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  • England opener Nick Compton faces pre-Ashes attack from OZ pacer Siddle

    Australia's ace spearhead Peter Siddle kick started an Ashes war of words by targeting England opener Nick Compton. "I am going to stick it up to the Poms, that's all I are working on," said Siddle. Siddle, whose in-your-face style has earned him the nickname of 'Sid Vicious', has earmarked the England opener for some special attention this summer. In the past Glenn McGrath targeted players ...

  • British journalist pens Laras biography

    British journalist James Fuller has written a biography of former West Indies captain Brian Lara, one of the greatest cricketers of all time. Fuller, also a keen cricketer who played at domestic level for 20 years, says he wrote 'Caribbean lives-Brian Lara' during the six years he lived in Lara's homeland of Trinidad and Tobago, reports CMC. Lara, who retired in 2008, holds the world record ...

  • British band Blue faces money issues

    Band members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe had split in 2005, but reunited in 2011, and are now facing issues. "Blue have been open about their recent financial struggles and are restructuring their business model," thesun.co.uk quoted the band's spokeswoman as saying. A source said: "There was no warning that the band had money problems. This has come as a complete ...

  • UK dating site pulls out Intimate Encounters option to ward off sleazy men

    The founder of one of Britain's biggest dating website has now decided to take radical action to root out fake and sleazy profiles, after finding that many of the "women" who use the hook-ups section of his site are actually men in disguise. Writing to members on Monday, Markus Frind, the Canadian founder of Plenty of Fish (POF), said that he had been forced to make a series of changes to its ...

  • UK court rules public has right to know Boris Johnson fathered child during brief adulterous affair

    The public has a right to know that London Mayor Boris Johnson fathered a child during an extramarital affair, the appeal court has ruled. Three senior judges decided on Monday that voters were entitled to be told that Johnson conducted a 'brief adulterous affair' with the woman who later gave birth to their daughter, now aged three. According to the Guardian, the mother Helen Macintyre, a ...

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Django Unchained

Django Unchained

In Sergio Corbuccis Django, the 1966 spaghetti Western from which Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained draws its protagonists name, the titular gunslinger (played by the indomitable Franco Nero, who makes an amusing, wink-wink cameo in Tarantinos film) is first seen ... ...

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  • UK mum does house chores in her sleep

    A woman from Newport, South Wales, has developed a peculiar condition in which she cleans and tidies the house while she is still sleeping. Claire Bartlett, 50, has an odd habit of doing the dishes, dusting and even shining the windows in a deep slumber, the Sun reported. It started in October 2012, but since she does such a good job of cleaning up, neither she nor husband Crispin, want to ...

  • Broad Anderson will make Ashes difficult for Aussies Ian Botham

    Cricket commentator Ian Botham has said that England's opening bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad will make the Ashes series even more difficult for the Australians. The combination of Broad and Anderson with their skills and abilities will prove tough for the Australians as while Broad uses his pace and height to devastating effect; Anderson uses his swing and his craft to keep batsmen ...

  • Duchess Kate dubbed Britains Queen Wag by human rights activist

    The Duchess of Cambridge has been branded Britain's "Queen Wag" by an outspoken author in her new book. Feminist Joan Smith devoted a whole chapter to Kate in her new book 'The Public Woman' and compared her to Cheryl Cole and Coleen Rooney, saying that in her opinion she is a "prime candidate" for the role of Queen of the Wags and deserves the title "more than anyone." The 59-year-old crime ...

  • British Open squash World no.1 Nicol too hot for Joshana

    World No.1 and defending champion Nicol David outclassed India's Joshana Chinappa in the first round of the Allam British Open Squash Championships here Tuesday. The Malaysian squash great took 30 minutes to get past her 26th ranked opponent 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 at the KC Stadium. Joshana had qualified for the main draw. Dipika Pallikal, India's highest ranked player at 15, plays her first round ...

  • Bale to sign 150000 pound a week contract to stay with Spurs

    Gereth Bale has committed himself to represent Tottenham Hotspur for the near future with improved terms, despite the club's failure to make it to the Champions League. Missing out on Champions League has serious implications for Spurs' revenue streams and left the club vulnerable to bids for their better players. The Guardian quoted Spurs' chairman Daniel Levy, as saying that giving Bale ...

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