. But, again, Rooney looks like he's picked the wrong shoes...