1.   When mistakes are made a full apology is often less damaging than a grudging admission that events have not gone as planned.

2.   Wilde was emphatic that the event should go ahead.

3.   The event will go ahead as planned in Sheffield next summer.

4.   Events in March went a considerable way towards determining the outcome of the contests for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations.

5.   Hammond Wilde was equally emphatic that the event should go ahead.

6.   But the events were all going on now.

7.   However, officers from Halton Borough Council will be on hand to ensure the event goes off with minimum disturbance to residents living around Naughton Park.

8.   Council spokeswoman, Judith Feather, said they were delighted with how well the event had gone.

9.   And then, suddenly, a breakthrough occurred and events went the opposite way.

10.   And, as time goes by, ticket prices for performing-arts events go up.