News about Robert Stone

See what the stars of the first ever State of Origin game did after footy NSW Blues vs Queensland

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 30, 2023
With the introduction of State of Origins, Australian rugby league changed forever. They may not have known they were making history when Queensland and New South Wales players played out at Lang Park on July 8, 1980. After all, the argument that the interstate rivalry should be fought on a state-of-Origin basis had been widely dismissed in the lead-up. The 1978 Kangaroos' captain, Bob Fulton, called it 'the non-event of the century,' and the media's reaction was similarly ne.

In an effort to encourage drivers to slow down, the Council has developed 'creepy' road bollards shaped like schoolchildren

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 8, 2023
Roz Ward, a stoney Stanton Parish Council clerk, designed the statuettes in 2020 to shield children in her village. Now several of the striking statues have been placed outside Sneinton St Stephen's Church of England school on Windmill Lane. Despite their unsettling appearance, locals think they're a good idea - and some have even admitted that they slowed down after seeing them. It's not the only place in the country where you can find the creepy statuettes in Windsor and Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire.

The baby of a man's father is 26 years old today, 26 years since he banked sperm

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 26, 2022
Peter Hickles (left), a Colchester, Essex man, published his sample on June 5, 1996, when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma (a rare form of cancer) at the age of 21. Permanent infertility can be caused by the chemotherapy used to treat the condition, which affects more than 2,000 Britons and 8,500 Americans each year. Mr Hickles froze his sperm in the summer of 1996, just three days before the UEFA European Football Championships kicked off (right). Mr Hickles, a retired landscape and surfacing company, was told at the time that his sample will likely only be viable for ten years. But his fiancé Aurelija Aperaviciute, 32, gave birth to baby Kai on Thursday, more than 26 years since Mr Hickles gave his sperm sample.

To eliminate backlogs in time for winter, the NHS will launch 'Super September'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 9, 2022
Those who have been waiting for regular second consultations will be able to schedule appointments over others who have been waiting for 'Super September,' according to health chiefs in England.