Ned Bailey with a female carrying up to 20,000 eggs. In the wild, only one or two larvae will make it to adulthood. Photograph: Lewis Michael JefferiesCornishman Ned Bailey has caught and returned ‘notched’ lobsters for years as part of a broader effort to preserve stocks. But many fishers do not
by Frankie Adkins in FalmouthNed Bailey has spent the best part of four decades fishing off the south coast of Cornwall.
Paul Walker This article is more than 8 years oldPaul Walker's father to sue Porsche for Fast & Furious actor's deathThis article is more than 8 years oldPaul William Walker III, who is the executor of his son’s estate, joins his granddaughter Meadow Walker in taking on the German carmaker in court
The father of the late Fast & Furious star Paul Walker is to become the latest family member to sue German carmaker Porsche over his son’s death, reports Entertainment Weekly.
Book of the dayFictionReviewThe followup to Skippy Dies is a tricksy post-crash comedy set among bankers and chancers in a Dublin on the verge of collapseA few years ago, Paul Murray’s second novel, the highly acclaimed Skippy Dies, found its way into the holiday packing of David Cameron, whose interest may have been piqued by a tale of dark goings-on at an elite boarding school. On that basis, perhaps George Osborne will shortly be snapped on the beach with his nose deep in The Mark and the Void, which is set in the everywhere-and-nowhere world of global high finance, and contains some shudderingly topical inflections (“We’re like lepers out there,” says one trader, as his overstretched bank goes south.
Tyson Fury is knocked down by a huge left from Francis Ngannou before recovering to avoid humiliation in Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTyson Fury is knocked down by a huge left from Francis Ngannou before recovering to avoid humiliation in Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesThe ObserverTyson Fury This article is more than 2 months oldTyson Fury floored by Francis Ngannou but wins controversial split decisionThis article is more than 2 months oldBriton lucky to avoid huge shock in ‘Battle of the Baddest’Battering taken by Fury puts Oleksandr Usyk fight in jeopardyA battered and relieved Tyson Fury was awarded a controversial split-decision win over the remarkable Francis Ngannou, who was making his boxing debut, in Riyadh.
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GymnasticsGabby Douglas apologizes after Simone Biles calls out victim shaming tweetDouglas sorry after saying provocative dress ‘entices the wrong crowd’Three-time Olympic champion’s tweet drew criticism from Simone BilesGabby Douglas has apologized for saying that women should “dress modestly and be classy” to avoid enticing “the wrong crowd”, a comment that drew criticism for victim shaming and kicked off a public rift between members of last year’s US Olympic women’s gymnastic team.
Lost in showbizCelebrityHalle Berry: A Jew writesNow, it may come as something as a surprise but, actually, this Jew was positiviely DELIGHTED by Halle Berry's hilarious corker of a Jewish joke on the Jay Leno show earlier this week. Oh sure, some might say that Halle holding up a picture of herself with a computer generated large schnozzle on her visage and saying, "That could be my Jewish cousin!" might, just might, be construed as offensive.
ROOT OF ALL EVILHow much would an English one pound note with Isaac Newton on it be worth today? ace, walsall england
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The face value of GBP1 would still be honored by the Bank of England. As the note has been out of circulation for a while, the lack of supply may have influenced the value of the note to collectors of notes and coins; e.
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Retired couple Patricia Lynch and Gwen Williams had been living in their north London terrace for more than 20 years when they realised they had a tough decision to make: renovate or relocate. Lynch bought the house in 1999, the year she met Williams, who moved in with her two years later. They had both fallen in love with the Tottenham area over the years, but the house wasn’t working for them in its current state.
FamilyInterviewRachel Nickell’s son: ‘That’s what I remember most – the moment I knew she was gone’Anna MooreAged nearly three, Alex Hanscombe saw his mother, Rachel Nickell, murdered in front of him. It was a case that shocked the nation. Anna Moore meets him and his father, André, and finds, after 25 years, that they have a remarkable bond
A young mother ambling across Wimbledon Common with her dog and her young son on a perfect July morning in 1992.