London Welsh have failed to meet the minimum standards criteria for entry into the Aviva Premiership, English rugby chiefs have announced.
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Newcastle announce three new signings
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Newcastle have added three further new signings to their squad for next season.
Newcastle sign Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson
Friday 18 May 2012
Newcastle have signed Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson on a two-year deal.
Navy frigate raids pirate vessels
Tuesday 15 May 2012
A Royal Navy frigate has undertaken three counter-piracy operations during a seven-month deployment in the Indian Ocean.
Round-up: Newcastle's top-flight future now in London Welsh's hands
Monday 14 May 2012
Newcastle, winners of the inaugural Premiership title in 1998 but bottom of the heap this time round, are 50 per cent out of the mire. Bristol's 29-18 victory over Cornish Pirates in the second leg of their Championship semi-final at the Memorial Ground yesterday was not enough to avoid an aggregate defeat and, as a result, one of only two contenders capable of replacing the Tynesiders in the elite league fell by the wayside.
Trending: The Hit Parade lives on
Friday 11 May 2012
From next week, streamed music will have its own chart. Will tracking what we listen to, rather than buy, make the Top 10 relevant again?
Pirates plunder Bristol in play-offs
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Bristol's hopes of promotion to the Aviva Premiership took a hit when they were beaten 45-24 by the Cornish Pirates yesterday.
The Avengers to dominate US box office this weekend
Thursday 03 May 2012
The US summer movie season opens with a blast Friday as Disney's much-anticipated, $220 million "The Avengers" storms onto more than 4,000 domestic screens with expectations that it could earn between $150 million and $170 million in its first weekend. The record is held by last year's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" at $169.2 million.
Natalie Haynes: Grannies for all – a scheme that makes kids read and my heart sing
Monday 30 April 2012
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Greg Ham: Flautist remembered for his 'Down Under' riff
Monday 23 April 2012
The woodwind and keyboard player Greg Ham was responsible for several of the distinctive features that made the Australian group Men At Work such an early Eighties pop sensation.
Jack London's People of the Abyss, Radio 4, Monday
Wireless Nights, Radio 4, Thursday
Sunday 15 April 2012
Out of the abyss of poverty and into the dark night of the soul
The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists, Peter Lord (U)
Wrath of the Titans, Jonathan Liebesman, (12A)
Sunday 01 April 2012
Avast me hearties! It's Hugh Grant, a dodo, and treasure in every frame
Ahoy! Meet the real-life pirate scientist 300 years ahead of Aardman
Saturday 31 March 2012
Steve Connor discovers uncanny parallels between a swashbuckling pioneer and a new animated hero
The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists (U) / Wrath of the Titans (12A) (4/5, 2/5)
Friday 30 March 2012
Voices: Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, Brian Blessed
Scandal spreads to Murdoch TV empire
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Allegations of corporate espionage in satellite broadcasting may attract unwanted attention from US authorities
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