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Gyanendra Rai gazes at the smoke as it curls upwards from the funeral pyre and thins out over the rooftops of Pashuputi Nath, the world’s most sacred Hindu temple.Rai thought of this place when artillery shrapnel chewed into the side of his back and right shoulder while he was fighting for the British army in […]

So what did you do with your weekend? I’ll tell you what we did. With the summer finally treating us with a nice weekend for once, we hit the beach in Brighton for some extremely competetive beach football, beach volleyball and even competetive barbeque-ing (“put more coal on it … turn that burger over … […]

ZAKUMI! A cuddly leopard with a green afro has been unveiled as the mascot of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The character, called Zakumi, has been given his own biography and name to reflect the country’s aims and hopes. Organisers said the character was ‘born’ on 16 June, 1994 – the year in […]

Beware on the roads of Cheshire for ‘big bird’!  A 5ft Rhea has escaped from a property in Culcheth, Warrington. It is not dangerous but motorists and cyclists have been warned by local police as it could cause a traffic accident. The rhea, a native of South America is a flightless bird but they do […]

The number of counterfeit one pound coins in circulation has doubled in the last five years, a report by the BBC revealed on Monday. More than 30 million pound coins — one in every 50 in circulation — are believed to be fake as organised criminal gangs continue to flood the monetary system. The illegal […]

Bored and looking to kill some time? Click the link and have a go at the Guardian Green quiz.     http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/quiz/2008/sep/19/1

Now I don’t claim to be anywhere close to in touch with fashion, but come on!  

Here in the office, we’re all as excited as you obviously are about the new James Bond film, coming out in November. According to the film, part of his mission takes place in Bolivia. In reality though, they actually did all that filming about 50 miles from the Bolivian border in Chile. They claim that […]

Congratulations Tom Lee aka peanut for a cracking performance. Was great to see you even though for a brief time at Edinburgh. Think some of these photos show you at your best….Stud!

With the countdown to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa already underway in the office (632 days!) – we think it’s time to highlight and praise the talented footballers Africa has produced over the last few decades.  Each week we see the talent of today’s young African contingent gracing the Premiership – from your […]