Next Month

Previous Month

May 2007 Archives

May 27, 2007 1:31 PM

STANDING IN THE WAY FOR CONTROL

Politicians aren't just a bunch of old fuddy-duddies - young people are getting in on the act as well. We asked two of the youngest who stood for parliament to chart their own campaigns. This is how they got on.

Peter Lyburn, 22, stood for the Conservatives in Dunfermline West May 4, 5:30 am: There were a lot of weary, worn-out and weepy individuals gathered round the vote monitor in the middle of a local sports halls in Fife ­...

Read more »

QUEEN OF THE PARALYMPiCS

She's won almost a dozen gold medals, held titles in events from 100m to marathon and set more than 30 world records. Now Tanni GreyThompson has retired from the track - and is turning her attention to helping the next generation of athletes. By Eva Langlands.

WHAT did you say?" I ask, struggling to hear Tanni Grey-Thompson over the din. Britain's most accomplished disabled athlete may be talking from the privacy of her own home, but we may as well be in the back seat of...

Read more »