20 Sep From the section Rugby League Share this with Digg Facebook Google LinkedIn Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/45592588 Read more about sharing. Hull FC's Tonga international skipper Sika Manu will miss his country's Test against Australia - and the Black and Whites' last two Super League games - with a medial cruciate ligament injury.Manu, 31, suffered the knee damage in Friday's 38-12 defeat at St Helens."Sika is the latest member of our squad to be ruled out for the remainder of the season," said coach Lee Radford."It's gutting for us and for him too, because he'll miss Tonga's game against Australia next month."Hull will go into their final two games of the season against Catalans Dragons and Wigan without Marc Sneyd, Mark Minichiello and Joe Westerman, who have all undergone operations, joining Josh Bowden, Albert Kelly and Chris … [Read more...] about Sika Manu: Hull FC’s injured Tonga skipper to miss end of season
How the millennium bug spawned Generation Sensible
I have three abiding memories of the year 2000. I can still picture half the population running around like headless chickens, worrying about the millennium bug. As the clock ticked down to 00.00hrs on January 1, we were preparing for a post-apocalyptic world. There were fears computers would self-destruct, planes would fall from the sky and supermarket shelves would lie empty. Then, once we breathed a collective sigh of relief at surviving Y2K, we all celebrated by opening millennium gardens. I lost track of how many times The Sentinel got invited to these grand unveilings. It seemed virtually every patch of scrub land was being transformed with the help of a trowel, a class of eager schoolchildren, some saplings and a lottery grant. But now, 18 years on, has our society really changed that much? After all, we still like to talk up doomsday scenarios – a no-deal Brexit, anyone? Well, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the differences are actually quite stark. … [Read more...] about How the millennium bug spawned Generation Sensible
“Getting worse by the day”
Four people have been hospitalised after being shot or stabbed in Coventry in the last ten days. The latest attack saw a man found with serious stab wounds in Hillfields in the early hours of this morning and two streets were taped off while police began their investigations. It follows a shooting that left two men injured earlier this week and another stabbing the week before in Stoke Aldermoor. September has been a shocking month for crime in the city with the death of Fidel Glasgow - grandson of Coventry ska legend Neville Staple - also coming during the last month. This led CoventryLive to question exactly what is going on in our city and what can be done to put Coventry back on the straight and narrow. We also asked you the question: How safe do you feel in Coventry? "Getting out of control" We contacted West Midlands Police in a bid for answers from those charged with keeping us safe, but sadly failed to hear back. One person that we did speak to was one of the city … [Read more...] about “Getting worse by the day”
River search for missing uni student
Hereford & Worcester 20 September 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-45594673 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel The parents of a university student who went missing during Freshers Week have been at a riverbank … [Read more...] about River search for missing uni student
The perils of being a football mascot
Newsbeat 20 September 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45586863 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel A video of Colorado's football mascot accidentally shooting himself in the groin with a T-shirt cannon has gone viral.Thousands of fans … [Read more...] about The perils of being a football mascot