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Paul Majendie
Game, set and grunt
Martina Navratilova thinks it is cheating, Serena Williams doesn’t know she’s doing it and there is a Portuguese teenager who cries out in agony.
Quarter of world’s Anglicans boycott conference
A quarter of the world’s Anglican bishops boycotted on Wednesday a once-in-a- decade gathering of church leaders in a row over gay clergy.
Shell-shocked Britain has four in second round
One week, Chris Eaton was playing on the glamourless futures circuit in Uzbekistan, the next he was winning his first round match at Wimbledon.
Gordon Brown faces first electoral test
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his popularity plunging and his reputation for economic competence under fire, faced his first electoral test on Thursday since taking over…
Tippling ministers sometimes trip on UK budget day
To deliver the longest British budget speech of all time, William Gladstone imbibed a throat-soothing mixture of sherry and beaten egg to help him through a marathon that lasted…
Quake shakes Britain, no deaths reported
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5,2 shook parts of Britain on Wednesday but officials said there were no reports of anyone being killed or serious damage. The quake struck…
UK’s former spy boss: We did not kill Diana
Britain’s former spy chief on Wednesday took the rare step of going public to deny that the security services murdered Princess Diana. The Secret Intelligence Service normally…
Daniel Day-Lewis scoops best actor Bafta
Daniel Day-Lewis gave his Oscar chances a welcome boost on Sunday by landing a best actor Bafta at the British Academy Film Awards for his searing portrayal of a driven oil…
Engine problems blamed for Heathrow crash-landing
Investigators said on Friday that the engines of a British Airways Boeing 777 failed to respond to demands for more thrust shortly before it crash-landed at London’s Heathrow…
George Bush gets pipped to Foot in Mouth award
Former England soccer manager Steve McClaren fought off tough competition from United States President George Bush to win a dreaded Foot in Mouth award on Tuesday from the Plain…
Rugby fever grips SA, England
As a wax model of English rugby star Jonny Wilkinson joined the statue of national hero Horatio Nelson in London’s Trafalgar Square, attention in both England and South Africa…
Diana ‘pregnancy’ may never be proved, inquest told
It may never be known if Princess Diana was pregnant when she died with her lover, Dodi al-Fayed, in a high-speed Paris car crash, the inquest into their deaths was told on…
Diana inquest opens, 10 years after her death
An inquest into the death of Princess Diana finally opened on Tuesday, 10 years after she and Dodi al-Fayed were killed in a Paris car crash, with her lover’s father still…
Anglican Archbishop warns Conservatives
Archbishop of York John Sentamu warned Anglican conservatives on Monday that boycotting a church summit next year means they will effectively expel themselves from the worldwide…
BBC suspends editors over fake phone-ins
The BBC suspended some senior editors on Thursday after the public broadcaster unearthed a string of fake phone-in competitions that tarnished its reputation and torpedoed the…