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The Bishop's Stortford High School
The Bishop's Stortford High School (often abbreviated to TBSHS) is a comprehensive school, comprehensive secondary school, with a Mixed-sex education, coeducational sixth form, in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. The school admits boys aged 11 to 16 in the first five years, with a mixed sixth form of boys and girls aged 16 to 18. The school has specialisms in Mathematics and Computing, focusing on these areas as well as music, drama and sport, possessing state-of-the-art in-house computing facilities and providing assistance to local schools in this area. The current Headmaster, Mr D. Reeve, was appointed in January 2014. In September 2024, the school moved to an all new purpose-built site on the nearby new development, St. James' Park from its original site at London Road. After a delayed start to term the school officially welcomed the first students on Friday 6 September 2024. History The school first opened in the 1950's as Bishops Stortford boys high school. Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foundation School
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the school governor, governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in Community school (England and Wales), community schools. Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 to replace grant-maintained schools, which were funded directly by central government. Grant-maintained schools that had previously been voluntary controlled school, voluntary controlled or county schools (but not voluntary aided school, voluntary aided) usually became foundation schools. Foundation schools are a kind of "maintained school", meaning that they are funded by central government via the local education authority, and do not charge fees to students. As with voluntary controlled schools, all capital and running costs are met by the government. As with voluntary aided schools, the governing body employs the staff and has responsibility for admissions to the school, sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes ( ; 5 July 185326 March 1902) was an English-South African mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (region), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which the company named after him in 1895. He also devoted much effort to realising his vision of a Cape to Cairo Railway through British territory. Rhodes set up the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate. The son of a vicar, Rhodes was born at Rhodes Arts Complex, Netteswell House, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. A sickly child, he was sent to South Africa by his family when he was 17 years old in the hope that the climate might improve his health. He entered the diamond trade at Kimberley, Northern Cape, Kimberley in 1871, when he was 18, and with funding from Rothschild & Co, began to systematically buy out and consolidate diamond mines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Skirving
Ben Skirving (born 9 October 1983) is an English former rugby union footballer who played Premiership Rugby and in the RFU Championship, at number eight and flanker, for Saracens, Bath and Bristol. He was capped by England. He also represented England playing for the England Saxons and England Sevens sides. Early life Born 9 October 1983 in Harlow, Skirving was educated at The Bishop's Stortford High School and showed early promise as a rugby player, captaining England U16s against Wales in 2000. He played for local side Bishop's Stortford Rugby Club before joining the Saracens academy system in 1999. Club career After joining Saracens' academy system in 1999 Skirving worked his way through the club's development sides before making his first team debut against Leeds Tykes in the final fixture of 2002. There were to be a handful of further first team appearances in the 2002–03 season, both in the starting line-up and from the bench. Places in the starting line-up were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Price (actor)
William Price (born 22 April 2000) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Sid Sumner in the Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks''. Prior to joining ''Hollyoaks'', Price appeared in various theatre productions including '' Goodnight Mister Tom'' and ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. For his role as Sid, he was nominated for a National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance. Early life William Price was born on 22 April 2000 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. He attended Northgate End primary school and the Bishop's Stortford High School. He has stated that his first interest in acting was when he was 10, and saw a production of ''Billy Elliot the Musical''; he turned to his mother and stated that he wanted to pursue acting, and signed up for an audition for an acting school on the way out. Until the age of 18, Price competed in cricket and rugby tournaments, but chose to pursue acting as a career. Career Price made his professional acting debut in 2012, in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg James (DJ)
Gregory James Alan Milward (born 17 December 1985) is an English broadcaster and author. He has been a presenter on BBC Radio 1 since 2007, hosting shows including Greg James (radio show), his old drive-time show and the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, the station's flagship breakfast show. Since 2017, James has co-hosted the BBC's cricket podcast ''Tailenders (podcast), Tailenders'' alongside the England national cricket team, England cricketer James Anderson (cricketer), James Anderson and guitarist for the Maccabees (band), the Maccabees, Felix White. He is also a children's author, most notable for the ''Kid Normal'' book series with Chris Smith (newsreader), Chris Smith. Early life James was born to Alan and Rosemary Milward on 17 December 1985 in Lewisham, South London. His parents were both teachers; Alan a headteacher, and Rosemary a special-needs teacher. He has one sister, Catherine. As a baby, he received three life-saving blood transfusions and was in an incubator for a we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Need You Tonight (Professor Green Song)
