Reconstructed face unveiled in London GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The remains of King Richard III found under a parking lot in Leicester, England were used to create a reconstruction of the man, unveiled Tuesday 5 February in London. Reutes/The Guardian report on the (re)making of a king.
Sports, weekend round-up: Italy beat France in Six Nations rugby
February 3, 2013 by
Baltimore takes the Superbowl despite power failure ROME, ITALY – Italy blew open the Six Nations rugby tournament by beating favourites France 23-18, 3 February. The Italians dominated the game with their driving forward power against a dispirited French team. In the Saturday games England comfortably beat Scotland and Ireland beat the 2012 Grand Slam [...]
Single, older pistol used in Annecy murders
September 10, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Three new developments are reported by police in the murders of four people near Annecy, France, last week: The home of Saad al-Hilli in Claygate, near London, England, was searched by a bomb squad over the weekend, but the “suspicious” material found in a garden shed of the victim’s home was determined [...]
11-year-old flies from Manchester to Rome without plane ticket
July 27, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The UK has begun an inquiry as of how did an 11-year-old manage to safely fly from Manchester, England to Rome, Italy on a Jet2.com flight. The boy did this having no boarding pass at security, no boarding pass at the gate, no passport and no boarding pass stub once on the [...]
Prince Charles pays tribute to Queen in TV broadcast
June 1, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Prince of Wales is paying a personal tribute to Queen Elizabeth, on the occasion of her diamond jubilee celebrations, in a British television broadcast to be aired Friday 1 June. In the hour-long tribute, which presents previously unreleased footage from family movies, Prince Charles shares childhood memories of the Queen. He [...]
Sports, Six Nations Rugby: Grand Slam glory for Wales
March 17, 2012 by
MILLLENIUM STADIUM, CARDIFF, WALES – The Welsh team completed their Grand Slam, which involves winning all the Six Nations matches in a season, with a 16-9 win over France, 17 March. It was their third slam in eight years and brought comparisons with the great 1970s team led by Mervyn Davies,who died the previous day. [...]
Wednesday night football, 2 big friendlies
February 29, 2012 by
Home friendly for Switzerland with Argentina Two big ones are England vs The Netherlands and Germany vs France GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Football fans who are not heading to Bern for the 29 February evening friendly with Argentina are likely to be glued to the TV, with this game broadcast on RTS (new name for Swiss [...]
Sports, cricket: England humiliated by Pakistan
January 28, 2012 by
ABU DHABI, UAE – The England cricket team again snatched defeat from the brink of victory when the batting collapsed to 72 all out in the second test against Pakistan, 28 January. It looked like England had a good chance of leveling the series when Monty Panesar celebrated his return to the team by taking [...]
Britain blown sideways by winter gales
January 3, 2012 by
Two die as high winds sweep the region GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Winds of up to 100mph in Scotland and other parts of Britain 3 January are causing considerable damage, with some areas suffering power cuts and transport disrupted, including the London-Edinburgh trains. A man died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in southern England when a tree [...]
Cathy Marston on Bern:Ballett’s shock over Jack’s attack
November 8, 2011 by
BERN, SWITZERLAND – GenevaLunch is posting here a letter received from Cathy Marston, choreographer-director, Bern-Ballett, following our article about a vicious attack on 19-year-old dancer Jack Widdowson in the centre of Cardiff Saturday night 4 November. He remains in critical condition. Art-TV Switzerland shows him performing (at minute 1:08) in this trailer of last week’s [...]
