Staff Editor

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – England were on the verge of clinching the three-match series against West Indies after the tourists’ top order failed again on the third day of the second test at Trent Bridge today.

The body of a man, who police suspect was beaten after he stole two pieces of scrap metal from a Norton Street dealer, was discovered at the back of the Princes Street incinerator this morning.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – England lost captain Andrew Strauss for 141 but edged 58 clear of West Indies on first innings at tea on Sunday on the third day of the second test thanks to a valuable stand of 53 from all-rounders Tim Bresnan (39 not out) and Chris Broad (25) The pair came together at 363-7 and comfortably steered England past West Indies’ total of 370 only for Broad to top-edge a catch off the bowling of Shane Shillingford.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner says he won’t be destroyed by FIFA boss Sepp Blatter.

(Jamaica Observer) Shutting down porn sites has become a regular task for the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) since blackmailers have taken to publishing nude, sexually explicit photographs of multiple Jamaican women on the Internet.

(Barbados Nation) There are reports of daily unrest among prisoners and a critical shortage of food at Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds.

(Trinidad Express) Between 6.30 p.m. on Friday and 3 a.m. yesterday two men from north Trinidad were gunned down in what the police described as separate gang-related incidents.

(Trinidad Express) Both CL Financial and subsidiary CLICO have issued pre-action protocol letters to Barbados-registered Proman Holdings Ltd as the companies seek to recover 51 per cent of CLICO Energy Ltd (CEL).

(Trinidad Express) In the face of a TT$339 million loss, State carrier Caribbean Airlines is now paying TT$20,000 a month to local company Triple D Rentals to lease a Toyota Prado vehicle for chairman Rabindra Moonan.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – West Indies struck back against England with four important wickets before lunch on the third day of the second test at Trent Bridge today, leaving the home side on 340-6 at the interval and still trailing on first innings by 30.

GINA today issued a release saying that the Bartica Neighbourhood Democratic council had been dissolved.

A fire has erupted at G Bacchus Enterprises formally MFK trading on Hadfield Street.

A 42-year-old pork knocker was this afternoon shot and killed by police ranks who were called to his  Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo home, which he was threatening to burn

(WICB) Nottingham, England – Darren Sammy said it was a good feeling to have completed his maiden Test hundred for West Indies in the second Test against the World No.1 England today.

(Jamaica Observer) Embattled dancehall Deejay Busy Signal has denied any involvement in drug smuggling.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Colombian and Mexican Governments are both assisting Trinidad and Tobago in the fight against crime.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – The African, Caribbean and Pacific countries forming the ACP have proclaimed their solidarity with Suriname on the issue of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA).

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Barely a month after the inaugural flight, the SLM Guyana-Miami line seems to be very lucrative.

PPP executive Ralph Ramkarran today called for the decriminalizing of same sex relationships saying that the present laws are archaic and that the society should be liberal in outlook and socially progressive.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Captain Andrew Strauss hit his second century in as many matches to leave England in the driving seat and in clear sight of West Indies’ first innings score of 370 at close on the second day of the second test at Trent Bridge on Saturday.