Epsom 2008 news in review: December
7:50am Saturday 3rd January 2009 in Search
Commentator Mark Johnson
A racing commentator has sparked anger among racegoers and Epsom resident after saying people "don't care" about the Derby. Mark Johnson, one of Britain's senior racecourse commentators, made the comments on a US website, despite the Epsom Derby being watched by 500 million viewers worldwide.
The Spanish talent from Ashtead who rocked the X Factor was already made offers to release her own album. Ruth Lorenzo, 25, was voted off the competition on Saturday, even though her two performances amazed the judges. But her eviction seems to be just the beginning as she has already received offers from several record companies.
The son of a nurse who was failed twice in the past year by the NHS has launched a crusade against hospital superbugs following her premature death last month. Gretta Brennan, 64, who worked at Sutton hospital for a decade and 35 years at West Park and Long Grove Hospitals in the Epsom cluster, was forced to stop chemotherapy for bowel cancer when she caught C Diff in a London hospital in June. Her only hope was an expensive course of the drug Erbitux, which she was denied by Surrey Primary Care Trust.
