CHRIS Nash is keen to see Sussex maintain their unbeaten form in one-day cricket after they booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 this week.
The Sharks sealed their progress from the South group of the t20 competition on Tuesday night after beating Surrey by six wickets at the Kia Oval in a rain-affected match.
The result guaranteed the Sharks their berth in the knockout stages of the competition for the fourth successive season, while it left them needing to only avoid defeat against Hampshire tonight (Friday) to seal a home quarter-final.
However, Nash said it was important for Sussex to keep up the form that has made them the first side through to the knockout stages.
He said: "We have been playing some really good cricket. We have been getting a brilliant start in the first six overs with bat and ball and we have been one of the most powerful sides in the country.
"But it is up to us to keep that going and make sure we get the home quarter-final now – we can't take our foot off the gas."
The 29-year-old said that having home advantage would benefit the Sharks, adding that many teams do not like coming to Hove.
He said: "We know the ground and our record there speaks for itself."
But even securing a home quarter-final will not be enough for Nash, who has been a key part of the Sharks' success at the top of the order, striking up a blistering opening partnership with Luke Wright.
He has scored 187 runs in Sussex's six t20 wins and having been to two previous finals days, Nash is keen to get to a third and emulate the success of 2009, when the Sharks won the T20 Cup with a 63-run win against Somerset.
He said: "I have had the experience of losing in a semi-final and winning the competition.
"Finals day can be either the best day or the worst day, but getting there is pretty special.
"We want to get the next games out of the way now and remain unbeaten."
The Sharks still have two games remaining in the South group, starting with the trip to the Ageas Bowl tonight against Hampshire, before the group stage is wrapped up with the visit of Surrey to Hove on Sunday.
Source: www.thisissussex.co.uk
Sachsenring MotoGP: Danny Kent splashes to second successive front row - MCN
British teenager Danny Kent splashed his way to a second successive Moto3 front row in monsoon conditions at Germany’s Sachsenring this afternoon.
The Red Bull KTM rider mastered treacherous conditions as heavy rain battered the tight and twisty Sachsenring track to set a fastest time of 1.44.474.
That looked like securing him a maiden Grand Prix pole position but home crown favourite and team-mate Sandro Cortese produced a stunning final lap to seize pole right at the end of the session.
Cortese’s time of 1.42.989 put the German a massive 1.485s clear of Kent.
It was only eight days ago in Assen that Kent scored a debut world championship front row and he followed that performance with a stunning maiden podium. He took third place in the Dutch TT by just 0.001s after a photo finish.
Adrian Martin completes the front row having finished just 0.015s behind Kent.
Moto3 world championship leader Maverick Vinales will start tomorrow’s 27-lap race from a lowly 24th after he struggled badly in the atrocious conditions.
The Spaniard, who has a slender seven-point lead over Cortese, was 3.6s off the best pace with a quickest time of 1.46.602.
British rider Danny Webb will start from 22nd on the grid after he logged a best lap of 1.46.046 on the Mahindra machine.
Source: www.motorcyclenews.com
Archbishop of Canterbury: Government has no right to introduce gay marriage - Daily Telegraph
“There have also been discussions between Home Office and Church House officials.”
He added: “The basis of the mandate for changing the state’s understanding of marriage given the lack of any commitment in the election manifestos of the main parties has been one of the many issues raised in those discussions.”
Asked by Gerald O’Brien, a lay Synod member from Sevenoaks, Kent, if it would be correct to infer that Dr Williams “does not accept that the Government has a mandate to make these changes ”, the archbishop replied: “I think that would be a reasonable inference”.
But Dr Williams also appeared to accept that the Church was fighting a losing battle against the proposals, continuing: “It is only right to note, however, that same sex-marriage now has the official support of all three main parties.”
The Church’s official response to the proposals to introduce same-sex marriage has fuelled a growing internal row over homosexuality which surfaced on Friday night as the leadership was also trying to avoid a second split, over the appointment of women bishops.
