7 dead and 14 injured as fighter plane crashes onto busy A27

There were at least seven dead  and 14 injured at the  Shoreham Airshow  West Sussex, after a vintage Hawker Hunter  fighter jet  taking part in the show crashed  on to the busy  A27.  Roads packed with cars and  onlookers watched the explosion after the crash with horror. The pilot Andy Hill who could not eject, was pulled from the wreckage…

Cook’s 85 takes England to 203-6

Day 3 Australia tour of England and Ireland, 5th Investec Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 20-24, 2015 Australia 481 all out (125.1 ov) David Warner 85 off 131 balls , 11 fours, SPD Smith 143 off 252, 17 fours and 2 six, ST Finn 90-3, Ben Stokes 133-3,  MM Ali 102-3 England 149 ( 48.4 ov) AN…

Rocket X – Triumph’s bike takes the helm….

A big toy for a big boy on a power trip?  Triumph is celebrating a decade of The Rocket and a new special edition.  Its designed to take you on a trip – challenge your grip and make you feel on the edge as you speed along the highways. Triumph has “repatriated” the making of…

“Gene bank” of apples at Prince Charles’s country estate.

1,000 different varieties of apples are being grown including historic apple trees, by Prince Charles. Home Farm near Highgrove includes a variety brought to England by a Roman general and another from a tree once grown in Isaac Newton’s Lincolnshire garden. Genetic conservation is the main reason for the big variety of apples, some of…

Smith 143 and England collapse gives Australia total control

  Day 2 Australia tour of England and Ireland, 5th Investec Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 20-24, 2015 Australia 481 all out (125.1 ov) David Warner 85 off 131 balls , 11 fours, SPD Smith 143 off 252, 17 fours and 2 six, ST Finn 90-3, Ben Stokes 133-3,  MM Ali 102-3 England 107-8 ( 40…

Thames Springing back to life

The Zoological Society of London has received a record 2, 732 animals found In the River Thames. Many spotted seals, 444 porpoises, dolphins and 49 whales around London’s Canary Wharf. Especially seals were sighted upstream as far as Teddington and Hampton Court Palace. The Dolphins and the porpoises were spotted at Teddington lock, Kew Gardens…

What’s Special about being 50? Read on…..

Sarah De Nordwall turned 50 and decided to celebrate – by publishing an anthology of her poems.  Priced at £9.99 and published by FastPrint Publishing, the book is called “50 poems for my 50th” and ruminates on all kinds of issues which affect most of us on any day of the week with a few…

PORNO ROCK GIVES SEASIDES THE BLUES

Rudely shaped sticks of rock being sold in seaside resorts is angering residents, visitors and shopkeepers. In Scarborough for example, traditional childrens’ rock is being sold side by side with suggestive shaped rock and trading standards is clamping down on its sale. Traditional rock makers say they are being swamped with Chinese made confectionary more…