«As a result of the announcement of this higher cash offer, the Independent Committee is withdrawing its recommendation of the offer announced by 21CF on 15 December 2016 and is now terminating the co-operation agreement entered into with 21CF on the same date,» Sky said in a statement. (cnbc.com)
Postscript — I feel compelled to add something to this post as a result of the announcement about a metro mayor for Greater Manchester (3-11-14) based around the Combined Authority area of 10 local councils. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
That's the result of an announcement that the Department for Education is to try to get good heads to go to areas that lack good schools. (bbc.co.uk)