Tom Bower on the grounds of the story being "substantially true". The action was heard in July 2009 and Desmond lost the case. An unauthorised biography by Bower of Richard Desmond, titled "Rough Trader", was written and printed in 2006, but still awaits publication. In 2011 Bower published a biography of the Formula One executive Bernie Ecclestone titled "No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone." Ecclestone cooperated with Bower in the writing of the book, facilitating introductions to people for Bower. Over lunch Ecclestone told Bower "You write what you like, provided it's more or less the truth, because I'm no
Cynthia Bower said by Grant Thornton to be present at a meeting where deletion of a critical report was allegedly discussed. Bower and Jefferson immediately denied being involved in a cover-up. In a later interview with "The Independent", Bower accused the CQC of commissioning the Grant Thornton report that was neither fair nor reasonable and “against natural justice”, but admitted that the CQC inspection whilst she was CEO had failed to uncover failings at Morecambe Bay trust: ""We should have registered it with conditions."" Cynthia Bower Cynthia Bower (born 6 July 1955) is a former manager in the National Health Service, and