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- Thatcher's daughter writes of mother's dementia
- LONDON AFP — The daughter of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher tells how her mother's dementia has left her struggling to remember the simplest facts in book extracts published Sunday. Carol Thatcher wrote that, on her worst days, her mother struggles to finish sentences but shows occasional glimpses...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- MAGGIE GETS THE BIOPIC TREATMENT AND . . . . YOU END UP QUITE LIKING
- AROUND the turn of the year, as Cranford shifted slowly to Lark Rise To Candleford, it felt disturbingly as if the BBC had embarked upon a psychotic campaign to choke us all to death with period drama. Over the past few weeks, they've been at it again. This time, though,...
- Research articles 2008-06-08
- Thatcher's son remarries: report
- LONDON AFP — Mark Thatcher, the son of the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has re-married in a low-key ceremony in Gibraltar, the Sunday Telegraph said. The weekly said the 54-year-old married Sarah Russell, 42, at a register office on the British territory off southern Spain on Thursday...
- Research articles 2008-03-29
- Thatcher taken to London hospital for tests: official
- LONDON AFP — Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been admitted to a London hospital where she is in a "stable" condition, its spokeswoman said Saturday. Thatcher, 82, is expected to spend the night at Saint Thomas' Hospital in central London, to which she was reportedly driven from...
- Research articles 2008-03-07
- Thatcher taken to London hospital for tests: BBC
- LONDON AFP — Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been taken to hospital for precautionary tests, the BBC reported Friday. Thatcher, 82, was driven from her London home to Saint Thomas's Hospital in the capital in the past couple of hours, the broadcaster said, without giving further details...
- Research articles 2008-03-07
- Thatcher death play to hit London stage
- LONDON AFP — A play entitled "The Death of Margaret Thatcher" is to hit the London stage next month, speculating about the impact of the former prime minister's passing. Conservative titan Thatcher, 82, prime minister from 1979 to 1990 and Britain's only female premier, radically changed the nation during...
- Research articles 2008-01-19
- Thatcher's US bathroom farce revealed in new documents
- LONDON AFP — As British premier, Margaret Thatcher may have forged a strong "special relationship" with the US, but an early visit did not always offer a warm introduction to the nation, documents released Friday show. Thatcher went to the United States as leader of Britain's main opposition Conservative...
- Research articles 2007-12-28
- The spell is broken: in the post-Blair world, we might ask: what did he ever do?
- THERE was a certain pathos about the last days of Tony Blair's premiership. A sort of Grand Tour of Statesmanship--a visit to Africa, a swansong at the White House, one last Euro-Summit committing Britain to further loss of sovereignty--had been carefully timed and set up. An official memo leaked last...
- Research articles 2007-07-30
- The end of Blair
- ON 27 June Tony Blair will climb into his heavily armoured limousine and be driven the short distance down the Mall to Buckingham Place where he will resign his seals of office to the Queen. It will be just a few weeks more than ten years since the Queen asked...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- Military grads
- Air Force Airman Bryan C. Alder has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Craig Z. Alder of Spanish Fork. Alder graduated in 2002 from Spanish Fork High School and received an associate degree in 2005 from...
- Research articles 2007-04-26
- FALKLANDS MEMORIES Never officially a war, the Falklands conflict
- TWENTY-FIVE years ago tomorrow, General Leopoldo Galtieri ordered his forces to seize the Malvinas Islands. Then head of Argentina's military government and the country's de facto president, he referred to this manoeuvre as a legitimate "reoccupation" of sovereign territory. The United Kingdom had its own name for those islands, its...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Film to depict Thatcher's countdown to Falklands war
- LONDON AFP — British filmmakers said Tuesday they were making a feature film about prime minister Margaret Thatcher's actions in the countdown to the 1982 Falklands War. The project comes as Britain prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the conflict, which forged Thatcher's reputation as the "Iron Lady."...
- Research articles 2007-03-20
- Liverpool sign young Argentinian star
- LONDON AFP — Liverpool completed the signing of Argentinian defender Emiliano Insua on an 18-month loan deal. The teenage left back, who has represented his country at under 20 level, was signed from Boca Juniors and hailed by Reds boss Rafael Benitez as "a good, young player with a lot...
- Research articles 2007-01-11
- Football: Stead becomes a Blade, Thatcher heads for Charlton
- LONDON AFP — Sheffield United have moved to bolster their forward line by signing striker Jon Stead from Sunderland in a deal worth up to 1.25 million pounds (2.4 million dollars). Stead, 23, has been on loan at Derby for the last three months and Sunderland boss Roy Keane decided...
- Research articles 2007-01-11
- FA bans Thatcher for eight matches over brutal Mendes tackle
- LONDON AFP — Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher has received an eight-game ban from the Football Association FA for his brutal challenge on Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes. The FA also hit Thatcher with a further 15-match ban suspended for two years. "At an Independent Disciplinary Commission hearing today Tuesday, Manchester City's...
- Research articles 2006-09-12
- Pearce expresses surprise at police probe into Thatcher
- LONDON AFP — Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has expressed his surprise at police launching a second investigation into Ben Thatcher. Thatcher, already facing a police inquiry into his brutal challenge on Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes, learned Thursday he was the subject of another investigation. Thatcher, banned for six games and...
- Research articles 2006-09-08
- Thatcher to face second police assault probe
- LONDON AFP — Manchester City's Ben Thatcher, already facing a police inquiry into his brutal challenge on Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes, learned he was the subject of a second investigation. Thatcher, banned for six games and fined 120,000 pounds by City for his August 23 elbow assault on Mendes which left...
- Research articles 2006-09-07
- Nightmare on Downing Street: ghost of Thatcher spooking Blair
- LONDON AFP — The bitter infighting in Prime Minister Tony Blair's party over when he will quit Downing Street is reminiscent of the rancorous way Margaret Thatcher was forced out, knifed by her own side in 1990. The vultures are circling over the Labour Party leader, demanding his immediate exit,...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
- Thatcher, Attlee named Britain's most effective PMs: BBC magazine
- LONDON AFP — Post-war leader Clement Attlee and 1980s titan Margaret Thatcher were named Britain's most effective 20th-century prime ministers in a study of British premiers for BBC History Magazine, out Tuesday. The pair outscored World War II prime minister Winston Churchill and were rated far higher than current incumbent...
- Research articles 2006-08-28
- Barton keeps cool to sink Arsenal
- MANCHESTER, England AFP — A Joey Barton penalty brought Manchester City some welcome relief at the end of a difficult week as Stuart Pearce's side stunned Arsenal 1-0 at Eastlands. City manager Pearce has endured a difficult few days following the appalling challenge on Wednesday by left-back Ben Thatcher that...
- Research articles 2006-08-26
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