French Single: Foxhall claws back deficit,
Sailing
Irishman recovers after early mistake in single-handed classic THE first leg of La Solitaire du Figaro turned into the longest stage in the history of the race as 47 skippers battled windless conditions and spring tides on the 385-mile course between Cherbourg and Dublin.The leg, which was won on Tuesday by Michel Desjoyeaux, of France, in TBS after 109 hours at sea, proved to be an enormous test of stamina and willpower, with many skippers arriving over the following 24 hours exhausted...
French Single: The Mail on Sunday (United Kingdom): Hunt for the Dordogne Charmer who cheated expats out of GBP2million
IN PARIS A GROUP of wealthy Britons who retired to live the dream life in the South of France have been fleeced out of their life-savings by a conman who fled with more than GBP2million.Graham Briggs, a convicted fraudster, befriended well-heeled Britons living in the Dordogne and persuaded them to invest in a fund backed by French bank Societe Generale. Briggs, a smooth-talking 51-year-old, conned an 84-year-old Parkinson's Disease sufferer out of the GBP98,000 life-savings...
French Single: EXTRA BASES,
SKYCHIEFS 8, KNIGHTS 5
SKYCHIEFS 9, KNIGHTS 6
Game Summaries Anton French hit a bases-loaded triple in the top of the 15th inning Sunday to give the Syracuse SkyChiefs an 8-5 win over the Charlotte Knights in the conclusion of a game that was suspended in the 14th inning Saturday. French then delivered a two-run triple in the regularly scheduled game as the SkyChiefs won 9-6 to complete a four-game sweep of the Knights and stretch their winning streak to eight games.How the runs scored Syracuse 3rd: Dennis Ulacia pitching: Andy...
French Single: Western Morning News: Where's the will to make pensions fair again?
Give all pensioners GBP120 per week, says one of your correspondents. But this will not stop pensioner poverty in this country, and also this is not enough remuneration for paying 40 to 50 years into the National Insurance fund for a quality state pension on retirement.Neither would this be compensation enough for being robbed of a decent state pension for over 24 years in this country since the earnings link was cut by the Thatcher government over two decades ago in 1980. It should be...
French Single: Single-engine plane missing near Durango
DURANGO - Civil Air Patrol planes on Saturday continued their search of an area between the New Mexico border and Wolf Creek Pass for a pilot from Littleton whose plane vanished in bad weather Wednesday. Mike Brouillette, 50, of Littleton was flying a French single-engine Socata Trinidad. "He flew into weather. He was talking to FAA traffic controllers and reported he was picking up ice on the airplane and was descending," said CAP Capt. John Ball. ...