Helen Storey has had more than her share of upset tragedy and heartbreak her troubles coming not in single spies but in battalions: just

Helen Storey has had more than her share of upset, tragedy and heartbreak, her troubles coming not in single spies but in battalions: just as she was fighting to keep her million-spinning frock house afloat, her husband Ron (the company's financial director) discovered he had cancer - a T-cell lymphoma was spreading through his head, making him deaf and blind He retired to bed for a year. There's something very real and gritty about people who've been through trauma. "I'm always attracted to people with trauma in their lives," she said "I like it. I remember her humming `Je ne regrette rien' over the ironing board, and her songs were in my head from an early age." But all that tragedy (I protested), the drugs, those ghastly men she got tied up with.. Storey raised a sophisticated eyebrow. Her deliriously rackety childhood was devoted to chronic shape-changing. We hope to recycle the best ideas at a later date in this column.Bawn O'Beirne-Ranelagh.

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Ripley has been stuck in Rovers' reserves after a comeback from injury, and the QPR assistant manager, Bruce Rioch, watched him play in a midweek second-team game. Ripley has also been chased by West Bromwich Albion, but they are more interested in a loan deal. Stuart Ripley, the Blackburn Rovers winger, is lined up for a pounds 1m move to Queen's Park Rangers this week - paving the way for the sale of Trevor Sinclair. Police did not release his name but said he was a local student. The 3ft high silver cup was said to be "virtually destroyed" and would have to be rebuilt following the attack at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. The attacker, dressed in a suit, shirt and tie, had asked to see the trophy, which is displayed in a showcase. "The recreational schemes we hold are very popular among girls and there is absolutely no reason why girls cannot participate as fully as boys,'' Andrews said. "The ABA, a member of the international boxing community, has gone along with national requirement that girls should be allowed to box competitively with effect from next October.``Whether or not that will happen remains to be seen. Woods, who has won four events since turning professional last August, is now one of the favourites for the US Masters. "I don't know whether the green speed is getting out of hand,'' he said yesterday. In fact, what that does is take away the 63s and 62s, but it doesn't stop people from scoring 67s and 68s."A headwind certainly stopped most people from picking up shots at the last.