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Cycling: Cavendish aims to be in the pink
Saturday 28 April 2012
Team Sky's Mark Cavendish has targeted the leader's jersey and victory in the team time trial at the Giro d'Italia next month.
Clarkson loses footpath appeal
Saturday 28 April 2012
Ramblers have claimed a victory against the Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson after he lost an appeal to restrict public access to a path near his lighthouse home on the Isle of Man.
Still lives: Chris Killip's images of Northern working life chronicle and define a bygone era
Saturday 17 March 2012
Chris Killip and I are looking at the same photographs. But we are seeing different things. They are dense, vivid, solid, black-and-white images of working people in the North of England in the Seventies and Eighties. To me they speak of a grim, bleak, alienated breed – unsmiling, ground-down, resigned or even perhaps crushed and defeated. To him they celebrate the resilience of the human spirit.
Open Jaw: Titanic Belfast - inspirational or plain misguided?
Friday 16 March 2012
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Cycling: Mark Cavendish wins sprint finish
Thursday 08 March 2012
Mark Cavendish won the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico today to claim his fourth victory of what he hopes will be a momentous 2012 season.
Cycling: Cavendish shows early form in Qatar
Wednesday 08 February 2012
Mark Cavendish fought off the aftermath of a fever to claim his first victory in the world champion's rainbow jersey for Team Sky here yesterday, fulfilling his promise to "hit the ground running" in a year where a crack at Britain's first Olympic gold of 2012 is beckoning.
Cavendish wins BBC sports personality award
Thursday 22 December 2011
Mark Cavendish tonight became only the third cyclist to win the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award when he pipped golfer Darren Clarke and athlete Mo Farah to the main prize in Salford.
TT: Closer to the Edge (15)
Friday 09 December 2011
Released in 3D in the cinemas, first-time director Richard De Aragues' documentary is clearly shot for huge Imax screens.
Saint Lucia: Tropical island that's a king of Creole
Saturday 03 December 2011
Saint Lucia's luxury resorts and idyllic beaches are undoubtedly impressive, but it's the traditional culture that makes a visit so special.
Isle of Man Higher Education Centre
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Isle of Man Higher Education Centre and International Business School
The wild west of Wales
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Just off the Pembrokeshire coast lies Skokholm Island, where puffins, rabbits and myriad birds rule the roost. Emma Gregg pulls ashore at an unspoilt outpost
Traveller's Guide: Isle of Man
Saturday 16 July 2011
The keystone to the Irish Sea is British, but not in the UK. Welcome to an intriguing outpost, says <b>Chris Leadbeater</b>
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