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  • New Man U boss Moyes imprints identity by axing Fergies backroom staff

    New Manchester United boss David Moyes has started to imprints his own identity on the club by wielding the axe on former boss Sir Alex Ferguson's backroom staff at United. The former Everton boss booted out No.2 Mike Phelan, who had been Ferguson's right-hand man since 2008, and goalkeeping coach Eric Steele, as he reportedly wants his own assistants in Old Trafford, the Mirror reports. The ...

  • Exhausted Vettori faces black cloud over Test future after Leeds Test pull out

    According to the New Zealand media, master spinner Daniel Vettori has a black cloud hovering over his Test-playing future after he pulled out of the second test against England at Leeds, fearing that his body cannot cope with the strenuous exertion in the five days that will follow. According to Stuff.co.nz, although the former captain was poised to overtake Stephen Fleming for a record 112th ...

  • Prince William very excited about becoming dad

    Prince William is very excited at the prospect of becoming a father, the chief executive of a charity has revealed. "He is looking forward to being a dad. He's very excited about it," People magazine quoted Seyi Obakin, chief executive of the charity Centrepoint - whose aim is to help homeless young people -, as saying. During the secret visit to Centrepoint's Bruce House in London earlier ...

  • Root hits maiden England century

    94th over: England 337-7 (Prior 38 Swann 21) Doug Bracewell is knacked with cramp. He's strolling around the boundary back to the pavilion, pursued by a young autograph hunter whose pleas the bowler is pretending not to hear. Prior has belted one more four, past cover point, to raise the fifty partnership. A little fun in all the late afternoon sun, this. But it's all over now. This ...

  • VIDEO Bikers pay tribute to Drummer Lee Rigby

    Bikers pay tribute to Drummer Lee Rigby HUNDREDS of bikers rode to Woolwich Barracks this afternoon (May 25) to pay their respects to murdered soldier Drummer Lee Rigby. They shared a moments silence and the Ode of Remembrance was then recited in tribute to the young father. He was hacked to death in John Wilson Street on Wednesday as he was returning to the barracks after spending ...


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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse [DVD]

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse [DVD]

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, an utterly absorbing documentary about the torturous three-year production of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), begins the only place it could: at Coppola's press conference following the u ... ...

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  • Enfield businesses terrorised by gangs of school children

    Enfield businesses terrorised by gangs of school children Enfield shopkeepers say "something must be done" after Enfield Town was brought to a standstill by gangs of school children yesterday. Three 16-your-olds were arrested, two of them for assaulting a police constable, and three police officers received minor injuries yesterday when a gang of between 80 and 100 young people ...

  • Serious police incident in Morden

    The scene in Morden today. Picture by Kevin Whincup A police cordon was put up in Morden today after a serious incident. The incident took place in Aberconway Road, at the one-way system around Merton Civic Centre, and there is a police cordon around Morden police office and Ladbrokes bookmakers. Two independent residents have said they heard the incident was a "stabbing", ...

  • Best-selling author Cressida Cowell launches young writers contest

    Cressida Cowell Budding young writers could win a trip to Disneyland Paris if their words impress a top author. Best-selling author Cressida Cowell will judge the competition, which is open to children aged five to 14 who must pen a 500 word story on the theme around the world. The author, who is the creator of the How To Train Your Dragon series, will present the winner with a ...

  • Punters say cheers as pub reopens

    , Reporter Beer drinkers said cheers last week as they welcomed the reopening of a refurbished Epsom pub. The Rifleman in East Street opened on Saturday, May 18, and now serves six cask ales on tap including beers from local microbreweries. The pub's licensee Mo Ismail has promised punters top notch food and booze and drinkers can sample its beer in small tasting glasses. ...

  • 48 rescued as tourist boat runs aground of Welsh coast

    sent out a mayday call just before 1pm saying it had run aground at Little Sound, part of Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast and was taking on ...

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