While some Synod members welcomed the document as a restatement of traditional values, others challenged its theological basis, as well as the right of the Church’s authorities to draw up such a definitive response on their behalf without consultation.
Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, also faced demands to release the initial findings of a panel of bishops reviewing the Church’s position on civil partnerships, but he said the report was “confidential”.
Father Ian Stubbs, an Anglican priest from Glossop, Derbyshire, delivered a petition to Dr Williams and Dr Sentamu, signed by almost 4,000 people who object to the church’s refusal to endorse homosexual marriage.
The Government’s proposals — which ministers intend to make law by 2015 — have also been strongly opposed by the Roman Catholic Church, the Chief Rabbi, and the Muslim Council of Britain.
But other religious groups, including the Jewish Reform and Liberal movements, have backed the plans.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Water and broadband top priorities for new Kent CLA chairman - Kent News
Nick Sandford, Kent CLA Chairman
Chris Murphy
Saturday, July 7, 2012
11:53 AM
Nick Sandford to lead county’s branch of Country Land and Business Association
Water and broadband – that’s what rural business needs in large quantities, and are the main priorities of the new champion of the countryside.
Nick Sandford has become the latest chairman of the Kent branch of the Country Land and Business Association.
The resident agent for the Godinton Estate, Ashford, said he is determined to see decent internet connections installed so rural businesses can communicate sensibly wit the outside world.
And he is also concerned about the recent water shortages affecting agriculture.
Mr Sandford said: “The CLA represents the interests of farmers and landowners. Our priorities are to do the best we can for members to ensure the rural sector is well represented which is even more important today with the current economy the way it is.
“And Kent has a very active rural sector leading the field in horticulture, and production of soft fruit.”
The most pressing worry for rural businesses presently is water supply. Mr Sandford said: “There is always various pressures with living in Kent, and the huge challenge in the next few years is water supply.
“The production of top quality green vegetables and other agricultural products does need to have a good water supply. The past couple of extraordinary years has affected the land. We need to ensure agriculture and horticulture has a good and reliable and also sustainably water supply because otherwise food production can be hit.
“We believe this is more important than people hosing down their cars on a Sunday morning.”
As for the other end of the technology spectrum, he said a good internet connection is absolutely vital to rural businesses just as it is to urban ones.
The chartered surveyor has worked for the National Trust for a decade, and said: “About 40 per cent of Kent’s businesses are rural based away from the main towns, so a good connection is essential. They all need broadband these days – the importance is growing all the time.
“Anyone producing fruit or other foods for the big supermarkets need a connection so they can react quickly to new orders.”
He will also be advocating local rural services, protecting property rights and encouraging rural diversification to create local jobs in the rural economy.
Mr Sandford said: “I am very much looking forward to the challenge. I have a very wide remit of activity representing the owners and managers of land and rural businesses of all types, especially as there are so many pressures on the countryside, coming from all directions.”
And CLA South East acting regional director Tim Brock, added: “The CLA represents 830 landowner and business members in Kent. With Nick’s breadth of experience, I am confident that he will be a worthy and committed chairman.”
Source: www.kentnews.co.uk
Shoreham airport: Report into fatal crash - BBC News
Two pilots whose aircraft crashed in mid-air above Sussex killing one of them, did not see each other, according to an accident report.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) found neither pilot was expecting the other aircraft to be where it was.
Experienced pilot, Alan Weal, died when he crashed onto Adur Recreation Ground following the collision in July 2011.
The other plane's two crew members landed safely and were uninjured.
The AAIB report said the pilots failed to see each other despite clear weather conditions and receiving information from air traffic control.
'Difficult to spot'Mr Weal, 63, of Arlington Avenue, Goring, near Worthing, was carrying out the test flying of a friend's Vans RV-6A aircraft which had be modified.
The former British Airways captain, who had more than 20,000 hours of flying experience, was on his third flight of the day when the crash happened on 4 July 2011.
