News of the World closing 2011- NOTW to shut down on Sunday

The News of the World, provider of several of world football’s saucy scandals, will shut down this Sunday ( July 10, 2011). The announcement of NOTW’s closing was made by News International chairman James Murdoch, who said that this Sunday’s issue of NOTW will be the paper’s last. Mr. Murdoch also added that NOTW’s last edition would not carry any commercial advertisements and all money generated would be donated to good causes.

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FC Twente Stadium Roof collapse- De Grolsch Veste roof pictures

A section of FC Twente’s stadium ( De Grolsch Veste) roof collapsed early today morning ( Thursday), trapping 12 people inside. One person has already been declared dead in the stadium collapse while 10 others have been hospitalised, the town’s mayor Peter den Oudsten has said.

The stadium was under renovation at the time of the roof collapse. Twente wanted to increase the stadium capacity to 32, 500 from its current 24,000 capacity. Two support beams at the De Grolsch Veste Stadion apparently collapsed for reasons unknown presently. Workers were adding a second tier to an already existing stand in the area that collapsed.

Twente are one of the most prominent sides in Dutch football, having won the league two seasons back and finished second last season. They are based in the city of Enschede and were also involved in the Champions League last season against the likes of Inter, Tottenham and Werder Bremen.

Here is a photo of the collapsed roof at De Grolsch Veste

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