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Farewell to a Friend

Ian Laws was the sort of guy who gave reporters a good name.

SUNDERLAND Echo journalist Ian Laws died on January 26 of a suspected heart attack at the tragically young age of 41. Friend and colleague Graeme Anderson recalls the man known to one and all as Lawsy.

IT’S still impossible to take in the fact that Ian Laws has gone, but the truth is we might have lost him in the spring of ’99 when, by his own account, an elephant almost sat on him.

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Funeral of John Moynihan

The funeral of former Sunday Telegraph writer John Moynihan will be on Tuesday 31st January 31 at Mortlake Crematorium
1.45 for a 2pm service.

Followed by drinks and laughs at the Chelsea Arts Club, Old Church Street from 3.30pm.

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The FWA Gala Tribute Evening to Gary Neville and Paul Scholes

THE ULTIMATE ONE CLUB PROFESSIONALS

By SIR BOBBY CHARLTON

MAGICAL. It’s the word Sir Bobby Charlton repeatedly uses as he remembers the days when Paul Scholes and Gary Neville first emerged into a spotlight that was to be trained on them for almost two decades.

Legends don't come any bigger at Manchester United than Sir Bobby and his praise is a gift that isn't given easily. Having been a Busby Babe, Charlton has always taken a forensic interest in the young talent being developed at Old Trafford.

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