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  • British economy in modest recovery central bank governor

    Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said in a television interview that Britain's economy had achieved "only a modest recovery". "We are seeing a recovery. It's only a modest recovery, and we certainly can't be satisfied with it," the outgoing central bank governor King said in an interview with the Sky News' Murnaghan programme Sunday. "We will need to do more to use up the spare capacity ...

  • Windies begin preparation for Champions Trophy

    The West Indies will kick off preparations for next month's Champions Trophy in England when they embark on a five-day camp at the High Performance Centre (HPC) at the 3Ws Oval starting here Monday. The sessions will be overseen by West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson with assistant coach Tony Radford and the HPC's Andre Coley, also involved in the squad's preparation. The players are expected ...

  • Fergie stunned Man U players staff with Dont call me boss again final order

    Sir Alex Ferguson had stunned Manchester United players after he reportedly told them not to call him 'Boss' again, as his final order. The Scot ended his 26-year Old Trafford reign with a thrilling 5-5 draw against West Bromich Albion and will be succeeded by outgoing Everton boss David Moyes, The Sun reports. Making the quip to players and backroom staff at Old Trafford, Ferguson joked that ...

  • Cook hails Broad-Anderson combined strikeforce boosts Englands assault on world domination

    England captain Alastair Cook has praised his bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson, saying that the duo's combined strikeforce is a major help to his assault on world domination. Former England skipper Nasser Hussain introduced Anderson to Test cricket while English icon Michael Vaughan put him and Broad together to open the bowling attack five years ago in New Zealand, the Mirror ...

  • Fergie leads Scholes Owen and others on retirement road following farewell draw with West Brom

    Sir Alex Ferguson had led the way to a day packed with goodbyes after he bid farewell to Manchester United with 1500 games in charge after a record breaking 5-5 draw with West Bromich Albion. Following the Scot, football icons Paul Scholes, Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher, Steve Harper and Stilyan Petrov also drew curtains on their illustrious careers, the Mirror reports. However, the report ...


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The Scarlet Empress [DVD]

The Scarlet Empress [DVD]

Josef von Sternberg's sixth of eight collaborations with screen siren Marlene Dietrich, The Scarlet Empress, is a dense, visually astounding portrait a woman evolving from an innocent, inexperienced, and idealistic girl to a shrewd, calculating empress who uses all the tools at her disposal, including her immense sexuality, to gain absolute power. ...

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  • Man stabbed in chest in Lee has life-threatening injuries

    Man stabbed in chest in Lee has life-threatening injuries A 35-YEAR-old man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after he was stabbed in the chest this morning in Lee. Police were called at 10.15am to reports of an assault near Lee station. The victim is believed to have called an ambulance from nearby hairdressers Hair Deco, in Manor Lane. He was taken to hospital ...

  • Two charged after cocaine seizure at Gatwick

    News Two people have been charged after cocaine with a potential street value of 1 million was seized at Gatwick Airport. The two from the West Midlands, British nationals Kris Millwood, 29, of Beacon View Road, West Bromwich, and Sherelle Burke, 22, of Bridge Street, Coseley, Bilston, were arrested by Border Force officers at the airport's South Terminal. The pair had just ...

  • Burnt Oak fun day

    , Reporter A Burnt Oak church will be hosting a community fun day this bank holiday Monday. Pentecostal church The Burnt Oak Christain Fellowship will be treating residents of the North Road Estate to a free barbeque, bouncy castle, a jumbe sale as well as face painting and children's activities. Youth worker Marcus Ottaviani who is helping organise the event said: "The ...

  • Tickets running out for Crystal Palace beer festival at Selhurst Park

    The Cronx brewers Mark Russell and Simon Dale with the Crystals. The Crystal Palace Beer Festival is back for a third time this year and it is expected to be bigger than ever this weekend. In the space of three years, the Palace Beer Festival has become one of the biggest celebrations of ale and cider in the south of England. There will be more than 150 different beers and ciders on ...

  • VIDEO Balloon release marks 10th anniversary of Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfes unsolved death

    AS SHE let the first balloon go in the evening sunshine, the mother of an Erith schoolgirl killed 10 years ago said simply: "Love you, Gemma". Janet Robey's daughter Gemma Rolfe was just 12 when she died in a car crash after the 4x4 she was travelling in was hit by a stolen van near the junction between Slade Green Road and Canada Road in Slade Green. The driver fled the ...

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