A surprise southerly change had the crews on their toes and the Waikawa Boating Club yachts on the move in the Marlborough Sounds last Sunday afternoon. Thirteen boats entered race three, of four, in the Redwoodtown Doctors Spring Shorthanded Series, which Bavaria, who placed second on Sunday, leads. Only seven completed Sunday's race, in which Midnight, skippered by Chris Webb, claimed line honours Read more [...]

A proposed law banning immigrants from speaking their own languages at home has come under fire in Germany.  The draft law was put forward by Bavaria's ruling party and ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and states that immigrants should speak German not only in public but also at home.  According to the proposal, "people who want to remain here on a permanent basis should be encouraged to speak German in public and within the family".  The Read more [...]