28 October 2008 09:30
Unbelievable…
Mr Exxxx was all set for a brilliant day, party-time fun with a group of his best friends, but the whole thing was ruined because his next door neighbour’s house burnt down. Terrible.
Until, that is, Mr Exxxx heard whispers the...
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21 October 2008 17:17
Okay, so it may look like any other rugby pitch, but trust me. This is Oval Park, the training home to one of Europe’s top rugby union club teams – Leicester Tigers.
It has been a long day. Being a passenger in a car for almost five hours is probably...
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20 October 2008 19:09
The eight pages of Champions! pull-out that get the light of day in every Monday’s Evening News is my editorial baby.
It’s the foundation level of work each week that things like trips to Colney or cricket happen in addition too, and I get to lay out...
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14 October 2008 23:33
Good to see England’s next generation make it through to the Under-21 European Championship finals after their play-off win over Wales tonight.
Well, it would have been – had the game not been on Setanta.
I don't have much of a problem with general...
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13 October 2008 23:04
I’ve been quite happy to volunteer for various tours of duty as a ‘hack’.
Within weeks of taking the job I was humiliating myself using my poor bowls technique in front of 200 discerning fans at Potters ahead of the World Inddor Championships.
In some...
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12 October 2008 23:22
One of my first reporting experiences of football – you know, the actual working kind – came last season as I covered Lowestoft Town’s remarkable FA Vase run.
It was an incredible journey they went on and I still feel very lucky to have been with them...
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04 October 2008 09:16
It's been some week - one of those really busy ones.
I've been dealing a lot with the build up to Jon Thaxton's fight tomorrow night and while Melero is a lovely guy and a respectful boxer, it would be brilliant for Jono if he can finally bag that European...
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