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Email: [email protected] (include your full name, address and telephone number)52 years ago (1968)
We revealed the death of
two-time F1 world champion
Jim Clark in a minor F2 race
at Hockenheim, West
Germany.
The Scot sustained a
fractured skull and broken
neck as his car veered off the
track at 170mph and crashed
into trees and he was
pronounced dead on arrival
at hospital.
The accident stunned the
racing community and Clark’s
funeral was attended by
people from all over the
world.116 years ago (1904)
Britain and France signed
the Entente Cordiale,
marking the end of 1,000
years of enmity between
the two nations.
France believed an
agreement with Britain
would give them security
against German militarism
and its alliance with
Austria-Hungary.26 years ago (1994)
The body of American rock
singer Kurt Cobain, 27, was
found at his home in Seattle
by an electrician who had
gone to fit a burglar alarm.
The troubled Nirvana
frontman, who battled heroin
addiction and depression,
had apparently shot himself in
the head, leaving a gun and a
suicide note nearby.TODAY: Wednesday
April 8, 2020ON THIS DAY
BIRTHDAYS
TODAY’S GIGGLE
How do birds fly?
They just wing it!Blade Runner
actress Robin
Wright is 54.
She owns oil
wells. Fashion
designer
Dame
Vivienne
Westwood is- She fights
for green
issues.
Actress
Patricia
Arquette is - Her
siblings
David and
Rosanna are
also actors.
Musician
Julian
Lennon is 57.
His first name
is John, after
his father.
Letter of the day
Stubborn Trump is making
it up as he goes along
SEEING the Government’s daily
briefings and then comparing them
to America makes you realise how
fortunate we are.
Ours are clear and factual, unlike
the US, where they break their own
guidelines and have a president
who makes it up as he goes along,
ignoring medical advice in favour of
his own views, making comments
that “it will all be over soon” and
he “sees a light at the end of the
tunnel”.
Are the Americans really going
to vote him back into office for
another four years? It’s scary.
John Land,
Morden, S London
Donate from your salaries
you pompous individuals
WELL that’s big of you Gordon
Taylor, to say Premier League
players are mindful of their social
responsibilities and are prepared to
step up to the mark (“Taylor: ‘There
is no deadlock’”, April 7).
Your comments, along with
those of Mr Rooney, who is very
put out that footballers are being
cornered, make me sick (“Player
attack is a disgrace rages Rooney”,
April 6).
There are thousands and
thousands of ordinary people
unable to work and having to get
by day to day.
Give up 30 per cent of your
inflated wages you pompous people.
I truly hope that when this
pandemic is all over the clubs are
short of money and have to reduce
the obscene wages of some of the
so-called prima donna superstars.
Paul Sloan,
Fareham, Hants
Big-mouth Rooney should
keep his views to himself
ANOTHER overpaid big mouth on
an inflated fat-cat wage, Wayne
Rooney should get the facts right
before attacking others.
This past-it footballer hasn’t
mellowed with age. Give it a rest
motormouth, your type make us
sick with your uninformed diatribe.
Clifford Hammans,
Laindon, Essex
Southgate has to get by
on just £2million a year
HOW very commendable of Gareth
Southgate to give up 30 per cent of
his salary. However will he manage
on £2million a year (“Southgate
pay cut as FA face £150m losses”,
April 7)?
His job entails watching matches
in a Premier League where 70 per
cent of players are from overseas.
Nice work if you can get it.
Jack Robinson,
Manchester
Open up your land for the
sake of our communities
VANESSA Feltz makes a very good
point about the privileged in society
to open up their land (“Let’s ask the
privileged in society to share their
space”, April 7).
Soon after the current restrictions
came into force a school in the
county where we live put up notices
all around their property making it
clear to the local people that they
were not welcome.
At this time when the grounds are
empty, and people are being
encouraged not to travel by car to
exercise, surely they should show
some community spirit and make at
least part of their vast grounds
available to local people.
