Paul Hunter loses Cancer Battle
Paul Alan Hunter (October 14, 1978 – October 9, 2006) was an English professional snooker player. He lost his battle with cancer on the evening of October 9, 2006. Hunter turned professional in 1995 and at the tender age of 17 became one of the youngest players ever to reach the last four of a major ranking event when appearing as a semi-finalist in the 1996 Welsh Open. His first ranking tournament victory was the Regal Welsh Open which he won in 1998, defeating John Higgins in the final. He was named the Snooker Writers Association's Young Player of the Year for that year.

In the 2001 Benson & Hedges Masters, Hunter beat Stephen Hendry 6-3 in the semi-final before recovering from a 7-3 deficit against Fergal O'Brien to win the final 10-9. He won the same tournament again in 2002 and 2004 by the same scoreline, having trailed 5-0 and 7-2 respectively.

On April 6, 2005, Hunter announced that he was suffering from neuroendocrine tumours, a rare form of cancer. Hunter, a smoker, had been receiving chemotherapy for his illness and had been struggling to find form since beginning treatment. Hunter and wife Lyndsey Fell married in the summer of 2004 in Jamaica. And on 26 December 2005, Lyndsey gave birth to their first child, daughter Evie Rose, who weighed 8 lb, 2 oz. Hunter died on October 9, 2006 - just five days short of his 28th birthday - at the Kirkwood Hospice in Huddersfield.

Terry Lloyd laid to rest
The coffin of television reporter Terry Lloyd, who died while covering the war in Iraq, is carried into St. Nicholas Church in Buckinghamshire, England, for his funeral, 14th October 2006. A coroner has ruled that Lloyd was unlawfully killed by US forces in southern Iraq in 2003 and said he would try to ensure that those responsible are prosecuted. Terry Lloyd, an ITN reporter was the first media casualty of the war in Iraq.