On Saturday 26th May at 17.10hrs BST, the team received a distressing satellite phone call from James.
They were travelling south-east towards Killorsuaq, a small community on the west coast, when Rob noticed he had dropped a mitten. They stopped and Rob went back to get it when suddenly the ice gave way and he fell [...]

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In an interesting article by Adrian Ash where he comments on the markets in property and gold, I was taken by the comment that:

Average behaviour won’t beat the average

His comment is apt as we are all too often creatures that like to heard rather than strike out on our own.  It is often the two [...]

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In a slightly scary report in Lighter Footsteps 
A University of Sheffield researcher says a preservative commonly used in soft drinks and other food items may cause genetic damage — contributing to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s.Professor Peter Piper has spent eight years studying the effects of sodium benzoate, known as E211 in [...]

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The UK’s first police “spy drone” has taken to the skies reports the BBC
The remote control helicopter, fitted with CCTV cameras, will be used by officers in Merseyside to track criminals and record anti-social behaviour.
The drone is only a metre wide, weighs less than a bag of sugar, and can record images from a [...]

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From A thought for today 
People are often unreasonable, self-centred:

Forgive them anyway.

If you are Honest, People may cheat you, but

be Honest anyway.

What you spend years to build, someone could destroy overnight.

Build anyway.

The good you do today, People will often forget tomorrow.

Do Good anyway.

You see, in the final analysis it is between you [...]

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You know the emails that you receive that ask you to be a partner in sharing some massive amount of money…  The usual ploy is to tell you about some tragic loss and the fact that there is no one to claim the cash.  Well here is a twist on that one. 

    From: Sgt. Javier [...]

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Little Madeleine McCann remains missing and her family needs your support. 
They have set up a website to keep awareness high.  Which can be found at Bring Madeleine Home
 There is also a banner ad that can be displayed on the web sites that is downloadable. 

Please take the time to consider Madeleine [...]

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Cookham Wanderers on tour in Italy
A snapshot of the tour

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..the Cookham Wanderers who scored 4 goals to the Colletta teams 2.
This is an amazing result although my contribution was minimal as I managed to fall over in the first minute and tear the ligaments in my ankle.  
Congratulations to the boys and we look forward to returning to play again. 

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