Whether you live in Harpenden or just visiting, lace up those running shoes and head for the Nickey Line. Approximately 8 miles long it was formerly the Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead Railway Line which opened in 1877. [Read more…]
Terre a Terre Celebrates
As Brighton Festival 2013 enjoys its final weekend Terre à Terre, Brighton’s celebrated Vegetarian Restaurant considers the unique lunch they hosted for Guest Director Michael Rosen alongside patrons of the festival and the artistic team earlier in the Month. [Read more…]
Managing The Forth’s Future
The Scottish Parliament has passed a Bill for the establishment of a new operating company to manage the Forth Road Bridge, the new Forth Replacement Crossing and the surrounding road infrastructure. [Read more…]
Eriksson quits post
British Athletics has confirmed that Head Coach Peter Eriksson will be leaving his post at the end of June, having asked to be released from his contract in order to return to Canada to be with his family. Eriksson led the Paralympic programme to a third place finish on the medal table during the 2012 […]
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APD A Barrier To Tourism Growth
Ministers, Airports and tourism leaders have joined forces to demand that Air Passenger Duty (APD) be devolved as soon as possible.
Ahead of the busy summer holiday season, figures illustrate that the latest increase means that from 1st April, a family of four flying in economy class from the United States has to pay £268 to add Scotland/the UK to their European itinerary, or a couple from Spain have to pay an extra £52 to fly premium economy return here. [Read more…]
War on Grief
Why do so many tragedies lead to further tragedy… breakdown in marriages… break up of families? This is a raw and honest account of the author’s personal loss of his daughter, and how he learns that tragedies such as his change and define your life. His story is one of hope where his grief becomes […]
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UK Team annouced for Slovakia
British Athletics today announced a GB and NI team of six athletes that will travel to Dudince, Slovakia, for the tenth EAA European Race Walking Cup on 19th May 2013. Alex Wright (coach: Raphael Rinaldi) and Tom Bosworth (Andi Drake) will lead the Men’s 20km team. Wright will compete following his early season personal best […]
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Harrison 3rd in IAU 100k
The IAU 100K European Championships took place over a scenic one lap course in Belves, France, on 27 April with two women representing GB & NI. Sue Harrison gradually moved through the field and rose from seventh place at 85km to clinch bronze in the closing stages with a time of 7:48:12 – a personal […]
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New 800m Relay Record
There was a new British record in the women’s 4x800m as the GB & NI team also performed strongly in the women’s 4x400m and men’s 4x100m at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA, today. The GB & NI women’s 4x800m team set a new British record of 8:13.46 as they finished fourth in a race […]
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Partridge and Samuels selected for Worlds
British Athletics have announced two athletes selected to represent the GB & NI team in the marathon at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, in August. Susan Partridge (coach: Steve Jones) was selected following a three minute personal best of 2:30:46 to finish as highest place British female at Sunday’s Virgin London Marathon, […]
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