Archive for August, 2007

Ex-teacher jailed for sexually abusing pupils 

A former teacher at a Roman Catholic boarding school was jailed for 10 years
and nine months today for sexually abusing six pupils.

Eight killed in Rio train crash 

A speeding train carrying hundreds of commuters crashed into an empty train
near Rio de Janeiro today, killing eight people and injuring more than 80,
officials said.

Four held in Rhys murder probe 

A further four people were detained today on suspicion of the murder of
11-year-old Rhys Jones, police said.

Madeleine’s parents to sue Portuguese paper 

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann will today launch a libel action
against a Portuguese newspaper which claimed they killed their daughter, the
BBC has reported.

From the Independent archive: How did we feel 10 years ago? Dispatches on the death of a princess 

While there are those who argue that we all went mad for a week in September, that the death of a rather silly, self-obsessed women was blown out of all proportion, that her passing meant no more or less than the death of any other individual, that nothing has really changed, the event that will keep 1997 in our memories for years to come was, of course, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Mirjana Kendall Taylor 

Hilly Kristal, club owner, manager and singer: born Hightstown, New Jersey 23 September 1931; married (one son, one daughter); died New York 28 August 2007.

Hilly Kristal 

Hilly Kristal, club owner, manager and singer: born Hightstown, New Jersey 23 September 1931; married (one son, one daughter); died New York 28 August 2007.