1.   Customs authorities confirmed that Mr Gibbins owns property in Moscow, but dismissed reports that he had gone abroad as speculation.

2.   He dismissed newspaper reports that he had expressed concern about the possibility of a recession.

3.   The chairman dismissed the report as pure speculation.

4.   Saudi officials have dismissed such reports as rumours.

5.   Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation.

6.   Today the judge dismissed reports from two psychiatrists who said they did not believe Bourgois was dangerous.

7.   He dismissed reports that overfishing was causing sharks to seek other prey.

8.   COUNTY council officials in Cleveland have angrily dismissed reports that they have scrapped plans for a revolutionary light rail network.

9.   Airport police confirmed Demeke had gone through security checks, dismissing reports that he had avoided them by transferring from an Oslo flight.

10.   A Scottish Office spokesman dismissed recent reports that private organisations were preparing plans for private prisons as pure speculation.