"I Need You Tonight" is a song by British rapper and singer Professor Green, featuring vocals from British singer-songwriter Ed Drewett and produced by The ThundaCatz. The song samples " Need You Tonight", originally written and performed by Australian rock band INXS. The song was released as the lead single from his debut album '' Alive Till I'm Dead'' on 9 April 2010 as a digital download and was released physically as a CD single the following day. It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Chart performance Having been predicted to debut on the UK Singles Chart at number 1, the single debuted at number 3 on 18 April 2010 behind Scouting for Girls and Usher with " This Ain't a Love Song" and " OMG", respectively. The following week the single fell 3 places to number 6, where it remained for two consecutive weeks. On 9 May 2010, the single fell a further 3 places to number 9, the single spent 4 weeks within the Top 10. On 15 April 2010, "I Need You Tonight" debuted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Drewett
Edward James Drewett (born 1 April 1988) is a British singer and songwriter who is best known for his contributions and collaborations with acts such as One Direction, Little Mix, Jonas Blue, The Wanted, Olly Murs, and SG Lewis. Early life Drewett left school at age 16 and went to a performing arts college in Charlton, south-east London. He proceeded to attend vocal college BIMM in west London the following year. Career 2009–present: Songwriting In 2009 he signed with leading worldwide publishers Warner/Chappell Music. Later that year he signed his first record deal with Virgin Records and was featured on Professor Green's hit single "I Need You Tonight", which charted at number three. In 2010 Drewett had his first number-one hit single as a writer. The song "All Time Low" for UK band The Wanted topped the UK charts in July that year. "Lightning" and the multi-platinum hit "Glad You Came" followed in 2011. "Glad You Came" was by far the biggest with over 4 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aveley F
Aveley is a village and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, and forms one of the traditional Church of England parishes. Aveley is 16 miles (26.2 km) east of Charing Cross. In the 2021 United Kingdom census it had a population of 9,369. Position Aveley is located on the very edge of Greater London and is roughly bounded to the north and west by the London Borough of Havering, to the south by the A13 road and to the east by the M25 motorway. The nearest places are Purfleet, South Ockendon, Wennington and Rainham. Prehistory and history Aveley has given its name to the Aveley Interglacial period around 200,000 years ago. Important evidence of the local flora and fauna of the period and some signs of occupation by Neanderthal humans have been found there. In Domesday the name has various spellings – Alvithelea, Alvileia and Alvilea. The name means the wood clearing of a woman named Ælfgȳth. A variation, in 1418, is Alvythel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sykes (footballer)
George Robert James Sykes (born 14 September 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Enfield. Club career Sykes joined the Barnet youth team as an under-16 from hometown club Buckhurst Hill and was top scorer in the English U-18 youth system in the 2011–12 season with 24 goals. He made his senior debut at the age of 17 against Bristol Rovers on 21 August 2012. Sykes signed his first professional contract with the Bees in November 2012. He won the League Two Apprentice of the Year award at the Football League Awards in March 2013. On 15 August 2013, he joined Bishop's Stortford on loan. On his return to Barnet in November, Sykes came on as substitute at home to Cambridge United. With the score at 2–2, Sykes put the ball in the net in injury time after it had dropped from a cloud of smoke caused by a smoke bomb, obscuring the view of the assistant referee, who controversially disallowed the goal, claiming the ball had gone out of play, and Sykes was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Bowditch
Dean Peter Bowditch (born 15 June 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He made over 200 appearances for Milton Keynes Dons and also played for Ipswich Town, Northampton Town and Yeovil Town, with loan spells at Brighton & Hove Albion, Wycombe Wanderers, Burnley, Brentford and Stevenage. Club career Ipswich Town Bowditch joined the academy of Ipswich Town at the age of ten and progressed through several age groups. He made his first team debut in March 2003, aged 16, when he came off the bench against local rivals Norwich City, a match in which Ipswich won 2–0. The following season, he became the club's youngest player to score a hat-trick, against Watford. He was named the club's 2003–04 Academy Player of the Year. A series of injuries saw him feature less for the Ipswich first team and he was loaned to Burnley, Wycombe Wanderers and Brighton & Hove Albion. On 22 November 2007 he signed a one-month loan deal at No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Bowditch
Ben Bowditch is an English footballer who played as a midfielder. A Tottenham Hotspur youth product, he went on to play for Colchester United, Barnet and Cambridge City. Career Bowditch started his playing career at Tottenham Hotspur, however due to constant injury they released him from his contract. After his release from Tottenham, Bowditch went to Denmark to play for Akademisk Boldklub in Copenhagen. On returning to England he joined Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its ea ... but after an injury hit season he was released from his contract. He played for Barnet and left the club after the 2005–06 season. He has represented the England national side at under-16, 17, 19 and 20 levels. In November 2019, he signed a short-term deal to play for non-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an Rugby ball, oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped Goal (sports)#Structure, goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people regardless of gender, age or size. In 2023, there were more than 10 million people playing worldwide, of whom 8.4 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
