tarmac.

I have fond memories of when the WRC visited the North-West, seeing as the rally HQ was in the car park of my place of education. Such a shame that people got greedy over it and the WRC never returned

Irish rallying has always been big in our family from my fathers days as a mechanic at most of the events. I have great memories of going to the Ulster and Lakes and of course the two WRC rounds when it visited a few years ago. The father rambles on for hours about how great the circuit was in the 80's and still obsesses over videos of Ari Vatenen piloting 'black beauty'. Being a ford man with his concourse RS2000, he's probably a little biased...

I really do like Irelandis the latest hit for the island since tensions with North Korea escalated.

The island's tourism industry lost $9.5 million in August after there were more than 7,000 cancellations from tours, school groups and business ventures — mostly from Japan — despite Guam leaders' constant reassurance that the island is safe and well-protect from possible attacks, according to a report by the Guam Visitors Bureau.

"It's hard to change the perception of visitors that now see Guam as risky," the bureau's Global Marketing Director Pilar Laguana said earlier this month.

HK Express also stopped Guam-Hong Kong flights in June. That cancellation was prompted by operational cost concerns, said Nathan Denight, the president and CEO of the visitors bureau.