77 NOT OUT
On Joan’s 77th Birthday lOth Sept ‘11 Seventy-seven and not out is a pretty good score If I were playing cricket I would certainly want more But I consider myself lucky to have reached this age Giving me more time…
Kenny backs under fire Andy
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has defended Andy Carroll following recent criticism of the striker’s lifestyle from England coach Fabio Capello. Carroll was a substitute in England’s win against Wales after Capello said: “If he wants to be a good player…
Gload’s hit lifts Phillies over Braves
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ross Gload rounded first base and stopped before a mob of teammates swarmed him. Gload has struggled lately, so the playful punches were most welcome. Gload hit a pinch RBI single with one out in the bottom…
Hockey chief vows to rebuild
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian ice hockey team decimated by a plane crash will be rebuilt in time to take part in this year’s Kontinental Hockey League season. All but one of the 28 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players traveling to Belarus…
Kids with Bush on 9/11 saw change sweep over him
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — The 16 children who shared modern America’s darkest moment with President George W. Bush are high school seniors now — football players, ROTC members, track athletes, wrestlers and singers. They remember going over an eight-paragraph story…
Bon Jovi in 9/11 encore sings for NY firefighters
NEW YORK (AP) — Rocker Jon Bon Jovi returned to a Manhattan fire house Wednesday to pay tribute to firefighters marking the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The New Jersey native was filmed singing “America The Beautiful”…
Anne – Part 42
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson “…..but for a girl like Anne? No.” She bore the fault-findings cheerfully, promising to do better another time. For they all found fault with her, the boys loudly, Tita quietly,…
STI’s (Sexually Transmitted Infections)
Dr Lynn Dawber is a South African national with the International Medical Group from New Zealand where she has been practicing for a number of years. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea are increasingly prevalent among young…
