His long-time friend Bert Govan said Sir Bob s illness had come as a shock to family and friends.
He said Sir Bob and his wife, Lady Jo Nicholls-Parker, were keeping very active and cycling regularly, until Sir Bob s health declined. It s just the last thing that was expected, but I think they ll also be very proud of the way that Bob and Jo have dug deep, and are really working with the medical teams to give him the best chance of rehabilitation.
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Sir Bob Parker was the public face of the Christchurch earthquake response.
Former Christchurch mayor Sir Bob Parker is in a long-term care facility after a life-threatening stroke left him with limited movement and confined to a wheelchair. Parker, a national television figure before becoming an inspiring frontman in the aftermath of the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 in Canterbury, said he suffered a heart attack in May last year, when he was feeling as “fit as he had ever been”. The 68-year-old was treated and received medication, including blood thinning drugs. After recovering, he had a stroke on October 5, just days after attending an event in Akaroa to mark the restoration of its historic lighthouse.
ITSC Serbia: Town s International Reputation is Being Diminished
Tuesday, 26th Jan 2021 11:50
ITSC Serbia has written an open letter expressing concerns that the current situation at Town is diminishing the “international reputation” of the club.
The letter outlines frustrations with matters on the field, but also the loss of the Blues community feel, citing the lack of contact from the club in recent years and the continuing ban of TWTD’s Phil Ham from manager and player press conferences.
Chairman Uros Zivaljevic told TWTD how the Serbia branch came about: “I started following ITFC in that famous promotion season 1999/00.
“The next season and fifth place in the Premier League brought more attention and admiration and over time with a lot of effort our membership grew to 22.
Armchair critic Desmond McCarron (Gazette Letters, January 4, “Changes are needed to avoid gridlock”) had a pop at Sir Bob Russell, asking “what, if any, changes Sir Bob managed to help engineer on the parlous state of Colchester transport during his long stint in public office”. The straight answer is, more than any current politician. I was a parliamentary researcher to Sir Bob. It was thanks to him raising, during Transport Questions in the House of Commons in January 2004, that Junction 28 from the A12 Colchester Northern By-pass was constructed. This allowed the Community Stadium to be built, something else Sir Bob was involved in.
Armchair critic Desmond McCarron (Gazette Letters, January 4, “Changes are needed to avoid gridlock”) had a pop at Sir Bob Russell, asking “what, if any, changes Sir Bob managed to help engineer on the parlous state of Colchester transport during his long stint in public office”. The straight answer is, more than any current politician. I was a parliamentary researcher to Sir Bob. It was thanks to him raising, during Transport Questions in the House of Commons in January 2004, that Junction 28 from the A12 Colchester Northern By-pass was constructed. This allowed the Community Stadium to be built, something else Sir Bob was involved in.