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A brief apology to regular readers of this blog who noticed that they were unable to visit the site last week for several days. We have been working on some improvements on the site which subsequently appeared to not agree with our sprawling network of Cloud Servers very well. Forcing the site offline for a few days while we battled to fix the problem. An unfortunate thing that we will admit to you all, will probably not be the first moment of error you will see in the next few months. We are endearing to make the site better still though,and sometimes you have to move a few steps backwards to go forwards.

I always wonder if sponsorships and adverts actually reach many people to investigate more about the company. So when the other day I was watching the cricket, which was sponsored by NPower I got my answer! I realised I still needed to change my energy company as I am being ripped off at the moment. So straight away I went online to compare gas and electricity prices for my home and find a better deal. Eventually I found one, which wasn’t with NPower unfortunately. I suppose the sponsor and adverts helped me as it made me aware and reminded me to change my provider but didn’t help them!! Picture: mattbuck4950

Since February, Belgian Stefaan Engels, 49 has ran 236 full marathons, completing one run every single day. Inspired to become and endurance athlete after he was told by doctors that he would not be able to carry out tough physical activity due to asthma and harsh fat jibes from his wife, Engels set up as a fitness instructor. He intents to run 365 marathons by the end of the year, beating the current world record of 52 marathons a day almost 7 times over. Engels can currently be seen completing his daily 26 mile jogs in Battersea park London, before moving onto a tour of Spain and the rest of Europe. His self imposed challenge echoes that of Forest Gump played by Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks in the film of the same name. Image: wdroops

It seems that the commonwealth games are quite literally getting worse by the day. After extensive reports last week of the shambles of the India hosted event, I didn’t think it could get much worse. Last week we heard about collapsing bridges, dirty and shambolic looking bedrooms and bathrooms and general structural and safety issues throughout the Athletic village. Today we hear that several athletes have arrived at their rooms to find them inhabited with snakes....that’s right snakes. Great big Samuel L Jackson fearing snakes. On top of this the nation couldn’t even get it right for their own stars, top Boxer athlete Akhil Kumar, who won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games sat on his bed to simply fall straight through it, finding the bed itself wasn’t constructed properly. It’s not looking good is it. Image: Alistair coyne