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Look, I’m sorry to be the most frightful bore, but thousands of species are rushing pell-mell towards extinction. I feel bad about bringing this to your attention. Perhaps it’s better if you don’t know. Perhaps it’s easier all...
As England prepare to face New Zealand at Twickenham, the gamble of employing Martin Johnson to manage them increasingly has the feel of a long shot and the news from the All Blacks camp is that it is the kind of risk they...
Liam Plunkett traces his return to the England reckoning back to his call-up for last spring's Lions tour to New Zealand. Plunkett is already in England's Test plans this winter and in the frame too to add to his 27 one-day...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 THE opposing coaches in tonight's Murrayfield Test match between Scotland and Australia have much in common, but one intriguing enthusiasm they share is a desire for a return to old-fashioned...
To discover a part of the planet reduced to its raw elements. The passengers currently aboard the Russian icebreaker, Kapitan Khlebnikov, chartered by Exodus (0845 330 6013; exodus.co.uk) for a specialist photographic journey...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 THE last time he played at Murrayfield it felt as if the stadium was swaying to the chant of 'Rocky, Rocky, Rocky', so it is hardly a surprise that Australia captain Rocky Elsom feels quite...
One chain’s misfortune is another’s opportunity, and Oddbins is starting to look the real deal The news that the high-street wine merchant Thresher has gone into liquidation, with 373 stores and 1,738 jobs to be axed, brings...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 WHEN Australia beat Scotland in the autumn of 1984 on the way to their Grand Slam of victories, this was only the second time they had been victorious at Murrayfield. This reflects an...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 SUSAN Egelstaff was left to carry home hopes in the singles after she reached the quarter-finals with a battling 17-21, 21-18, 21-15 win over New Zealand's Michelle Chan Ky at the Bank of...
Brian Noble has made his first signing as Crusaders boss by snapping up Matt Utai. The flying Kiwi-born winger, 28, scored 71 tries in 127 games for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the NRL and will move to Wales after seven years in...
