Rumour has long circulated that he named his company after the French epic poem La Chanson de Roland.

Rumour has it that money was so tight that George would only allow a central strip for the runway to be mowed as he needed the profit from the hay crop!

The former assumption has persisted to the present day, with writers of fiction, such as Mary Renault, and the film director Oliver Stone among its proponents, as well as modern historians such as Paul Cartledge, who says: " Rumour had it — and rumour was for once surely correct — that he and Alexander had once been more than just good friends.

Rumour has it that one of the entrances to these tunnels can be found in the basement of a house along Old Market Street.

: And all that Rumour has announced of grace!

" Rumour has it that the role of Jack Bauers father will be played by Lester Metcalf from the United Kingdom in the upcoming 24 movie adaptation

Rumour has it that Blanchefleur is soon to be his next chosen bride.

Rumour has it that their parents left them in the asylum many years ago, and in revenge, Rodge took an axe to them both.

Rumour has it that this album was recorded in a week, during a period where Kool Keith & Godfather Don locked themselves away from the outside world ( in a basement ), only adding additional vocals after they emerged from their retreat.

Rumour has it that when planted in the late 19th century, the village idiot was employed to bang a drum all day to keep birds off the branches to ensure they grew tall and true.

Apatow's next directorial effort, the Knocked Up spin-off This Is Forty, has been set by Universal Pictures for a December 21, 2012 release and features Graham Parker & The Rumour.

Rumour has it that hotel owner Peter Wall threatened to call off the construction if the city forced him to replace all of the dark-paned glass, so a settlement was reached where only the remaining portion of the building ( 1 / 3 of its height ) was faced with the typical " Yaletown green " lighter-coloured glass now common in the city's newer areas.

Rumour has it that Raj was well on his way to finishing a medical degree and " dropped out " to pursue music

Rumour has it that many drew their blinds in passing through New England.

Rumour has it that the name came from the ducks in the moat.

They made their first tour there in 1978, where they spotted rising Australian band The Sports, who subsequently supported Parker and the Rumour on their early 1979 UK tour.

" I Heard a Rumour " was their strongest performing international hit from this album.

In 2008 – 2009, James Shortt, Director General of the International Bodyguard Association, claiming SAS and Parachute Regiment service, was outed as a " Walt " by the British Army Rumour Service ( ARRSE ) website and subsequently reported on by Private Eye and The Sun.

Kusturica's autobiography, Smrt je neprovjerena glasina ( Death is an Unverified Rumour ), was published in October 2010 in Belgrade by Novosti AD.

* On 8 April 2011, Kusturica was the first person ever to receive " Momo Kapor award ", for his book Death is an Unverified Rumour

Parker and the Rumour built a reputation as incendiary live performers: the promotional album Live at Marble Arch was recorded at this time and shows off their raw onstage style.

Bob Andrews left The Rumour in early 1980, and was not officially replaced.

Though it did not sell well, Dekker was still a popular live performer and toured with the Rumour.

The White Rumour Plan was put into action, as part of which wild rumours were spread in Amsterdam, including that the Provos were preparing to dump LSD in the city water supply.

Danny Rumour ( aka Daniel John Atkins ) was a member of punk rock bands Blackrunner, Urban Guerrillas, Friction, Ugly Mirrors and Bedhogs in Sydney from the mid-1970s to 1980.

After Sekret Sekret disbanded, The Cruel Sea was formed in late 1987 by Elliot on drums and Rumour on guitar.

Rumour's first solo album was released in October 2007 as by Dan Rumour and The Drift.

Rumour managed to increase this scandal, suggesting that the sale of the estate was fictitious to avoid confiscation if Darrell was ever convicted, and that Popham kept Littlecote from Darrell's heirs ( which he did not have ).

Rumour suggested that the relatively low-key celebration of the 1st Anniversary was due to the disappointing performance of the theme park.

Rumour noted later by the curious antiquary John Aubrey had it that she was the " concubine " of Richard Sackville, Earl of Dorset ( died 1624 ), who had children by her and settled upon her an annuity of £ 500 per annum.

Rumour was that the SR stood for ' STATESIDE REPLICA ' and this was what Kawasaki thought a replica should be!

In his book " A Rumour of War " covering the 4th Marines tour of Vietnam the journalist Philip Caputo states that USS Reasoner ( FF-1063 ) was named after Reasoner.

It was co-produced by Graham Parker and The Rumour keyboardist Bob Andrews and included a dancehall version of Neil Young's " Powderfinger " and Country Dick singing of " Beat Generation " with backing vocals from Dave Alvin, Nick Lowe, Gene Taylor, Dan Stuart, and Loudon Wainwright III.

So now, in the Autumn of 1791, looking from the sky-windows of Cap Français, thick clouds of smoke girdle our horizon, smoke in the day, in the night fire ; preceded by fugitive shrieking white women, by Terror and Rumour.

In the spring of 2011 Parker reunited with all five original members of The Rumour to record a new album.

* Info on Dan Rumour and The Drift, from Bombora record company.

Touring with the group in the US he encountered independent local record labels in used record stores and was inspired on his return to the UK in spring 1976 to found Stiff ( music business parlance for a flop ) with Robinson, then manager of Graham Parker & the Rumour.

They were somewhat aware of the situation with regards to the rumours, but did not take them entirely seriously — possibly because the UK's New Musical Express famously published an article on the Beatles-as-Klaatu theory under the title " Deaf Idiot Journalist Starts Beatle Rumour ".

Parker and the Rumour gained a following in Australia thanks to the support of Sydney independent rock station Double Jay ( 2JJ ) and the ABC's weekly pop TV show Countdown, which gave the group nationwide exposure in Australia.

He recorded an album called Black & Dekker which featured his previous hits backed by The Rumour, Graham Parker's backing band and the Akrylykz ( featuring Roland Gift, later of the Fine Young Cannibals ).

Rumour claims that Hirst had had his own coffin built with windows and shelves, which he kept in his front room and charged people to sit in.

Rumour at the time had it that Fiat was angry because the Ronda restyling was in fact too close to their own planned restyling for the Fiat Ritmo, which they had to scrap.