No sailing for Frostbites, Snowflakes or Rollesby
For the first time in 15 years’ reporting I have to tell you that there was no sailing last Sunday, at any rate in the northern sector.
Southampton Airport
With flags waving and the sound of confetti cannons firing the RYA officially launched it’s ‘Push the Boat Out’ event at the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show at the weekend (14 January).
Real adventurers will swap romance for murky depths
If you're reading this at home in the comfort of an armchair, shame on you: why are you not sailing solo round the world, rowing naked across the Atlantic or walking to the South Pole on your hands?
Queen warms crowd on snowy jubilee day
Queen Elizabeth II visited a town hall and a school 60 years to the day since she ascended to the throne after the sudden death of her father George VI.
Sports digest
A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Beautiful day `spoiled' by total lack of wind
LONG BEACH - Crispy cool, Santa Catalina Island clear, close and colorful 22 miles out, a bright sun glaring through the clouds: a perfect day for a postcard.
Videos: 15 Weird Winter Olympics Commercials
In Lithuania, athletes combine basketball and hockey to the hopes of making it a new game in the Winter Olympics. Unlike the Summer Olympics, wintertime makes everyone act a little bit strange. Thankfully, Extreme Ice Basketball is only one of many bizarre Winter Olympics-related...
Queen Elizabeth prepares to celebrate diamond jubilee
In a file picture taken on May 16, 2008 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the British Embassy as children wave flags in Ankara. Photo courtesy: AFP
Many brave weather for Australia Day
AUSSIE flags on shirts and painted on faces were all the rage around Circular Quay as many ignored the miserable weather.