Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington's agent said the BBC did not take tough enough action against a comedian who joked on TV about her appearance.
Frankie Boyle told the audience of satirical gameshow Mock The Week that the 20-year-old Olympic champion resembled "someone who's looking at themselves in the back of a spoon".
The remarks provoked 75 complaints from members of the public and the...
Connor ( NI Hibs) is pleased to announce the birth of his 2nd child, Zoe (elizabeth) who was born at 8:27 this morning weighing 8lb 8 oz. Both Mum and baby are doing well.
Congratulations to all.
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Let me ask you this though. if you where him and innocent would you not want to appeal and clear you name. now we will never kn ow the truth
We'll probably find oot the truth if us and the Yanks go to war with Iraq.
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In that respect, the birmingham six should never have been freed.
TC Campbell and Joe Steele should have been banged up to serve out their sentence.
There were certain individuals given medals as reward for their part in the aftermath on the said night.
What's not said is the very same ...
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Libya [/URL] made three stipulations, when agreeing to hand over the two accused to the Scottish police: that they would not be interviewed by the police; no one else in Libya would be sought for the bombing; and, that the trial should be ...
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Well i believe both the bnp and miltant islam should be marginalised if not banned outright. Islam and the BNP, have so many things in common, they are both racist, facist, homophobic and misogynist and have no place in British society.
your problem there is the FEAR, If that s...
Quote: Originally Posted by gun ainm surely Rand's Objectivism is as much about modelling an idealised man as was Maoist engineering? Well there's aspects of left wing thought (thought not the socialist form) in Rand, which is why she was loathed by conservatives. However, she's still substantially of the right. she isn't about modelling the idealised man in the same way as the left - her's is a right wing libertarian...
Quote: Originally Posted by O'Driscoll The EDL/SDL are a group of thugs who support the BNP and it is Niiave to think otherwise. They are not welcome in Edinburgh, like the blackshirts before them. why is there black members of the edl/sdl then? why is there slogan "black and white unite"? i think they are either casuals or ex casuals and most casuals in England are not actively racist. i think they are a bunch of idiots...
Quote: Originally Posted by snoots That's true to an extent. It's a question of degree - the degree being far greater under the more idealistic schemes being discussed. Pish. Utter utter pish. We've just lived through a decade where the most powerful country in the world took their view of what the world should look like and invaded countries to evangelise it. And they took other countries with similar thought along with them....
Quote: Originally Posted by Canon Hannon Very interesting question Breaksand beats. My own view is that economic areas affects any school, however we lived in a rundown town with 4 Primary schools and 1 of them Catholic. Everyone new that St Mary's was the most successfully run and disciplined school. It is to do with Catholic schools having more control of their procedures and ethos than the state run mainstream schools which must come...
Adlington sets Olympic record: Britain's Rebecca... Adlington sets Olympic record: Britain's Rebecca Adlington set an Olympic record in the heats of the 800.. http://tinyurl.com/5vsdqf
about 4 hours ago
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GB's Adlington wins swimming gold: Rebecca Adlington wins... GB's Adlington wins swimming gold: Rebecca Adlington wins the Olympic women's 400m freestyle - the first Brit.. http://tinyurl.com/5m6k4d
04:53 AM August 11, 2008
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Adlington ignites GB medal rush: Rebecca Adlington and... Adlington ignites GB medal rush: Rebecca Adlington and the men's coxless four take gold as British Olympians .. http://tinyurl.com/6q6kxs
03:53 AM August 16, 2008
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