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Premier Division five teams recorded opening day victories. Astwood Bank occupy top spot after the beating Pershore at Sambourne Lane. Captain Tom Underhill (71) helped the Bank overhaul the visitors first innings total for the loss of just five wickets to gain a maximum-points win and top spot. Meanwhile Ryan Derrick’s (6-23) second innings return ensured Stourport kept up with the pace as he helped the visitors dismiss Redditch cheaply in the second innings at Bromsgrove Road to record a maximum-points win after Noman Choudhry (6-31) had put the home side in with a decent chance at the halfway stage.
Worcestershire County League: Astwood Bank take top spot
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Worcestershire County League: Astwood Bank take top spot
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(Bloomberg) Boris Johnson is trying to ride out a lobbying scandal that is threatening to puncture the surge in popularity the British prime minister has enjoyed following the U.K.’s rapid coronavirus vaccination program.
Critics have accused the ruling Conservative party of “sleaze” and called for an overhaul of the U.K.’s lobbying rules after it emerged former premier David Cameron lobbied ministers on behalf of the now insolvent finance firm Greensill Capital. A top civil servant was also advising the company while still being employed by the government.
With Popstars returning to our screens tonight, we turn back the clock and relive some of New Zealand’s most memorable talent show stars.
Being the country that essentially invented the reality talent show, New Zealand has no shortage of memorable performers from the last 22 years of the genre. Ben Lummis. Rosita Vai. Jackie Thomas. Beau Monga. These names are etched into the halls of reality TV fame, but what about those who didn’t come away with the win? Or those who never even got to finish their audition because Frankie Stevens was cranky? Or those simply lost to the annals of time?