James McTernan,
Dunchurch, WarksMake idle prisoners help
to harvest our vital crops
FURTHER to Anthony Beckett’s
letter (“Send the army of benefits
claimants to harvest crops”, April
6), I wish to put forward the
hundreds of prisoners who are
sitting idle most of the day in jail.
Why can’t we put them to work
so they can repay some of their
debt to society?
Lia Hurst,
Overstrand, NorfolkCarole can talk the talk
but should walk the walk
I READ Carole Malone’s article
regarding being rebuked by the
police. Is this woman for real (“To
police the self-isolation rules, you
first need to understand them,
officer!”, April 7)?
It beggars belief that some peoplestill don’t get it. The advice has been
given for weeks about not “driving
to walk”.
Full marks to the police for
pulling her up.
If the beach was only two miles
from where she lives, and the track
quiet, why didn’t she walk? It would
only take around 35 minutes.
John Foster,
BirminghamYoung are just too selfish
to put their country first
SEEING pictures of people defying
coronavirus instructions, I noticed
that the vast majority of them were
young (“Lockdown to be extended
as deadline is drawing near”,
April 7).
It was this age group that was
flying fighter planes and bombers
during the Second World War.
Sadly, many of today’s generation
do not seem to have the sense or
will to follow a simple rule to stay
at home, let alone fight for their
country.
Derek Domakin,
Oldham, LancsSurely relaxing out in sun
boosts immune system
THE pictures of people sunbathing
last weekend show everyone
sensibly keeping a long distanceapart, so are officials going way over
the top by sending them home?
As people are outside, where the
breeze blows away any germs, as
long as they are at least 10 metres
apart why can’t they sunbathe in
a park?
Sunshine provides us with
vitamin D, which boosts our
immune systems, so spending time
in the sun might help protect us
from falling victim to the virus.
So officials could be missing a
chance to slow its spread by sending
people home.
David Kilpatrick,
St Albans, HertsRon fast out of the blocks
and is getting things done
WHAT an example to the
politicians former F1 boss Ron
Dennis is (“1m free meals for NHS
staff”, April 6).
That is the way to organise things,
by a man who knows a thing or two
about moving fast when the need
arises.
The trouble with many of our
people in charge is all they seem
to know about is talking, not
organising.
Get well soon Boris, your
presence is urgently needed more
than ever now.
Roy Shakeshaft,
Kettering, NorthantsOur country
needs Boris
at the helm
IF EVER there was a case of “cometh the
hour, cometh the man” it has to be Boris
Johnson (“Boris moved to intensive care as
health worsens”, April 7).
When London needed a mayor to restore it
to its rightful place among the world’s capitals,
and when we all needed a leader to bring an
end to the zombie Parliament and get Brexit
done, he stepped up to the plate.
In the past few weeks we’ve had the good
fortune to have him at the helm to steer us
through the present coronavirus crisis.
Now we can only hope and pray that he will
make a full recovery because we’re all going
to need him in the months and years ahead to
get our nation back on its feet.
Roy Daniels,
PRAY: The PM is the best man to lead Britain’s recovery Luton, BedsNo
MAYBE there
is hope for the
Labour Party
after all (“Out of the
shadows: Miliband
returns to Labour’s front
line”, April 7).
After all the nonsense
that has gone on over
the last few years, new
leader Sir Keir Starmer
is right to turn to a safe
pair of hands. EdMiliband knows his way
around Parliament and
has, no doubt, learnt
lessons from his time as
leader.
He is a household
name and, at a time
when Labour is
struggling for credibility,
he is someone people
can trust.
John Wilkins,
BradfordJUST when
you thought
Labour
couldn’t become any
more of a laughing stock
they wheel out the man
who drove a wedge
through the party and
started its descent into
oblivion.
There is a reason why
Ed Miliband was in the
political wilderness andthat is because he was a
failure.
Surely now is the time
for the party to look
forwards, not back.
When the Tories
finally have time to
break off from saving
the country, this news
will have them laughing
out loud.
Alan Robinson,
Aldershot, HantsIS ED MILIBAND RIGHT TO RETURN TO FRONT-LINE POLITICS?
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