Grassroots WITH the Shoestrings-chargrill, Chippenham Sunday League set for a shorter than usual one week Christmas break, many teams found themselves with an additional free week as the atrocious weather conditions of the last week meant that a number of games were lost to waterlogged pitches. The only league fixture that survived the rain was at Leafy Lane where hosts Chippenham Icons beat Royal Oak 4-2, to claim a fifth successive victory which move them above Lavis FC at the top of the Division One table thanks to their superior goal difference. Icons opened the scoring through a Jacob Duckett own goal, but they were pegged back when Rich Tandy was on hand to restore parity. Dan Fowler regained the lead for Icons who gained the upper hands on the Oak men, with a further 2 goals from Fowler to complete a first half treble to give his team a 4-1 interval lead, his second being a sublime strike from distance
please stand by. top republicans are calling for senate majority leader reid to step down. the democrats think they can say these things and apologize when it comes from the mouths of their own, but if it comes from others it is a race remark. reporter: he is coming under target for comments he made. there is new game plan remarks that this country would embrace him. reid has apologized for poor choice of words and for offending any and all americans, especially african- americans. fellow democrats are standing by their leader. i think he is shocked by the statement he has made. and i don t think he should step down. reporter: the book has not even been released yet and president obama has already declared the matter closed. the president called reid s comments unfortunate but accepted his apology. republicans are crying foul, saying that reid should be treated the same as former majority leader trent lott, who was out of the leadership positions after he said