Local Sport
Kiveton Park well beaten in a top of the Championship clash
Kiveton Park were comfortably beaten by nine wickets in a Bassetlaw Championship top of the table clash with Ordsall Bridon.
Metts blasts those who have written Tigers off
Leon Mettam has a message for those who have already written off Worksop Town’s 2013/14 season – you’re making a big mistake.
Lee wants to play at home
Ahead of this week’s BMW PGA Championship, Lee Westwood has asked for more chances to play closer to home.
Shaw praises trio for taking pay cut to stay with Worksop
Mark Shaw has praised the trio of players he is building a new team around, for showing loyalty to Worksop Town.
Second for Swift in Germany
Anston’s Ben Swift came agonisingly close to his first stage win since returning to cycling from injury, in Germany this week.
National sport
Robson to face Wozniacki in Paris
British number one Laura Robson will meet former world number one Caroline Wozniacki in the first round of the French Open.
Lydon takes on RFU role
Joe Lydon has been appointed England's new head of international player development.
Phelan and Steele leave United
Manchester United are to part company with coaches Mike Phelan and Eric Steele.
UEFA offer Champions League incentive
The Europa League winners will qualify for the Champions League from the 2015/16 season, it was confirmed at UEFA's Congress.
New Everton deal for Osman
Leon Osman has signed a contract extension which will keep him at Everton until 2015.
Richard Silverwood's Racing Blog
Fifty horses to follow -- as the countdown to the Epsom Derby Festival and Royal Ascot begins
The new Flat season is well and truly in full swing. And two of the highlights of the year -- the Epsom Derby Festival (May 31 and June 1) and Royal Ascot (June 18-22) -- are just around the corner.
Two top-class Guineas races are the perfect Newmarket antidote to Godolphin steroids scandal
OUR resident expert, RICHARD SILVERWOOD (Scoop Racing), looks back on the two-day Guineas Festival at Newmarket, which helped to draw a line under the anabolic steroids controversy that hit Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin training empire.
Horses to follow from early Flat meetings at Newmarket and Newbury
TWO of the best, and most informative, meetings of the early weeks of the Flat season are at Newmarket and Newbury. Our resident expert RICHARD SILVERWOOD was there for all four days and reports back here on horses to follow as the campaign progresses.
- WOOLWICH TERROR ATTACK: Suspected murderer’s former Saxilby home is raided
- WOOLWICH TERROR ATTACK: Villagers’ shock at terror suspect Saxilby link
- Gainsborough paedophile with animal porn placed on sex register
- WOOLWICH TERROR ATTACK: Help For Heroes reaction to brutal killing of soldier in London
- WOOLWICH TERROR ATTACK: Suspected murderer’s former home on Hotchkin Avenue in Saxilby is raided
- Teens praised for ‘hard work and dedication’
- WOOLWICH TERROR ATTACK: Police warning over online comments
- Inside YOUR Gainsborough Standard this week (Thursday 11th April)
- Gainsborough MP, close friend of Margaret Thatcher, pays tribute to former Prime Minister
- Running and walking both good for your heart
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Weather for Gainsborough
Friday 24 May 2013
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