bridge 'falls into river'

Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the US state of Washington, officials say.

  

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Sketchy Details of Michael Olumide Adebolajo... The 28 year-old Murderer Who Shocked The World Especially Woolwich, UK

Michael Olumide Adebolajo, was born in Lambeth in December 1984 to a Christian family, grew up in Romford, travelled to school on the bus, played football and had lots of friends, Guardian sources report, revealing more about one of the two suspects who killed a British soldier on John Wilson street in an unprovoked attack.

Brutal Woolwich Attack Leads To Anti-Muslim EDL Protest

Police used batons as they tried to control the EDL members

English Defence League supporters clashed with police near Woolwich Arsenal railway station just hours after a soldier was butchered in the streets.

The Footballer Who Pocket £4MILLION This Year Without Kicking A Ball

Malouda would be released by June 30

This time last year he was still celebrating Chelsea's Champions League triumph after coming on as a substitute against Bayern Munich.

Yesterday the forgotten man of Chelsea's historic victory against Jupp Heynckes' side in the Allianz-Arena was isolated and alone at their Cobham training centre.

 

Malouda criticized Di Matteo's training system and eventually lost his coach favour

There are echoes of Winston Bogarde, the £50,000 a week Dutch defender who was ordered to train with the youth in his final season at Chelsea in 2004.

Bogarde commuted from his home in Amsterdam and reported each day at Chelsea's old Harlington training centre to fulfil his contractual obligations.

This time it is the player from France, Florent Malouda that is at the centre of ths story. 

 

Teammates backed Di Matteo's decision to relegate Malouda

Malouda's contract at Chelsea, which is worth £80,000 a week, does not end until June 30 and it is possible he may even be ordered to train until then.

Chelsea's under-18 team, who lost the FA Youth Cup final against Norwich, and the Under-21 Development Squad have packed up for the summer.

 

Malouda celebrates with teammates after glorious Champions league win

The response, which was taken at boardroom level, was to order the France international midfielder to train with the Development Squad in another area of Chelsea's training ground.

Chelsea's hardline stance has cost them just over £4m in wages, but the football board maintain they made the right decision when they stripped Malouda of his first team privileges.

His locker was cleared and his car parking space was allocated to another player when he was sent to train with the academy.

Incredibly his attitude has remained first class, passing on tips to some of Chelsea's young players as he saw out the last few months of his contract.

Nathan Ake, who made his first start for the senior team against Everton on the final day of the season, along with highly-rated young players such as George Saville and Todd Kane have all benefited from his advice.

He will eventually leave as a Champions League winner, but it's not the way he wanted to go out after six years at Stamford Bridge.

Soldiers arrested for aiding Boko Haram

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, on Wednesday said some soldiers and officers of the Nigerian Army had been arrested for conspiring with insurgents in the ongoing face-off between the military and militants.

Lagos State Government Begins Work On 4th Mainland Bridge

The Government of Lagos State Nigeria has started the initial phase of the construction of 4th Mainland Bridge, a 26km state of the art bridge designed to link Ikorodu to Eti Osa Local Government Area.

 In an interview with THISDAY, Lagos State Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Dr Obafemi Hamzat disclosed that there was no problem on the development of the project contrary to speculations that it had been abandoned.

Hamzat, who once served as the state Commissioner for Science and Technology, explained why full work had not commenced on the proposed bridge linking it to a good number of buildings, which he said, would be affected if the old alignment was the state’s preferred option for the right of way.

He explained that the old alignment “is becoming a bit cumbersome because of the number of buildings on the right of way. It might be extremely destructive if we want to follow the old alignment. We might probably need to destroy a lot of good buildings. This option is not fanciful to us. So, we have to look at another right of way.”

He, therefore, acknowledged that consultants “are working on the new right of way. We will look at the cost-benefit analysis of the alignment that will be cost-effective. We are considering if it is better to pay compensation than going through another alignment. The experts are already working on it, and the report will come out soon.”

Hamzat categorically clarified that there was no problem, though explained that people “may not see the physical work at all for now. A bridge is not what we can jump in there and start to build. Then, we will be able to commence full work. But internally, a lot have been going on. The preliminary work has actually started.”

The commissioner, however, declined to give timeline for the completion of the project, citing different issues, which he said, needed to be resolved before the state government could commence work on the bridge in full scale.

He explained the need to meet all the stakeholders and people whose buildings would be affected in order to discuss the issues of compensation and resolve other issues that might lead to litigation while developing the infrastructure.

At this instance, the commissioner said it might be difficult “to determine. That is the truth of the matter. If there are 50 buildings on the right of way, we have to determine their cost. We also need to talk to people that will be affected.

“The fact that the state wants to pay compensation does not mean somebody will not go to court. So, we need to engage internally without people knowing what is happening. We need to know the owners of the buildings. We need to talk to them and arrive at a conclusion. So, it depends on how responsive the people are,” he said.

Alex Ferguson's Last Chewing Gum Sold For $600,000

A wad of gum, rumored to be the last piece of gum ever chewed by legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson, has sold on eBay according to The Metro for a cost fee of N94, 000,000.

A supporter appears to have scraped up the infamous gum from The Hawthorns after sunday's Fergie finale between his Manchester United side and West Brom.

The fan then put it on internet auction site eBay in a bid to land some cash for charity, although no one can have foreseen it would have brought in just shy of £400,000.

Fergie has been a ravenous chewer over the course of his 26 years in charge at United and would presumably have got through a fair bit of gum during the crazy 5-5 draw which saw his reign come to an end.

Imagine $600,000 for a used piece of chewing gum being auctioned as a "sporting" item on eBay!