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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationDetectives hunt for woman heard in flat of murdered city pensionerDETECTIVES investigating the murder of an Edinburgh pensioner are hunting for a woman who was in the victim's flat around the time he was last seen alive.The woman, thought to be called Maggie, was heard inside the home in Muirhouse View at 7pm last Monday. .McGuinness - Simply the best! Pt. 1John McGuinness shattered the record books in Friday's 6-lap Senior TT, taking his 11th TT victory in total and upping the outright lap record to a sensational 129.451mph. The Morecambe ace broke his record from Saturday on the opening lap and then went quicker still to stamp his authority on the race. Although it was tight in the early stages John and the HM Plant Honda pushed hard and at one stage his lead was over 30 seconds but for the final two laps he rode to his signals and eventually took the chequered flag some 25 seconds ahead of runner-up Australian Cameron Donald with Kiwi Bruce Anstey in third. Like the rest of race week, the Isle of Man was bathed in glorious sunshine and the heat was at its highest so it was going to be a gruelling 6 laps for the competitiors. As expected, the opening lap was incredibly close and at Glen Helen John led by just 0.8seconds from Ian Hutchinson with Donald just a further second back.La. Fights Uphill Battle to Save CoastNEW ORLEANS - Last year's hurricanes showed that nearly every part of Louisiana's long, circuitous and sinking coast is vulnerable to catastrophic flooding similar to what happened here.So, while engineers work at breakneck speeds to erect earthen levees and floodgates around New Orleans, officials say there is also an urgent need to pour money into a second line of defense: The natural world of barrier islands and marshlands that stand between towns and the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, state and federal officials prepared to embark on a tour of several multimillion dollar projects started before Katrina and Rita. The work involved building sand dunes, planting marsh grasses and dumping mud on shorelines. The tour of islands where pirates once held court and plantations flourished in better days highlights the desperate, and seemingly futile, war Louisiana is fighting against Mother Nature while it tries to patch up the human mistakes of the past.
Feature: Noughts and crossesAs World Cup Fever grips the nation, it seems a St George's Cross plastered onto any product you care to mention, from toilet seats to England hoodies for dogs (yes dogs!), allows the seller to add a nought to the price and several to the volume sold - but who owns the England 'brand'? .Glasgow team tips the city as insurance baseGlasgow is being tipped as a good place to set up an insurance or reinsurance company in a bid to attract more financial services business to the city.After two major international insurance companies opened offices in Glasgow, a team from Scottish Enterprise and Glasgow City Council has been actively selling Scotland's biggest city as "an insurance and reinsurance destination". This would put Glasgow up as a rival centre to Lloyd's of London, New York, Bermuda and Dublin. "Glasgow is already a very strong financial centre," said Jim Watson, head of growing business at Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. "Historically, it has always had insurance companies here and we want to build on that by attracting more insurance and reinsurance companies to come to the city." Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, in conjunction with Glasgow City Council, have been on a whirlwind tour of London, wining and dining influential insurance industry executives last week. Slow Foodies welcome heritage breed to Napa"I got in some commercial pork belly and I got these in at the same time and cooked them side by side, and it's much better flavor, more fat, and more distinctive flavor," Scargle said."It has more levels of flavor going on than just the normal commercial grade that you might get.""This is the genesis"Blissfully unaware that their relatives were on the menu, the little red pigs at last Friday's party won't wind up in a dish themselves: They were brought to Napa from their Kansas birthplace to become the Eve and Adam of the first Red Wattle Pig family west of Texas."This is the genesis of the Red Wattle pig in California," said Pahk, who has been buying Red Wattle meat from Martins' Heritage Food USA for about two years.The two men had never met until last Friday, but over the phone they developed "a vision, seven, eight months ago, that we would bring the Red Wattle to California, particularly Silverado," Pahk said."I gave him the ending point and I said Patrick, you make up the rest."Martins decided to take the pigs on tour, complete with a documentary film crew.Heiress OliviaOnscreen, she was romanced by Errol Flynn, James Cagney, Leslie Howard, Charles Boyer, Henry Fonda, Montgomery Clift, Richard Burton and Robert Mitchum. In life, she was perhaps the great love in the turbulent career of John Huston. She was responsible for the decisive legal action that freed contract players from their seven-year sentences (with time added on for defiant behavior). She won two Oscars and was nominated for three others. She also makes the quite preposterous claim that on July 1 she will turn 90. Why preposterous? Because Olivia de Havilland is as alert, quick-witted, good-natured, funny and attractive as many people half her age.“Where shall we do the interview?" I ask. “I want you to be comfortable," she says. “And I want the same for you," I tell her.
Celebrating strength of youth theatreTEN young theatre companies, three from Edinburgh the others from as far afield as Shetland, Eire and Norway, each performing one of five plays on the stage of the Royal Lyceum - it can only mean one thing, Shell Connections 2006, the world's largest celebration of youth theatre, is set to return to the Grindlay Street venue.Organised by the National Theatre in London, next week's programme of five, one-hour plays, written by some of the UK's best contemporary playwrights, will give budding actors, directors, technicians and designers, all aged between 11 and 19, the opportunity to discover what it is like to work on a challenging theatrical production. .German star on the pole again FORMULA ONEINDIANAPOLIS -- Michael Schumacher's good week got even better at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday.The seven-time world champion from Germany captured the pole -- his 67th in Formula One -- for today's U.S. Grand Prix, one day after his country's quarterfinal World Cup win against Argentina. Had Schumacher, 37, not gone racing, he might have parlayed soccer, which he still plays socially and very well, into a paycheck. Schumacher recorded the fastest lap of 1 minute, 10.832 seconds in his No. 5 Ferrari on Saturday, beating out teammate Felipe Massa, who was second at 1:11.435. A four-time winner at Indianapolis, it was Schumacher's fourth pole in the race, now in its seventh year. Schumacher has two wins this year. "I'm very happy.
Caravan owners told to stay away from ColonsayCARAVANS and campervans have been banned from a Hebridean island after residents complained that they blotted the landscape and did not contribute to the local economy.The ferry company, Caledonian MacBrayne, has agreed not to let them sail from the mainland to the scenic eight-mile-long island of Colonsay. . |
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