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  • Confident Tredwell backs England to win major Champions Trophy

    England off-spinner James Tredwell has said that he is confident that England can win the ICC Champions Trophy tournament this year, which is the country's first 50-over tournament, nearly 40 years after the first one was staged here. Alastair Cook's side are two games away from landing the tournament, with Sunday's nail-biting win over New Zealand in Cardiff, in what was effectively a ...

  • Clarke says disgraced Warner could miss Ashes over bar-room brawl with Root

    Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that disgraced opener David Warner may miss this summer's Ashes after his bar-room brawl with England's Joe Root. The left-hander has been suspended until the first Ashes test by Cricket Australia (CA) and fined 11, 500 dollars after throwing a punch at Root in a Birmingham pub, following Australia's loss to England in their ICC Champions Trophy ...

  • India-born Amol Rajan is editor of Londons The Independent

    Indian-born Amol Rajan has been appointed editor of the London morning daily The Independent, making him Fleet Street's first non-white editor, the newspaper reported Monday. Rajan, 29, was previously the daily's comment editor. Oliver Duff, who was executive editor and news editor of The Independent, has been named editor of sister title, i, while another executive editor, Lisa Markwell, has ...

  • Putin denies stealing Patriots Super Bowl $25000 ring

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has denies allegations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring. Putin added that he is ready to buy Kraft another ring as a gift. According to Politico, the Russian president was reacting through a spokesman to a New York Post story quoting remarks made by Kraft at an awards gala at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel last Thursday. Kraft ...

  • Pond life uncovered by scientific minds

    Thames Ditton Junior School pupils have been conducting their own hands-on research into the health and biodiversity of Littleworth Ponds. The project is being led by Jonathan Holmes, professor of physical geography at University College London, and aims to study the ponds over a four-year period. The school received a prestigious partnership grant from the Royal Society for the ...


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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-Ray]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-Ray]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a curio of early-80s international cinema: A story about a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java set in the early years of World War II, it was produced by internationally minded British producer Jeremy Thomas (who has ... ...

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  • Widower discovers giant mound of dirt dumped on wifes grave

    Shocking: What Stephen Badgery discovered when he visited his late wife's grave Gravediggers dumped a huge mound of earth on a woman's grave, leaving her bereaved husband shocked when he went to visit her. Stephen Badgery, 66, from Fullers Avenue in Tolworth, went to Merton and Sutton Cemetery on Sunday to visit his late wife, Hazel, who died last year of cancer caused by ...

  • Tony Abbott is weaker than Labors crisis suggests | Tad Tietze

    A good deal of recent commentary presumes that the flip side of Labor’s crisis is the Coalition having won popular acclaim for its policies and politics. Its logic is that an Abbott landslide would confirm that the electorate has moved to the right ...

  • Baptist minister turns nightrider for Princess Alice Hospice

    Nightrider: Richard Littledale, minister at Teddington Baptist Church A Baptist minister was among those who rode through London under starlit skies to raise money for Princess Alice Hospice. Richard Littledale, 48, minister at Teddington Baptist Church, raised more than 3,000 - three times his initial target - by cycling the 100km through the streets of the capital. Mr Littledale ...

  • Richmond schools launch sixth form prospectus

    Leading the way: Richmond's headteachers Headteachers launched the prospectus for the new sixth forms opening in September. Each school opening a new sixth form will host information days for prospective parents and students. The events and prospectus have been coordinated by Richmond's Post 16 Partnership, which includes all eight of the secondary schools and both ...

  • Christian charity proposed to run new Putney primary school

    Oasis already runs Oasis academy in Coulsdon near Croydon An educational charity is set to be named as the preferred sponsor of a proposed new primary school in Putney. Oasis Community Learning is expected to be confirmed by town hall once councillors on the education and children's services overview and scrutiny committee have met next week. The charity is Christian ...

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