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Female directors seize the limelight at Cannes film festival

Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
As the inequality row rages on, three women, including the British director Andrea Arnold, are in the running for the Palme d’Or ... The issue flared again last week after new figures showed the number of British films made by women increased by just 0.6% from 2004 to 2014, and only 13.6% of working film directors in the UK were women....

Should we stay or should we go? UK businesses on the EU referendum

Edit The Observer 08 May 2016
The CBI is the main group in favour of staying inside the EU, while the British Chambers of Commerce, in an effort to maintain its neutrality, went so far as to ditch its boss, John Longworth, after he voiced pro-Brexit sentiments ... But since his visit last month, the French have voiced their concerns about signing away long-held ethical and environmental rules, which makes a deal less likely....

Iowa grave of former slave, veteran remains unmarked

Edit Stars and Stripes 08 May 2016
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — As one of Riverside Cemetery's 22,000 buried souls, Josiah French's life story is long-forgotten to Marshalltown, Iowa's inhabitants, but just enough documentation exists to help bring to light the legacy of a man who was born a slave, followed his master to the front lines of the Mexican-American War, escaped slavery and served in the Civil War, and made his way to Iowa....

East Finchley French Market & Friends

Edit Skiddle 08 May 2016
French & continental market traders set for May return to East Finchley High Road ... East Finchley French Market & Friends on Sun 8th May 2016. SPRING sunshine has finally returned, andEast Finchley locals are soon to relish the sights, sounds and scents of an authentic French & continental market when East Finchley French Market & Friends arrives back in town for the first time since before Christmas....

Sania-Hingis lose in Madrid Masters final

Edit Deccan Herald 08 May 2016
The Indo-Swiss pair struggled to find their rhythm as they lost 4-6 4-6 to their fifth seeded French opponents ... The French ... The French duo then clinched another couple of breaks to take a 5-4 lead before serving out the set....

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis lose in Madrid Open final

Edit Indian Express 08 May 2016
The Indo-Swiss pair struggled to find their rhythm as they lost 4-6 4-6 to their fifth seeded French opponents ... The French pair were off to a ... The French duo then clinched another couple of breaks to take a 5-4 lead before serving out the set....

Old and new terrorism

Edit Indian Express 08 May 2016
Bhagat Singh. Madan Lal Dhingra was staying at India House in London run by Shyamji Krishna Varma. Savarkar was also staying there. Dhingra assassinated Curzon Wyllie who had been ADC to the Viceroy ... Mohandas Gandhi, not yet the Mahatma, denounced Dhingra’s action ... The British had experienced terrorism from the Irish freedom fighters — Sinn Féin and the IRA ... America was then the sole superpower or hyper-power as the French called it....

Iain Morrison: Why it’s club versus country in English rugby

Edit Scotsman 08 May 2016
Had Bartle played for them against their French counterparts he would be tied to Wales for the rest of his career and lose his all-important status as an English qualified player (EQP) ... It works ... Two years ago only four of the France's Top 14 clubs boasted more than 50 per cent French players on their books ... “Your market value is lower ... Ford UK can't advertise for English, British or Italian workers ... ....

In New Orleans, the ghosts are like family

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 08 May 2016
And where will you find stately homes — from the French Quarter to the Garden District to the River Road — offering quite the same testament to a rich, colorful and often haunted history? ... Later rebuilt, the house is featured on French Quarter ghost tours, with some claiming they can sense the tormented souls of those who perished here....

French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky at Easton's Williams Center

Edit The Morning Call 08 May 2016
Acclaimed French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky will give only three recitals in the U.S. this spring, and one of them is at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 8, at the Williams Center for the Arts at Lafayette College in Easton. Jaroussky, accompanied by pianist J�r�me Ducros, will perform French art songs from... ....

Rafael Nadal says he and his rivals are totally clean of drugs

Edit The Observer 08 May 2016
The Spaniard is suing the former French minister Roselyne Bachelot after she alleged he had failed a drugs test ... The former world No1, who will attempt to win a 10th French Open title this year but was beaten on clay by Andy Murray at the Madrid Open on Saturday, strenuously denies having taken performance-enhancing substances and has never failed a drug test....

Lyon secure automatic qualification for Champions League

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
PARIS. Lyon all but secured the second automatic spot for the Champions League after thrashing Monaco 6-1 in the French league on Saturday. With one match left before the end of the campaign, Lyon opened a three-point gap over third-place Monaco in the standings ... The French league runner-up qualifies automatically for the Champions League, with the third-place team entering the playoffs ... ....

Sir Lenny Henry to be honoured at Bafta Television Awards

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 May 2016
The British stand-up comedian, actor and writer, who is best known for his work on Comic Relief and as a presenter of TV programmes including The Magicians, The Lenny Henry Show and Three Of A Kind, will be honoured with the Alan Clarke Award ... and reignite the discussion about diversity in British television....
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