London, Jan 9: Britain's Prince William spoke of the importance of keeping his late mother Princess Diana''s memory alive as he and Prince Harry paid an emotional tribute to a late friend by becoming patrons of a charity established in his memory.

William, 26, and Harry, 24, attended the launch of the Henry van Straubenzee fund, which will help equip schools in Uganda with much-needed facilities.

Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 a, while Henry lost his life, aged 18, in a car smash where he also was a passenger.

London, Jan 9: A new research has predicted that floods will become commonplace by the year 2080, especially across the UK.

The research, led by Dr Hayley Fowler, of Newcastle University, predicts that severe storms - the likes of which currently occur every five to 25 years across the UK - will become more common and more severe in a matter of decades.

Looking at `extreme rainfall events', where rain falls steadily and heavily for between one and five days, the study predicts how the intensity of these storms may change in the future.

London - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he expects to be without William Gallas and Mikael Silvestre for up to three weeks because of injury.

Gallas has a hamstring injury, while Silvestre suffered a thigh injury in the FA Cup win over Plymouth last weekend.

Wenger said Denilson and Toure would return for the visit of Bolton on Saturday.

"Kolo and Denilson will be back available," Wenger said. "However unfortunately we have lost William Gallas with a hamstring problem.

London, Jan. 8 : Former England cricketer Ian Botham has said that in the last 24 hours, the incidents related to England cricket and its immediate future, are probably the most embarrassing that he has seen, both as a player and as a commentator on the sport.

In an article for the Sunday Mirror, Botham squarely blames the fiasco relating to the Pietersen-Moores disagreement on the "chinless wonders who rule Lord''s from behind a desk".

London - Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo emerged unscathed after his Ferrari was involved in an accident on Thursday.

The Portugal international crashed into a barrier as he was driving through a tunnel beneath the runways of Manchester airport.

Ronaldo gave a negative breath test to officers at the scene of the crash, the police said, and Manchester United said he was training as normal.

"He was involved in an incident this morning. No other cars were involved," a United spokesman said.

London - The Bank of England Thursday slashed interest r