FRANCE rugby legend Guy Laporte has passed away at the age of 69. The former fly-half won just 16 caps for his country but touched down for three tries and scored a whopping 143 points overall. Getty Guy Laporte made his France debut back in February 1981[/caption] He made hisContinue Reading
N ineties chart star Betty Boo has revealed how lockdown inspired her pop music comeback. The singer, real name Alison Clarkson, scored massive hits with Doin’ The Do and Where Are You Baby before quitting performing to make documentaries and write songs for other acts including Girls Aloud and Hear’Say,Continue Reading
The NHS is going through the worst winter crisis since records began, with waiting times for ambulances, in A&E departments and for elective surgery all longer than ever, leaving thousands of patients suffering in pain and discomfort. Ask most people what the reason is, and they’ll give you a shortContinue Reading
2022 is the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. 40 years ago Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Army units were deployed at pace from Devonport and Plymouth as part of British efforts to liberate the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. Plymouth-based units were involved in some of the fiercest fightingContinue Reading
Luke Pollard has been unanimously reselected as the Labour candidate for the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency for the next General Election. He was confirmed at a meeting of the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Constituency Labour Party General Committee last night [27/01/22], receiving the unanimous support of Labour members, tradeContinue Reading
Noble Order will be difficult to beat a twelve-runner Maiden Stakes over a mile of Kempton polytrack today, how many serious ‘triers’ will attempt a herculean task even though the forecast Charlie Appleby-trained favourite is drawn widest? It’s not such an outlandish question; as a one-time extremely serious racehorse ownerContinue Reading
In Prime Minister’s Questions on January 19 the SNP leader, Ian Blackford, mispronounced the word haemorrhaging as “hae-ma-ge-ring” instead of “hae-ma-re-ging”. To be fair to Blackford, this is actually a surprisingly common slip of the tongue and his meaning was perfectly clear. But why did those two syllables switch placesContinue Reading
A group of lawyers found that at least 464 people have had their citizenship removed by the government over the last 15 years. They pieced together the data using freedom of information requests and other publications – a challenge, because the Home Office does not publish the information regularly. Citizenship-strippingContinue Reading
IN December more than four million people in England tested positive for Covid as the Omicron variant swept the nation. The NHS has now issued an urgent warning to everyone who had Covid last month to come forward for their booster vaccines. LNP Experts have urged people to come forwardContinue Reading
At its heart, Bloody Sunday was a devastating personal tragedy involving the deaths of 13 men and boys, six of whom were only 17 years old. The victims were taking part in a civil rights protest march against internment. In 30 minutes, 21 soldiers from the British Army’s parachute regimentContinue Reading
