S.Georgia : Internet News Relevant to the Falklands (10/04/08)
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 10.04.2008 (Article Archived on 24.04.2008)
For the past week relevant internet news was dominated by the remarkable physical challenge of Blind Dave Heeley and his sighted guide, Malcolm Carr.
INTERNET NEWS RELEVANT TO THE FALKLANDS
Compiled by J. Brock (FINN)
For the past week relevant internet news was dominated by the remarkable physical challenge of Blind Dave Heeley and his sighted guide, Malcolm Carr.
(Dave Heeley)
The British benevolent association for blind men, “Guide Dogs for the Blind”, announced that Tunisia was selected to host the sixth stage of the “seven splendid marathons”, which is an individual marathon that includes seven stages in seven continents in seven days
http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2008%5C04%5C04-09%5Czalsoz%5C940.htm&dismode=x&ts=09/04/2008%2012:23:47%20%C3%A3
Marathon man Dave Heeley was moved to tears as he completed the third leg of his Seven Magnificent Marathons challenge in Los Angeles.
See also: Big send-off for Blind Dave
The West Bromwich runner, known as Blind Dave, and his sighted running guide Malcolm Carr successfully tackled the 26.2 mile course around the world-famous Rose Bowl stadium last night, completing it in 4hrs 35mins.
http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/04/09/blind-daves-tears-at-end-of-latest-run/
Dave Heeley, 50, from West Bromwich, and his guide Malcolm Carr ran in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a day after doing a marathon in the Falkland Islands. They plan to run another marathon in Los Angeles later. The next stages in their bid will be Sydney, Dubai and Tunis before running the London Marathon on Sunday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7336180.stm
(Sporting Blind Dave)
Earliest sporting memory: Jeff Astle scoring the winner for West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup final against Everton in 1968. I'm a big Baggies man. Not being able to see very well playing sport is also an early memory. I have Retinitis Pigmentosa; I was born with the condition. Mum and Dad never got to grips with it until I was 10. I was always known as a clumsy kid but I was always into sport and loved athletics. My first sporting memory is coming second in the 100-yard dash at primary school.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/04/08/somysp108.xml
At least 200 people joined in the Dubai Night of Marathons which started at 6pm on Friday 4th April and ended at 6am the next morning. Katy Newitt, Chairwoman of Foresight, who is visually impaired, started the run accompanied by local adventurer Adrian Hayes.
http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/dubai/20006720.html
(Maratime)
The final resting places of more than 750 people who lost their lives at sea will be protected by the Ministry of Defence. The MOD has extended additional legal protection to ten shipwrecks under the Protection of Military Remains Act (PMRA) 1986 to ensure the sites are safe from disturbance from divers.
The latest list of shipwrecks to be protected by the Act include the ATLANTIC CONVEYOR, lost during the Falklands campaign of 1982, HMS CURACAO, where 338 men perished in the Atlantic in 1942, and the merchant ship SS STORAA, where 21 crew members lost their lives after enemy action off the coast of Hastings.
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=24842
(Diego Garcia)
The issue of whether it would actually be viable for the Chagossian people to return to their former island lives
Around 150 people are crammed into the Moses Room of the House of Lords. All seats are taken and it is standing-room only. The occasion (on March 8) is the launch of “Returning Home”, a report on the prospects of resettlement of Chagossian exiles currently living in Mauritius, the Seychelles and the UK to two of the outer islands in the Chagos archipelago, Peros Banhos and Salomon, which lie some 2200 miles east of Madagascar.
http://www.newstatesman.com/200804090005
(Veterans with PTSD)
Christopher Biggins is among a host of well-known faces supporting a national campaign to raise money for the development of a new treatment for military veterans from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The campaign has been launched by social inclusion charity P3 to raise money to fund the development of a new treatment for combat related PTSD, which in pilot tests delivered an 80% success rate within the first 28 days.
http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=38037&hilite=
(Claims)
In a speech marking the 26th anniversary of Argentina’s failed attempt to conquer the Falklands, President Cristina Kirchner stated: “The sovereign claim to the Malvinas Islands is inalienable.” She said the efforts of those who died in the war with Britain should not be forgotten.
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=5007.3288.0.0
The president of Argentina has reasserted her country's claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, on the 26th anniversary of the start of the war Argentina fought with Britain over the territory.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-03-voa28.cfm
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