The return of the native

The Spectator;  February 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ...THE FORD OF HEAVEN : A CHILDHOOD IN TIANJIN , CHINA by Brian Power Signal Books, 19.99, pp. 216, ISBN 1904955002 Brian Power's book, like the best Chinese paintings, contains a lot of empty space. You can either concentrate on what you see, or...

Paperback round-up.(A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley)(The...

Geographical;  May 1, 2006 ;     440 words ......Found' series of travel writing, is another classic. Author Brian Power recounts his childhood in Tianjin, formerly known as Tientsin...sterling] * The Ford of Heaven: A Childhood in Tianjin, China by Brian Power, Signal Books, pp224, 12.99[pounds sterling] * The Blue-eyed...

MAN KILLED IN CRASH HORROR; ANOTHER TRAGIC WASTE.. Brian, 23, is sixth to...

The Mirror (London, England);  October 10, 2005 ;     99 words ......was killed yesterday in a road accident - hours after five young pals died in a crash a few miles away. Back-seat passenger Brian Power, 23, from Derry, died when the car he was in crashed just over the border in Muff, Co Donegal, in the early hours yesterday...

Cognitive Kormas.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 3, 2006 ;     112 words ......humble curry may be doing more good than just inflaming tastebuds. According to reasearchers from Singapore, curries may boost brian power and stave off Alzheimer's. Scientists looked at curry consumption in 1010 Asians aged between 60 and 93 and unaffected by...

Final Whistle: Manor magic sinks Bronze; WARWICKSHIRE LEAGUE.(Features)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  July 23, 2003 ;     197 words ......fabulous run spree with Aston Manor. Bronze battered Manor's bowling attack to reach 271 for five where Mo Habeeb hit 59, Brian Power plundered 58 while Mo Zarrof remained unbeaten on 75 to put their rivals to the sword. However, Bronze were given a taste...

Donegal crash victims buried

Belfast Telegraph;  October 10, 2005 ;     543 words ......when a Derry man was killedat Burnfoot, just a few miles away.Brian Power (23) from Kildrum Gardens, Creggan, died when the car in which...five young people were killed in a car crash on Saturday. Brian Power (23), from Kildrum Gardens, Londonderry, died when the car...

Man's leg cut to the bone in dog attack.(News)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  December 27, 2006 ;     247 words ...Byline: By Katie Bodinger South Wales Echo A vicious attack by a large dog nearly cost a man his leg. Brian Power needed dozens of stitches after being mauled by a Bull Mastiff-type dog in Forsythia Close, Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil. The 56-year-o...

Man arrested following fatal weekend car crash.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  October 12, 2005 ;     96 words ...A MAN has been arrested in connection with a fatal road accident in Donegal in which a man died. Brian Power, 23, from Kildrum Gardens, Creggan, Londonderry, died when a car in which he was a passenger went into a ditch near Burnfoot on...

SIXTH VICTIM TO BE BURIED.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  October 11, 2005 ;     131 words ...Byline: By ZOE WATSON THE funeral of a man killed in a weekend road crash will take place tomorrow. Brian Power, 22, from Kildrum Gardens in the Creggan area of Derry city, was a passenger in a Honda Civic which crashed in Co Donegal on Sunday...

Knife attack: Two charged.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  August 4, 1998 ;     158 words ......stable condition in Tullamore General Hospital last night. Yesterday two men appeared in court in connection with the attack. Brian Power, of no fixed abode, was charged with assaulting the young woman in the early hours of Monday morning. He was further charged...

All Our Yesterdays.(Sports)

The Racing Post (London, England);  February 9, 1999 ;     192 words ......trained by his father Tony, in the first leg of the novices' hurdle. The stable also takes the second leg with Princess Lesser (Brian Power, 7+). Captain Christy (Pat Taaffe/Bobby Beasley) trounces Perpol (Francis Flood/Frank Berry) in the novices' chase at Punchestown...

I saw soldier fire at flat window: rioter.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  February 12, 2004 ;     207 words ......yesterday described a soldier firing a rubber bullet at the window of a flat injuring his female friend on Bloody Sunday. Brian Power, who called himself ''a well-known rioter'', said that he had taken part in the march and had joined in the stoning of soldiers...

Ulsterman killed in border crash.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  October 10, 2005 ;     294 words ......latest victim of a weekend of carnage on the Republic&s roads when he died in an accident in Donegal yesterday morning. Brian Power, 23, from Kildrum Gardens in the Creggan area of the city, was killed when the car he was a passenger in went into a ditch...

Weekend death toll rises to six

Belfast Telegraph;  October 10, 2005 ;     310 words ......has died in a crash in Co Donegal just miles from the spot where five young people were killed in a car crash on Saturday. Brian Power (23), from Kildrum Gardens, Londonderry, died when the car he was a passenger in went into a ditch after 3am on Sunday on...

Dog owner ordered to pay pounds 300.(News)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  June 23, 2007 ;     347 words ......pay pounds 300 compensation to a man whose leg was savaged by her family pet. Wendy Evans' large dog attacked carpet fitter Brian Power as he walked on the Gurnos Estate, Merthyr Tydfil, in December. He needed 71 stitches to repair the damage to his calf and...