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Troubled music festival cancelled

13:10 - 03 July 2008

THE troubled Wild in the Country Festival at Knebworth Park has been cancelled just two days before it was due to take place. The organisers said they were really sorry to announce the news today (Thursday). Icelandic pop star Bjork was due to headline...

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Call for award as lifeguards saved boy in pool drama

12:41 - 03 July 2008

A MOTHER is calling for an award for the lifeguards who saved her son s life after he suffered a heart attack at a swimming pool. Carol Chamberlain, 45, from Little Offley has called for the award after two of the pool s duty managers restarted her son...

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Audio: Phil Wallace discusses the season ahead

Stevenage Borough FC Chairman, Phil Wallace, talks to The Comet Editor, Darren Isted about the season ahead....

Audio: Ronnie Henry Interview

Former skipper, Ronnie Henry, talks to reporter Richard Young about the return of Graham Westley and the new additions to the club....

Video: Dame Kelly Holmes visits Stevenage

BRITAIN S double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes was in Stevenage on Monday to encourage children to participate in school sport. Dame Kelly visited Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre, to see the work of the Stevenage School Sports Partnership whi...

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Hamilton hails Silverstone as a great circuit

MOTOR racer Lewis Hamilton maintains that Silverstone must stay on the Formula One calendar. The famous Northamptonshire track is the venue for Sunday s Santander British Grand Prix. And 23-year-old McLaren driver Hamilton can t wait to get behind the wh...

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Boro are the pre-season favourites - again!

YOU can put money on it – Boro head the betting for the 2008-09 Blue Square Premier title. This comes after the reappointment of Graham Westley at the end of last season. Paul Buckle s Torquay look fully equipped to mount another sustained challenge for p...

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Calling all sports quiz fanatics! This week we have teamed up with Apex publishing to offer our readers the chance to win copies of the latest must-read sports books to hit the shelves. We have three copies each of the following titles to give away: The...

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