(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — A worker fell to his death at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday in what was believed to be the facility’s first non-flight emergency in decades. United Space Alliance engineer James D. Vanoverff fell from scaffolding — some of which sits 200 feet above the ground’s surface — while working on the space shuttle Endeavor around 7:40 a.m. Monday. Medics rushed to launch pad 39A, where the shuttle is being readied for its April 19 launch, but were unable to revive the man. All work at the site has been suspended for the day as NASA conducts an investigation of the incident. Via: ABC Radio
A TILEHURST man ran amok at a Calcot bowling club, hurling a basketball down the lane and ripping cladding from the walls, Newbury magistrates heard recently. Twenty-five-year-old Paul Shurvill, of Wendover Way, had been on a three-day alcohol spree, the court was told.
Claire French, prosecuting, said: “The duty manager saw the defendant shouting and swearing with a group of males. He then began kicking a basketball down the bowling aisle and then ripped casing from the wall in the reception area.
“Police were called and Mr Shurvill told officers he had been drinking since the previous Friday.”
Mr Shurvill, a scaffolder who has previous convictions for unrelated matters and has been cautioned twice for causing criminal damage, admitted damaging the wall at Reading Megabowl in Calcot on February 2 this year.
Martin Hennessy, defending, said his client had “essentially given up drinking for a number of years” before the incident but had been celebrating with friends. He added: “He is very remorseful.”
Presiding magistrate David Ball warned Mr Shurvill: “This is going to have been an expensive night out.”
Mr Shurvill was fined £75 and ordered to pay £50 compensation and £85 costs plus £15.
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Harsco Corp.’s metals division has received two multi-year contract renewals from Mexican steelmaker Ternium Mexico.
Ternium Mexico is a unit of Ternium S.A.
The contract renewals are estimated to have projected revenue worth more than $225 million, the industrial services company said Friday.
The pacts span close to 10 years each and include new and expanded commercial terms.
In January Harsco said it received two new orders worth $9 million to provide insulation services and scaffolding for a new refinery under construction in the Netherlands.
The company’s stock shed 25 cents to $32.87 in afternoon trading.
Via: Business Week 
The striker, who left Tonbridge last season to join Dartford, was loaned back to the Angels last week and started in the two recent draws against Kingstonian and Wealdstone.
Rook admitted he was surprised at the speed of the move back to Longmead, having been told last Tuesday by Dartford boss Tony Burman that he needed to go out on loan and get some games.
Conference Premier side Eastbourne Borough had expressed an interest, as had Carshalton Athletic, but when Angels boss Tommy Warrilow came calling, there was only one place the former Horsham man was going.
“Tony Burman told me I was going out on loan on the Tuesday and by Thursday I was back at Tonbridge,” Rook said. “It was quite a surprise to me if I’m honest, but there are three strikers at Dartford fighting for one place and I’ve been in and out of the side. The manager said that I needed to get out and get some games and I agreed. I made the decision to go back to Tonbridge, which was an easy one really; they’re pushing for promotion so hopefully I can score some goals to get us there.”
The 28-year-old scaffolder admitted the prospect of playing in the Conference Premier with Eastbourne Borough had appealed, but having looked at away trips to Wrexham, Gateshead and Southport in the next few weeks, work commitments ruled that out.
Having experienced the agony of missing out in the play-offs with the Angels in his first spell, Rook is confident Tonbridge have the squad to go one better this time around. Warrilow has also set him a goal target for the remaining games of the season, and the striker says promotion for Tonbridge to the Conference South next season may come into the equation when it comes to sorting out his future this summer.
He said: “It’s a shame if it has not worked out at Dartford, whether the manager sees something in me he does not like I don’t know.
“I’d love to be able to help Tonbridge go up and Tommy has set me a target of 10 goals in the last 12 games and hopefully I can achieve that. This is the best squad he has had at the club, and he’s had some good players in the last few years but not many would get in this side.
“I’m out of contract in the summer, but it’s up to other people with what happens. I’ve been in and out of the team at Dartford, but then you get an offer from Eastbourne Borough in the Conference Premier and it makes you think that someone sees something in you to play that level. I also really enjoy playing at Tonbridge and I enjoyed my time at Dartford, so there’s a lot to weigh up at the end of the season.”
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The 21-year-old scaffolder has been put forward to the British Boxing Board of Control for a professional licence by his manager Trevor Frater.
Frater’s professional boxing partner Mike Shinfield – who manages several leading boxers in the country – has already seen McSpadden spar with other professional boxers, and said he has what it takes to make the step up.
He now has to face board members before being told whether he will be given his licence.
He said: “This is what I always wanted to do since I can remember.
“I will put in the training, time and effort that it will take for me to succeed in my ambitions to put Louth on the boxing map.”
McSpadden is a member of T&J Pro-Am School of Boxing on Louth Trading Estate, which Mr Frater owns.
He would become Louth’s only current professional boxer.
“That is why this is not just big for me but it is also big for the town, and can only be good for Louth,” said McSpadden.
“There isn’t another pro boxer who is from Louth so it would be a great moment for me.
“This is an opportunity of a lifetime and I really want to take it.
“I have always been encouraged by my family to do it. My dad had his own gym and boxing has always been in the family.”
At amateur level he has boxed at light-middleweight but says as a professional he would prefer to fight at welterweight or light-welterweight.
McSpadden was bought his first pair of gloves by his father before he could walk.
The youngest of seven siblings, McSpadden joined Fabien Boxing Academy, aged five.
He lost contact with the sport in his later primary school years, before taking it back up as a teenager and joining the armed forces where he went 12 competitions undefeated.
After a spell in the army, he left to move back to Louth with his family, joining T&J.
His first ABA competition was at Sheffield Working Men’s Club and he stopped a fighter with vastly superior experience inside 50 seconds of the first round.
After 17 fights in a year, he remained undefeated.
Mr Frater said: “I helped him with his fitness levels and his boxing skills and he showed mass improvement immediately.
“I noticed that, in-line with new ABA rules, I was going to have to completely change Sam’s boxing style.
“I don’t see the point doing that and after speaking with Mike we came to the same conclusion about Sam’s boxing career and are going to put him forward for a professional licence.”
McSpadden has undergone a medical and a brain scan in preparation. He will go around the country sparring with other professionals.
T&J Pro-Am are looking for sponsors for McSpadden. Call Trevor Frater on 07854081736.
Via: Grimsby Telegraph