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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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  • Horley fundraiser pedals 40 miles on a bicycle made for brew

    News Horley resident Jon Hobden took to two wheels for charity on "a bicycle made for brew." For Jon was one of more than 300 people who took part in the St Catherine's Sussex Weald Bike Ride last weekend, raising money for St Catherine's Hospice in Crawley. But Jon raised a smile by riding an old Wessex Brewery bike for 40 miles. Jon said: "My brother ...

  • He could understand the alphabet at ten months old

    Children are told they should walk before they can run but an 8-year-old from Tottenham could read before he could do either. Joshua Beckford, of Portland Road, could understand the alphabet and could point to different colours on a chart when he was ten months old. At age six he and started taking classes at the University of Oxford and now dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon. His ...

  • MP opens new classrooms

    , Reporter A Hendon school made the first steps in its expansion plans by celebrating the opening of new Year 1 classrooms. Pupils and teachers at St Mary's and St John's CE Primary School in Prothero Gardens were joined by MP for Hendon Matthew Offord to officially open the two new Year 1 classrooms. Mr Offord thanked pupils and staff for inviting him to cut the ribbon, ...

  • Cub Scout leader banged head before four-day disappearance

    Martyn Kertai had not been seen since Wednesday when he was picked up by police officers wandering along the River Lee last night A Cub Scout leader sparked a large manhunt when he mysteriously went missing for more than four days. Martyn Kertai, a leader at the 5th Enfield Cub Scouts, was picked up by police officers yesterday evening wandering "in a bit of a daze" along the ...

  • Charity flags up Surrey Polices record for taking DNA samples from children

    News Surrey Police's record for taking DNA swabs from children has been flagged up by the world's oldest penal reform charity. Figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform, and released this week, showed that the Force took DNA samples from 16 children every week during 2011, the most recent year details are available for. The research showed Surrey officers took ...

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