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  • National pride to be Proteas primary focus in CT semi with England says De Villiers

    South African captain AB de Villiers has said that national pride will be the primary focus of his team when they take on England in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy at The Oval on Wednesday. Ahead of what is arguably what is one of his toughest tests as a captain, De Villiers however, said that his team is privileged to be in this position, adding that they have an opportunity ...

  • US Taliban to have direct peace talks

    The US has decided to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced. The first meet is due to take place in the coming days in Qatar's capital, where the Taliban have opened their first official overseas office, BBC reported. US officials told reporters the first formal meeting between the US and Taliban representatives was expected to take place in Doha ...

  • Champions Trophy Srinath match referee for first semifinal

    Former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath was Tuesday appointed the match referee for the first Champions Trophy semifinal between England and South Africa at the Oval on Wednesday. Kumar Dharmasena and Rod Tucker are the on-field umpires while Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis have been appointed as third and fourth umpires, International Cricket COuncil (ICC) said. Englishman Chris Broad has ...

  • Assange Fit enough to stay in Londons Ecuadorean embassy for another five years

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that he is fit enough to spend another five years in the Ecuadorean embassy. According to the Guardian, Ecuador foreign minister Ricardo Patino said that neither London nor Quito was showing any signs of backing down and Assange's situation is totally 'unjust'. Assange who has been holed up in the embassy for nearly a year faces prosecution over sexual ...

  • 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 ...


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Heathers [DVD]

Heathers [DVD]

In the 12 years since its initial (and brief) theatrical release at the end of the John Hughes cycle of teen comedies and dramas in the late 1980s, Heathers has not aged a bit, and its sharp satirical edges show no sign of wear or softness. If anything, the passage of time has only emphasized just how prescient Heathers was in 1989. The points it makes about the violence-prone absur ... ...

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  • Pupils get a taste of new sixth form

    Totally Radnor: The new sixth form opens in September Year 10 students at Radnor House School got a taste of being a sixth former this month, when they tested out different AS and A-level subjects. The school, in Cross Deep, will open a new sixth form next year, admitting 60 pupils. Director of sixth form Patrick Crossley said: "We will work with our pupils on an individual ...

  • Purley pupils design posters to mark National Care Home Day

    The pupils from Cumnor House School with their posters Creative pupils from a Purley school showed of their art skills in a competition to design a poster reflecting what 'care' means to them. The students from Cumnor House School are participating in Sunrise Senior Living of Purley's celebrations for National Care Home Open Day on Friday. The care home will open its ...

  • Carshalton Village welcomes first village market

    Tansy Honey from EcoLocal A new village market opens this weekend. The first Carshalton Village Market will be held on Saturday June 22 in Grove Park by the Ponds between 10am and 4pm. Flowers, jewellery, cakes and pastries will be on offer, and children can have fun painting their own mug. All the businesses at the market are from the Carshalton area. The market is run by ...

  • Ashes Fawad Ahmed still in the frame to face England despite being named in Australia A squad

    Australia Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed is being sent to Africa on an Australia A tour at the same time as the Ashes series.But Ahmed remains in contention for the Ashes should his Australian citizenship be approved in time.Ahmed and fellow tweaker Ashton Agar were on Wednesday named in a 15-man Australia A squad for an African tour next month.Ahmed's citizenship is expected to be ...

  • Face-down restraint ban considered

    Ministers will consider a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals after new figures that show nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint were recorded in just one ...

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