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Out for the season, cruciate knee ligament injury.
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Currently halfway through watching Kingdom of Heaven, what a dreadful film, I honestly don't know if I can or want to make it to the end.
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Branson's fund for McCann lawyers Tycoon Sir Richard Branson is giving £100,000 to a fund to assist Kate and Gerry McCann with their legal costs. His spokeswoman said: "He wants to give them a chance to have a fair hearing." The McCanns, from Leicestershire, have been named suspects in the inquiry into the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine in Portugal on 3 May. They are being advised by Michael Caplan QC, who fought efforts to extradite General Pinochet. Sir Richard is asking other rich people to donate. "Over the last few weeks Richard has been watching events as they have unfolded," said his spokeswoman. "There is a whole family involved here. When the McCanns made it known that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund, and discussed selling their house, Richard felt something had to be done." Sir Richard is a father himself and the most important thing for him is that a four-year-old girl is missing, the spokeswoman added. "If he can help a little bit to take the burden off the family and extended family in this small way, then that's all to the good." Mr McCann is on paid leave as a doctor, and his wife has confirmed she does not yet plan to return to work as a locum doctor. This fund's money will be focused on finding that little girl and leaving no stone unturned Sir Richard has kept in touch with the couple since Madeleine disappeared from their holiday apartment. His Virgin Group companies have helped the McCanns over the last four months. Virgin Atlantic flew Gerry McCann out to the US to talk to child abduction experts, and Virgin Mobile sent texts to their customers in Spain and Portugal asking them to keep looking for Madeleine, shortly after she disappeared. New campaign The help with legal costs comes a day after the McCanns announced another advertising campaign to publicise the disappearance of their daughter. Up to £80,000 from donations to the Madeleine Fund will be used for newspaper, television and billboard adverts beginning in a fortnight. The support from Sir Richard also coincides with the decision by life-long friends of Kate McCann to publicly defend her reputation as a mother. Linda McQueen and Nicky Gill, who have known Kate McCann since childhood, gave an interview saying Kate and her husband Gerry were "the most loving, family-oriented couple". Meanwhile, the McCanns attended Sunday mass at their local church in Rothley, Leicestershire, for the first time since returning from Portugal on 9 September.
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ahem: http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?showtopic=15961
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The lad has been poorly handled and advised, he should sack his dad and appoint a proper agent.
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Use IE7 then you tit nah, I need to take a neb at it as its some daft IE CSS bug, if anyone knows what it is then can you let me know? Not a problem at home but at work I can only use IE6, its not a massive problem but some folk might not be running it.
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According to the BBC, savers have withdrawn £2bn from Northern Rock savings accounts since Friday.
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I read in today's News of the world that Vodafone are ready to step in as Newcastle United sponsors should Northern Rock withdraw their sponsor ship given their current problems. Apparently Vodafone are itching to get back into sponsorship of a Premier league football club and are looking at the Newcastle situation closely.
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When I'm viewing the www.toontastic.net front page using IE 6 the news stories appear at the bottom of the page leaving a big gap at the top.
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TRANSFER RUMOURS Juventus are ready to make a move for out-of-favour Liverpool striker Peter Crouch in January. Manchester City are also interested. (Sunday Express) Galatasaray will make a £4m bid for Emre after he admitted he wants to quit Newcastle. (News of the World) AC Milan could be preparing a bid for Chelsea's Michael Ballack. (People) West Ham expect to sign Derby midfielder Giles Barnes for £7.5m in January. (People) Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is being chased by a host of German clubs, including Stuttgart. (Sunday Mirror) Southampton manager George Burley may make a bid for Slovakia striker Marek Mintal in January. (Sunday Express) Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is pondering a move for Celtic midfielder Scott Brown. (People) Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is targeting Brazilian international Afonso Alves, who plays for SC Heerenveen. (News of the World) Michael Owen's £9m escape clause from Newcastle does not apply again until the end of the season. (Daily Mail) Leeds are pondering a loan deal for out-of-favour Leicester striker Matty Fryatt. (People) New Leicester boss Gary Megson wants to make Sheffield Wednesday's Glenn Whelan his first signing. (People) West Brom, Sheffield United and Coventry are among eight clubs to have expressed an interest in taking Aston Villa's Gary Cahill on loan. (People) Watford are poised to sign ex-Everton defender Alessandro Pistone. (People) Man City could swoop for Chelsea's Wayne Bridge in January. (NOTW) Tell us your transfer rumours Back to top OTHER GOSSIP Russion billionaire Alisher Usmanov has struck an £80m deal to buy American Stan Kroenke's Arsenal shares, putting him closer to a takeover. (People) Joe Royle is the favourite to take over as Preston boss if Paul Simpson is sacked. (Sunday Express) Newcastle keeper Shay Given will seek talks with boss Sam Allardyce if he is does not play against Derby on Monday. (People) Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson will be handed a £150m transfer fund to get the club into the Champions League. (Sunday Mirror) Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will refuse to play against Manchester United on Sunday unless his knee injury is completely healed. (Observer) Manchester United have written to the Premier League accusing Liverpool of tapping up Gabriel Heinze. (NOTW) Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has put pressure on boss Peter Taylor by speaking of his admiration for Neil Warnock. (Observer) Struggling Nottingham Forest and Doncaster could swoop for Swindon boss Paul Sturrock. (NOTW) Striker John Hartson might quit the game after being frozen out at West Brom. (NOTW) Derby are the latest target for foreign investment, with a US consortium set to bid £55m for a 40% stake. (NOTW) Back to top AND FINALLY Ex-Manchester United midfielder David Beckham will meet Manchester City fan Ricky Hatton at Los Angeles Airport as the boxer begins a five-city tour of the US to promote his fight against Floyd Mayweather. (Sunday Mirror) An Italian adult channel has paid £58,000 to screen the Uefa Cup game between Fiorentina and Groningen. The channel's star Lollipop, a Fiorentina fan, has been involved in advertising for the game. (Sunday Mirror) Back to top
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GALATASARAY will make a £4million bid for Emre in January after he admitted he wants to quit Newcastle. And that will allow Sam Allardyce to make a fresh move to try and sign Barcelona playmaker Deco. Emre admitted: "I want to go back to Galatasaray and I understand they want me." And Allardyce will not stand in the way of the Turkish midfielder as he has yet to start a league game for the new Toon boss. Emre has spent three seasons at St James' Park. As Sport of the World revealed last month, Big Sam was willing to use the 27-year-old as bait to land Portugal ace Deco but Barcelona declined the offer. A Turkish source revealed: "Galatasaray have made it clear they are willing to take Emre back and will move in January. "It is all down to the fee. Galatasaray will offer around £4m."
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Colin Mcrae killed in helicopter crash
Jimbo replied to Dr Kenneth Noisewater's topic in General Chat
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Aye bet you jumped on the gravy train 4 years back tho. Nah, had plenty of arguments with the daily mail reading, last night of the proms, type folk back then as to why football is better than Rugby, and I still stand by it now.
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And he'll be implementing them all over you metal mouth! So long as they're stainless steel. I hope you like the taste of salt.
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INXS - The Gift
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I could bite a tomato through a tennis racket before I had them fitted.
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Not fun, I had 3 sets of braces during my teens.
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As I was once told when it comes to approaching women you find attractive "he who hesitates, masturbates".
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http://www.podcast.net/