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HRT confirms that test driver Ma Qing Hua was honoured by China for his rise to F1, but makes no mention of the rumoured race seat for 2013.

Sections of the Chinese media began reporting that Ma would graduate from a testing role to a full race seat next season after the driver appeared at a press event in his native Shanghai, but the team's version of events claimed that the relative unknown was merely being honoured for taking China onto the F1 stage during his Friday practice outings alongside Pedro de la Rosa.

Senior figures such as the director of the Shanghai Administration of Sports, Li Yuyi, the deputy director of the General Administration of Sports, Wan Heping, the chairman of Shanghai Automobile and Motorsports Association, Zhao Yinghua, and the CEO of JUSS Group, Zhang Huimin, as well as the Spanish Consulate's chairman, Gonzalo Ortiz, and HRT F1 Team business director, David Mancebo, were all present at the event.

"We want to congratulate Ma Qing Hua, the first Chinese F1 driver," Zhao Yingua confirmed, "This is an important milestone for Chinese motorsport and, from now on, we move into a new era. F1 is one of the most famous sporting events in the world and Ma Qing Hua's participation with HRT is great news for China. We are very proud of him and we wish him and the team the very best. We will also make a big effort to support him.

After first having joined HRT's 'Driver Development Programme' in May, Ma got his first chance to drive for the Spanish team in July's Young Driver Test at Silverstone, before being given the opportunity to build on that experience with runs in free practice at the Italian, Singapore and Abu Dhabi grands prix.

"At HRT, we are very happy with Ma since he began with us," Mancebo reported, "He has progressed notably in his development as a driver and has fitted into the team perfectly. He's a driver with incredible talent and great potential. Ma has achieved an historic milestone for Chinese and world motorsport by becoming the first Chinese driver to make his debut in F1. He has also met the expectations of every challenge he has been presented with and which were more complicated each time. Our team is a young one with a project which is still under construction that looks to the future and, without a doubt, we would like to continue counting on Ma Qing Hua for the future as we have done this year.

Ma had been reported to have landed a race deal for 2013, with Narain Karthikeyan - the driver hae has replaced during his FP1 exploits - supposedly looking to a future in Indycars [see separate story].

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By James Coney

PUBLISHED: 20:24 EST, 6 November 2012 | UPDATED: 05:03 EST, 7 November 2012

Ever since it took over Abbey in 2004 Santander has been fighting a desperate battle to improve the banks diabolical customer service.

Time and again in those eight years, the Spanish bank looks to have got on top of years of this terrible reputation. But though Abbey is gone, its spirit will not rest in peace. And yet again the ghost of Shabby Abbey seems to have returned to haunt Santander.

It always seemed likely to us that the stories of the readers we printed last week who had tried to get money from old passbook accounts only to be told the cash was missing were just the tip of the iceberg.

The name has been changed: But the innocent do not seem to be protected from a savings shamble at Santander.

But we were shocked by the number of letters and emails we have already received. They were still arriving as we went to press.

It now seems clear that, up and down the country, staff in Santander branches have been turning away customers who came in to withdraw money from accounts they were certain had money in them.

When the computer said no, these loyal savers were simply sent away. Are all these customers chancers and cheats? Are they all chronically forgetful? Or is it more likely that they are the victims of a bank which does not know what it is doing?

In most cases Santander has not proved that these customers have withdrawn their cash.And you have to wonder why other banks and building societies all of whom issued millions of passbook accounts dont also have this difficulty.

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LONDON, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

-Caption Betty and Dave's holiday snaps to win 500 of holiday money, or one of eight 100 vouchers-

Holiday Hypermarket has launched a social media competition challenging entrants to submit their funniest photo captions via Twitter. After the two-week competition, the leading online travel retailer will give away 100 vouchers to the eight wittiest tweeters, who will be entered into a pool to win an additional 500 jackpot.

Click on the Doll's Life infographic to submit your captions and stand a chance to win.

A microsite will track the travel photos of plastic dolls Betty and Dave, who explore the medinas of Morocco, light up the nightclubs of Ibiza and blaze a trail through Egypt's pyramids. Covering eight destinations in 14 days, the competition highlights some of the best destinations to visit this winter.

Betty and Dave's photos feature some of Britain's favourite sunshine destinations, such as Florida, Jamaica and Cyprus. There has been a surge in families searching for sunny getaways this autumn, due to a "summer holiday delay" caused by the Jubilee, Olympics and soaking wet summer.

Accompanied by a world map and brief destination guides, the photos are intended to highlight the possibility that there's still time to travel to far-flung holiday spots, even when the summer's over.

E-Commerce Manager at Holiday Hypermarket, Calum Macdonald, comments: "For those who delayed their summer getaway or are struggling with the early winter cold, we've put together a caption competition of the best winter holidays to book this year.

We wanted to present them in a fun, tongue-in-cheek way, and also to offer eight of the funniest entrants 100 holiday vouchers with our compliments. One lucky winner will also win an additional 500 towards a holiday, which will be announced when the competition closes on 15th November."

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