By Lindsay Ash RECENTLY I wrote a piece on the FA Cup and I mentioned a man named Bert Trautmann. Now, being a football aficionado, I presumed that everyone knew of this historical figure who was the custodian of the Manchester City net and had a dodgy neck – but apparently not, as several people […]
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Quotes for the ages that make you laugh, think and wonder: ‘Why couldn’t I have said that?’
By Lindsay Ash WELL what an interesting by election we saw in Gorton, where the Greens triumphed with what can only be described as “unusual far-left” policies. The abolition of landlords being one. This is problematic because either landlords will be forced to sell, causing a seismic property crash, plunging the financial system into chaos, […]
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'Hello 2025 – whatever happens it won’t be boring with Trump, Farage and Labour around…'
By Lindsay Ash WELL, here we are then… Hello 2025 and in the words of Tony Blair’s election song, “things can only get better” because, with the various conflicts taking place across the globe, one would struggle to disagree with those sentiments. Much of whether it does or not will depend on the new President […]
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It was one of the biggest upsets ever when Ashe beat Connors – and I was at Wimbledon to see it
By Lindsay Ash THERE is a sign that hangs above the entrance to Centre Court at Wimbledon, or the All England Club to give it the correct title. It’s the words of Kipling and says: “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.” The words came back […]
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Le Fondre hits straight six to top the junior CI table
JOHN LE FONDRE is the new Channel Islands Junior Top 12 champion as the best of Jersey dominated the competition in Guernsey at the weekend. It was a much-needed tonic for the sport in the Island after their home at the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre was partially destroyed by Storm Ciarán last week in […]
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Nowadays, it seems we are now entitled to say what we like…as long as the left approve of it
By Lindsay Ash There’s a wonderful exchange in Blackadder Goes Forth between General Melchett and Captain Darling that goes like this: Captain Darling: So you see, Blackadder, Field Marshal Haig is most anxious to eliminate all these German spies. General Melchett: Filthy Hun weasels, fighting their dirty underhand war. Captain Darling: And fortunately one of […]
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Just like Ricky Hatton, boxer Randolph Turpin ‘captured the public’s affection’
By Lindsay Ash IT’S strange how the death of a stranger can affect people. We saw it with the recent death of Ricky Hatton. The explanation is a fairly simple one; they have in some ways touched our lives and therefore our emotions. The sport of boxing has done that more than most over the […]
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Jersey International Air Display 2023 saved after more donors come forward
THIS year’s Jersey International Air Display will go ahead, after a successful last-ditch call for more funding. Last week organisers revealed that they still needed £75,000 to put on the event, leaving it on the verge of cancellation. Although they did not hit their £75,000 target, organisers said ten companies and individuals had come forward […]
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Silcock wins women’s Home Nations title
HANNAH SILCOCK says she is starting to get used to handling the pressure of being the player to beat after winning the women’s British Home Nations Championship. The 16-year-old sensation defeated Ireland number one Mia O’Rahilly-Egan 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9) in the final to claim her first senior title and become Jersey’s first women’s […]
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Former Chief Minister's adviser found not guilty of series of offences
THE ex-private secretary of former chief minister John Le Fondré has been acquitted of a series of criminal offences. The Royal Courtdecided that Timothy David Nicolle (31) committed offences of grave and criminal assault, possession of an offensive weapon, breaking and entering and malicious damage. But they accepted the evidence of two medical experts that […]
