Anne Part 87 – CONCLUSION
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson When Anne’s cheeks finally were dry a little cobweb tie had been formed between herself and Heathcote. He had learned it from another, and that other, of course, a woman….
Euro misery for Manchester
The Manchester United manager says he is “disappointed” with his team’s 2-1 defeat in Switzerland against Basel which will see the side demoted to the Europa League. United finished third in Group C after they crashed out to FC Basel…
DART STUDY POINTLESS
Campaigners reject report as nonsense West Bay activists have rejected as nonsense a Dart-funded report on the benefits of closing the road in front of Public Beach and rebuilding the Marriott Hotel. The report, released on Wednesday by accounting giant Deloitte &…
Dead OAP was keep-fit enthusiast, says brother
A pensioner whose body was found floating near the Sandbar was a keep-fit enthusiast and marathon runner, his brother has revealed. Samir Rizk, 71, from the US, was discovered near Stingray City after he got into difficulties during a snorkelling…
Just about memories and me: Part 4
Sometimes we borrowed one of Merren’s trucks to take us to the beach. Our roads were only dust tracks with holes filled with a little marl. Men would bring the marl in a wheelbarrow and use a shovel to fill…
American sentenced to prison for Thai royal insult
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand sentenced a U.S. citizen to two and a half years in prison Thursday for defaming the country’s royal family by translating excerpts of a locally banned biography of the king and posting them…
Sandusky posts bail in latest sex abuse charges
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky posted bail yesterday after spending a night in jail following a new round of sex-abuse charges filed against him. Sandusky secured his release using $200,000 in real estate holdings…
Baldwin apologises to passengers, not airline
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin issued an apology Wednesday to fellow passengers on an American Airlines flight that was delayed by his refusal to stop playing a cellphone game — but stopped short of apologising to the airline or…
Church confirms pope to visit Cuba in spring
HAVANA (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI will visit Communist-run Cuba this spring, a senior Roman Catholic Church official said Thursday, the first trip by a pontiff since John Paul II’s historic tour in 1998. The exact date of the trip,…
