The teenager is an admirer of ex-Wigan and now England rugby union star Chris Ashton and admits he would like to emulate his achievements.

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The US star was addressing the Oxford Union about truth and consequences.

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Around a third of the jobs at the Scottish office of the Daily Express and the Daily Star are under threat, a union has said.

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And the distraction of their star turn Eastmond being courted by top union sides like Bath may prove a story which does not go away.

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In a January 25, 1987, article he co-wrote in the New York Times Magazine, Mr. Scowcroft compared Mr. Reagans tax cuts with the Gippers decision to walk out of the Reykjavic summit with the Soviet Union rather than give up on the Star Wars strategic defense initiative.

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As Mrs Merkel's star has waned, so that of Edmund Stoiber, leader of the Christian Social Union, the Christian Democrats' Bavarian sister party, has brightened.

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Other notables nominated by local people for the honour are toymaker Frank Hornby, trade union activist Bessie Bradock, and shipping magnate and founder of the White Star Line, Henry Ishmay.

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The Five Star Party's avowed opposition to eurozone fiscal convergence might also slow future progress on banking union and other financial reforms.

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The Ospreys star, 27, and Andy Powell, Rhys Thomas and Jonathan Thomas had already apologised to the Welsh Rugby Union over their behaviour.

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Former Wigan rugby league star Farrell has endured a frustrating time since switching codes in a move funded by Saracens and the Rugby Football Union in 2005.

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