Tom Bower "", an investigation into corruption in English football. Bower's joint biography of Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel "" was published in November 2006. In February 2007, Black filed a libel suit in Toronto against Bower over the contents of the book. The suit was frozen when Black was convicted of fraud and imprisoned. The "Daily Express" proprietor Richard Desmond brought a libel action against Bower over a passing reference in "Dancing on the Edge". Desmond claimed that the book included an account of an incident that weakened his "super-tough" reputation as a businessman and was therefore defamatory. Bower denied libel
Cynthia Bower Cynthia Bower Cynthia Bower (born 6 July 1955) is a former manager in the National Health Service, and the first Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in the United Kingdom, from which she was forced to resign after the Winterbourne View hospital abuse investigation and a resultant investigation by the Department of Health. Brought up in a village close to the coal mining district of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, she was the daughter of the local sub-postmaster. After being educated at Hartland comprehensive school, she then graduated from Birmingham University with an honours degree in English. Unmarried, Bower has an