The other aircraft involved, a Diamond DA40, was from a flying school based at Shoreham airport.
On the day of the crash, one of the flying school's instructors was upgrading his instructor qualifications and he was practising teaching instrument flying to another instructor.
Aviation analyst Chris Yates said: "Given the colour schemes of the aircraft and given the background colour of the sky it's often difficult to spot other aircraft that may be moving the in the sky very close to you."
He added according to the report "everybody involved had done what they were supposed to have to done to the letter".
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said a study into improving aircraft visibility was being carried out.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kent Life celebrates 50 years as the county’s magazine - Kent News
Kent Life
Sarah Sturt, Kent Life editor
Saturday, July 7, 2012
8:00 AM
Archant Lifestyle magazine has been there to document all the momentous changes in Kent
Kent Life was launched in 1962 with a cover price of two shillings and just 52 pages of almost exclusively black and white photographs and advertisements.
The monthly magazine is now part of Archant Lifestyle, the magazine division of the Archant group, a family-owned business that started more than 160 years ago, Kent Life celebrated its Golden Anniversary with a party and a June collector’s edition, which gave us the chance to look back over the intervening decades and see how much has changed.
For example, while we now regularly feature properties in the million-pound bracket, in the June, 1962, Kent Life you’ll find advertised for sale a ‘superior and charming detached residence’ in Sevenoaks, with seven bedrooms no less – at £13,250.
The last 50 years have seen radical changes to the face of Kent, especially in the transformation of its transport system – the arrival in the 1960s of the M2 and M20 and, 20 years later, the M26 and M25 motorways (‘Freedom from the juggernaut!’ trumpeted Kent Life in 1980).
Kent Life also reported on the completion of the Channel Tunnel in 1994, High Speed 1 and Ebbsfleet International in 2007, the staggered opening of the Dartford Crossing (the west tunnel in 1963, the east in 1980 and the bridge in 1991). It’s hard to imagine our lives today without any of these vital communication links.
Kent Life continues to reflect a changing, growing and vibrant county – from the arrival in 1999 of new retail giant Bluewater, carved out of a chalk quarry, to the opening of the Turner Contemporary in April, 2011, and its subsequent impact on Margate’s exciting revival as Kent’s new cultural heart.
And a lifesaving £11m in 1984 enabled Chatham Dockyards to re-launch as a tourist centre, transforming the whole area.
But some things remain constant and Kent Life retains its strong community feel, with an emphasis on ‘faces and places’. We put three towns each month ‘in the spotlight’ and always make sure we talk to the people who live and work in the area to get their insider viewpoint.
One of our most popular sections has always been our Social pages, and we love showcasing red letter county occasions. Our Kent Character feature enable us to introduce readers to everyone from High Sheriffs, church leaders and dignitaries to Kent actors, dancers, TV stars, authors and athletes.
Food and drink plays an increasingly important part in the magazine, especially with the increasing interest in local produce, grow-your-own and farmers’ markets. As such a strong farming county, the countryside will always be important to your leading county magazine.
Our ethos is celebratory and there is much to celebrate in this great county of ours.
It’s been an extraordinary half century in Kent and Kent Life has faithfully reflected its highs and lows in words and pictures, and will continue to do so.
Here’s to the next 50 years!
Source: www.kentnews.co.uk
Carers gurn too far - The Sun
The pair pull faces and push zimmer frames — as horrified patients watch nearby.
One girl even walks about in incontinence pants.
Shocked bosses at Little Acorns care home, Eastbourne, East Sussex, suspended Becky Cooper and Natalie Hemsley and social services were called in after the snaps appeared on Facebook.
Owner Michelle Levett said: “The episode is the unfortunate result of a role-playing incident, which has been taken out of context. Relatives of the residents have been contacted.”
A spokesman for East Sussex County Council said: “All residents of care homes should be treated with dignity and respect.”
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
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