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Usher

R‘n’B star Usher rose to fame in the 90s with multi-platinum album, ‘My Way’ and number one single, ‘You Make Me Wanna’. But it was his 2004 offering, ‘Confessions’ that solidified the singer’s position as an R‘n’B great, selling over 10 million copies in the United States alone. Here, we flashback ...

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Plea for military help

SOMALIA’S PRESIDENT, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has declared a state of emergency in the country and asked for foreign military help to tackle hard line Islamist militias who are battling government forces for control of the country. Tell Us What You Think. ...

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Dynamic duo still shine

Sobers and Lara TWO OF the greatest names in cricket have given their take on being captain of the West Indies. Sir Garfield Sobers and Brian Lara gave differing views on their spells as captain but they both acknowledged there were huge challenges while leading the side. A cricketing genius, ...

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Soul Stirrings

Bite the Bullet to help fight gang culture

THE CHRISTIAN community will be encouraged to combat gang culture at Bite the Bullet , a free conference organised by Street Pastors and the Baptist Union of Great Britain. Speakers at the July 4 event in Wood Green, north London, will include criminologist Professor John Pitts, Pastor Les Isaac,...

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How things have changed since Queen's honour

YOU WOULD have thought that the hardest thing about getting an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) was the romantic attention you have to fight off with a big bamboo stick. But my gong has not attracted that kind of interest at all. At least not when my missus is about. And she's been s...