| The police bust that scuppered the alleged plans followed a tip-off from a member of the public at about 8pm on Monday. |
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| Thousands will have to claim refunds and rebook with other airlines or face having their holiday plans scuppered. |
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| Byron's enthusiastic exploration of the Venetian fleshpots eventually scuppered his relationship with Marianna Segati and her husband. |
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| And a growing environmentalist movement in the country has already scuppered a leading mining project. |
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| The absence of the two captive witnesses has probably scuppered the entire case. |
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| Residents breathed a huge sigh of relief today after plans to mine coal under their village were scuppered by Mother Nature. |
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| At a stroke, scientists have scuppered religion and taken the moral sting out of infidelity. |
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| Rochefort was cast to play the lead, but his illness scuppered the picture. |
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| An outdoor summer party was scuppered by police, who believed it to be an illegal rave. |
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| If they don't, any chance of them achieving rock royalty status will be scuppered. |
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| Perhaps they've just been scuppered by inexperience and the difficulties of the devised show. |
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| I had planned a picnic, but that was scuppered by the dark, dark, threatening clouds that loomed over Berkshire this afternoon. |
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| The plans were almost dashed when lorry driver Daniel, 23, injured his knee and scuppered his chances of running the race. |
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| Consumer confidence in the integrity of the animal food supply chain is scuppered. |
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| The French and Dutch have scuppered the project, yet you go on as if this never happened. |
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| The rift that scuppered the Meech proposal and, later, the Charlottetown proposal served as the backdrop for the 1995 referendum. |
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| In 1995, then Environment Minister Sheila Copps had also seen her version of the Act scuppered by a federal election call. |
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| Fifteen years ago, Near Dark went largely unnoticed, its box-office chances scuppered by a release date too close to that of a more teen-friendly vampire flick, The Lost Boys. |
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| But those hopes were scuppered by Friday's torrential rain which also made Saturday a total washout, and even prevented any play until after lunch yesterday. |
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| The bid was expected to be approved before it was scuppered by the phone hacking scandal this summer. |
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| Alas, the filming of Roman Holiday went on too long and scuppered the wedding plans entirely. |
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| The package was completed by a set of training wheels, to help diminish his understandable fear of falling off that had scuppered our previous attempts. |
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| My dwarves have scuppered the concept by growing to well over six feet. |
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| The weather scuppered the viewing of the winter solstice sunset from Maeshowe on Tuesday, with low cloud and rain making for an unspectacular event. |
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| Plans to house hundreds of asylum-seekers in rural centres could be scaled down to try to save key reforms being scuppered by the Lords, the Government hinted yesterday. |
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| We have told how posties found undelivered mail piling up in sorting offices and how city events that depended on post getting through have been scuppered. |
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| The EU's intransigence on these matters scuppered the previous round of talks at The Hague. |
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| His hopes were scuppered by the highly-strung but surprisingly speedy His toric. |
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| Unfortunately, last week a framework decision on prisoner transfers was scuppered by the opposition of one Member State. |
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| Styling was not a strong suit of the original C5 but today's car appears to have banished the frumpiness that scuppered its predecessor. |
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| Hayne subsequently scuppered a barge in King's Lock, and for the next eight years goods had to be transhipped around it. |
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| The move is designed to make translation costs 20 times cheaper and promises to bring to a close a long-running language dispute which has scuppered efforts to streamline Europe's expensive patent system. |
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| Although scuppered on this occasion, the Unimog RIV is a genuine all-terrain performer. |
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| His week-long attempt to show us how tolerant and peaceful Syrian society was had been scuppered by a single act of heavy-handedness. |
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| The British and Irish governments should agree to put the recommendations to the people of Northern Ireland in a referendum to ensure it could not be scuppered by political parties. |
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| Indeed, an obstinate attachment to that aim has already cost us dear at this stage, since it scuppered the deal struck with the Council on inclusion of the rights of immigrants and asylum-seekers. |
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| However, the crisis in the technology stock market scuppered this plan. |
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| We all know that, when different parties are involved in sensitive political negotiations, sometimes there is a need for secrecy in order to avoid a deal being scuppered. |
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| It was quite clear from the result that the majority in this House wanted that resolution passed today and it would have been an absolute tragedy if it had been deliberately scuppered. |
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| The definitive rejection of the Constitutional Treaty by France and the Netherlands has scuppered plans to implement a European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy. |
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| The outbreak of the Gulf War not only scuppered Mami's ambition to establish raï in America, but also caused the album's flop in France, where it was banned on all French radio stations. |
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| Ultimately, though, it was injury that once again scuppered his best efforts, just as his talent was starting to shine and the Madrid press began citing a 'Robben dependence' at the club. |
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| However, only two further victories against the Faroes and Serbia were to follow, and their six defeats ultimately scuppered any chances of a place in South Africa. |
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| Late in the evening the wind shifted to south-east, which seems to have scuppered my chances to pass the island of Maéwo at its northernmost point. |
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| Then Nicola is left open-mouthed with disbelief when the trip is scuppered thanks to some last-minute meddling by her husband. |
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| Mr Harborow said executives from MTV visited the city on numerous occasions but a key visit in January was scuppered because of high-speed winds. |
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| A COMEBACK bid by Sir Malcolm Rifkind was scuppered by English Tories last week because Iain Duncan Smith feared a leadership challenge. |
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| Their bid was scuppered after disabled member and paralympian, Sean Rose, fell ill. |
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| Showers scuppered English victory hopes at Lord's and further wet weather made batting treacherous on the opening day of the seven-wicket defeat at Trent Bridge. |
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| Meanwhile, Naani's plan for a professional family photograph is scuppered when Alia seeks to use the studio session to get photos for her fashion website. |
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| The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected. |
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| The show also scuppered a prospective Hirst retrospective at Tate Modern. |
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| Jenkins' plans were only scuppered when Premier Rugby instructed Worcester not to release Chris Horsman because the Test falls outside the agreed international w indow. |
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| Real shirty reaction scuppered Robinho Manchester City's record signing, Robinho, has admitted for the first time how getting shirty cost him his big move to Chelsea. |
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