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STUART Broad was the England bowler who rightly took most of the plaudits after England's second-innings demolition of New Zealand in the opening Test of the summer at Lord's.Broad's career-best figures of 7-44 turned what many thought may be a nip-and-tuck run chase into a exhibition of swing and seam bowling – not only from Broad, who took the headlines, but from talisman Jimmy Anderson, who had celebrated his 300th Test wicket during New Zealand's first innings.Broad, bowling form the...

GLOUCESTERSHIRE will give a County Championship debut to wicketkeeper Gareth Roderick in the Division Two match against Worcester- shire, which starts at New Road today.Roderick played in the victory against Cambridge MCCU last week and will continue to deputise for Cameron Herring, who was ruled out after being ill.Gloucestershire captain Michael Klinger said yesterday: "Cameron trained lightly today, but he is not 100 per cent and it's not worth the risk playing him at Worcester. Gareth...

IAN Holloway has thanked whoever left excrement in Crystal Palace's dressing room before their play-off semi-final at Brighton for giving him the easiest team talk of his career.The Eagles were greeted by the disgusting deposit when they arrived at the Amex Stadium for the second leg a week last Monday.Holloway's side were big underdogs going into that match following the goalless home leg three days earlier, but two Wilfried Zaha goals secured a 2-0 win and a Wembley final against Watford next...

LEWIS Gregory will miss Somerset's LV= County Championship game at Sussex, after a scan revealed a small tear in his left side.The 20-year-old was injured while bowling during Sunday's YB40 victory over Middlesex and was unable to complete his overs.Director of cricket Dave Nosworthy expects the all-rounder to be available to play as a batsman "in the coming weeks", but stressed it will be longer before he is ready to bowl.With Gregory absent, Somerset have added Craig Meschede and Max...

EXPERIENCED defender Jim Paterson says Bristol Rovers will have to handle the pressure of expectation a lot better than they did at the start of this season if they are to make any sort of challenge next time around.A disappointing start to the campaign ultimately cost Mark McGhee his job as Rovers slipped from being among pre-season contenders for the title to favourites for the drop by Christmas.The arrival of John Ward as manager, however, and the remarkable run of form that followed, fended...

A NORTH Somerset hotel that employs more than 200 full and part-time staff has entered the Bristol Post's Apprenticeship Awards.Time is running out to enter the awards, which close on Friday and celebrate the achievements of outstanding apprentices across the city and the businesses which help drive apprenticeships in the area.DoubleTree by Hilton in Congresbury has entered the Medium Employer of the Year category and hopes the success of the 50 or so apprentices it has taken on since 2003 will...

Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation console it believes will "transform games, TV and entertainment for the 21st century living room". Its first new gaming console in eight years, Microsoft's Xbox One integrates TV, internet and gaming, but will also measure your heartbeat and recognise your voice. Blu-ray drive and Skype functionality have been added to the "all-in-one entertainment solution", and vibrating feedback has been incorporated into its gamepad's triggers....

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RESIDENTS' parking zones will be imposed on Bristolians whether they want them or not.That was the message Ashley ward councillor Gus Hoyt passed down from Mayor George Ferguson at a public meeting in St Paul's.About 150 people came to the Salvation Army citadel last night, also representing Montpelier, St Andrew's and St Werburgh's.But when cabinet member Cllr Hoyt was asked whether Mr Ferguson would listen to public opinion before pushing ahead with the controversial scheme, he did not give...

KILLER driver Nicholas Lovell, above, has been "laughing", "joking" and showing no remorse whatsoever for the deaths of the married couple he mowed down in Hanham.And the Bristol Post can reveal that, just two weeks before he careered into Ross and Clare Simons as they enjoyed an afternoon ride on their tandem bike, he challenged another man to an illegal car race, saying he did not care if he hit someone.Banned driver Lovell, 38, was due to be sentenced at Bristol Crown...

YES, Minister was one of the great TV hits of the 1980s, its sharp and cynical witticisms chiming with the spirit of the age.Hapless minister Jim Hacker was a pawn in the Machiavellian subterfuges of the mandarin Sir Humphrey Appleby, and his assistant Bernard. The show was so successful Jim became upgraded, through no obvious skill or talent of his own, to become Prime Minister, and Yes, Prime Minister was born. It was said to have been one of Mrs Thatcher's favourite TV programmes. Even...

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