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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 ...

  • Pietersen confirms fitness for Ashes after knee injury

    England batsman Kevin Pietersen who has not played since March owing to knee injury has confirmed that he will be returning to the team and aim for the Ashes series. Pietersen has said that he will return with the Surrey in their County Championship fixture against Yorkshire in the next week, Sport24 reports. According to the report, this fixture has been considered a comeback for Pietersen ...

  • 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 ...


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A Night to Dismember [DVD]

A Night to Dismember [DVD]

Only the most ardent exploitation and fringe cinema fanatics would argue that Doris Wishman is a good filmmaker in any sense of the word, but she is nothing if not opportunistic. Having gotten her start in 1960 by jumping on the nudist-exploitation bandwagon early in the cycle with Hideout in the Sun, the self-taught filmmaker became one of the most prolific independent female producer-dir ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Merton police given borough-wide powers to stop street drinking

    Police can now take away your drink from any public place in Merton Police now have the power to stop people drinking in the street anywhere in Merton after a borough wide drinking ban was approved. The borough wide controlled drinking zone (CDZ) will mean police and community support officers will be able to confiscate alcohol from people deemed to be acting in a disorderly manner in ...

  • June Sampson The tale of the tragic drowning at sea behind historic wall

    The wall forms the boundary of Tiffin School Every time I go by bus along Queen Elizabeth Road - something I have done several times a month for the past 40 years - my gaze is glued to the brick wall that stretches some 75ft along the east side of the road. It is, on the face of it, a dingy structure, barely worth a second glance. Yet it fascinates me because it appears to be ...

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