Mom and daughter flee Thai siege

EAST London businessman Ed Rathbone plans to fork out R80000 to evacuate his wife and daughter from Thailand after they became stranded following anti government protests. Rathbone, owner of Areena Riverside Resort, said his wife Karen and daughter Amber, 19, who have been stranded in the capital Bangkok since Monday last week, managed to secure two seats on an unscheduled flight leaving the country today. The flight is apparently departing from a military base in the city and hopefully theyll...