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Vice Admiral Sir Tim McClement, who is now aged 70, was the second in command on HMS Conqueror when the vessel fired two torpedoes at the ship (pictured) on May 2, 1982.

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For years, we've all been getting it wrong. We've been misspelling the name of Thorp Street. Until today, The Batavian never published a story that didn't spell the name of the Southside street between Watson and Maple, parallel Evans, as "Thorpe," with an unnecessary "e" on the tail. It's not just us -- Google, Apple, scores of real estate-related sites, and even the Batavia

South Canterbury education leaders say they are open to change but wonder how they will work with staff who decline the Covid-19 vaccination for personal reasons.

This summer, live theater returns to Nevada County as Sierra Stages presents the Tony Award-winning musical “The Bridges of Madison County” playing for six performances only from July 23 through July 31 outdoors on the grounds of The North Star House in Grass Valley.

Jemma Morris02:00, May 25 2021 Unknown/Supplied Jemma Morris, manager of Rotoruas McLeods Booksellers. OPINION: McLeods Booksellers is a 77 year old independent bookshop in the heart of Rotorua. Owned by David Thorp and Lynne Jones, the business has survived a world war, a major recession, and now a Covid pandemic. When New Zealand moved into level 4, the shop was unable to physically operate, but we kept in touch with our customers via email, social media and received web orders too, which we...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Scaffolding erected for maintenance work surrounds the historic Memorial Library at Timaru Boys High School which sits behind the statue of famous old boy, Jack Lovelock. Timaru Boys High Schools 97-year-old Memorial Library is being earthquake strengthened and given a spruce-up outside. Rector David Thorp said work began when the school shut down for the Christmas holidays. "Currently were doing some maintenance work outside, with painting and tidying up. "Its a building t...

>> time to get our hoe started with the first video of the day. steven has it and the story behind it. >> when you buckle yourself into a ride at an amusement park, you may have wondered in the past, i hope something doesnt go wrong. take a look at this video, it shows the megabounce frog ride in leicester, england. keep your eyes in the bottom lefthand portion of the screen. >> oh, my god! >> as it starts spinning around, one of the carriages on this ride breaks off. >> oh [ bleep ]! ...

wrong. >> well, something went very wrong here. weve got the story. >> oh! >> look how far he is. >> after a head-on crash, a driver tries to run. but, the guy with the camera? >> starts to chase after him. >> oh my goodness. this is awesome zblxt see how he was finally corralled for the cops. his sneaky proposal went viral. now weve got video -- >> of their wedding. >> theyre married now. >> how the groom pulled off one last surprise in the ceremony. >> and, two jacked-up cats. >> wan...