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    Aston Villa win the Europa League

    Europa League Final Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa Tielemans 41 Buendia 45+3 Rogers 58 Besiktas Stadium, Istanbul Attendance:37,324 In the first ever meeting between the two sides, Birmingham side Aston Villa beat their German opponents tonight to win the Europa League. It's Aston Villa's first...
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    Irish President invites King Charles III to State Visit

    During her speech, the Irish President Catherine Connolly said the King's State Visit to her country next year will further deepen the relationship between Ireland and Britain as neighbours and friends and the work going on between the Irish PM (Toiseach) and British PM, but the Head of State of...
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    Irish President invites King Charles III to State Visit

    Speaking in English and Irish, the Irish President Catherine Connolly made a powerful speech at the Irish Embassy. She said "England is our nearest neighbour" (in which she should have said the United Kingdom) and after centuries of warfare the two countries - UK and Republic of Ireland - are...
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    Irish President invites King Charles III to State Visit

    The President of the Republic of Ireland Catherine Connolly is on a three day official visit to her country's much larger next door neighbour the United Kingdom. Upon arriving the Irish Head of State met the British Head of State King Charles III at Buckingham Parliament and invited him to a...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Muse - "Hexagons" (2026) The brand new single from the Teignmouth, Devon, rockers, taken from their upcoming new album "The WOW! Signal"...
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    Manchester City win FA Cup for the 8th time

    FA Cup Final Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City Semenyo 72 At Wembley, London Attendance: 83,337 Manchester City have won the FA Cup for the 8th time after beating London side Chelsea in the Final at Wembley. The Manchester giants have now won the world's oldest football tournament in 1904, 1934...
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    Princess of Wales greeted by fans in Reggio Emiliana

    Like being visited by an angel The British princess had such an effect on the children and staff of a school in Reggio Emilia, northern Italy, that as she was about to leave two children hugged her, cried and begged her not to leave. The British may be rubbish in Eurovision, but as we've...
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    Bulgaria win 70th Eurovision Song Contest

    So it will be in Sofia, or another Bulgarian city, for the first time in 2027.
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    Bulgaria win 70th Eurovision Song Contest

    Eurovision Song Contest DARA 🇧🇬 Congratulations to Bulgaria on scoring their first ever victory at the 70th edition of the Contest 🥳 And THANK YOU for your votes 🥰
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    Bulgaria win 70th Eurovision Song Contest

    Last year's winner JJ, who represented Austria and is the gayest man on Earth, presented Dara with the trophy. It is Bulgaria's first ever Eurovision win... https://m.youtube.com/shorts/FckKItCYmg0
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    Bulgaria win 70th Eurovision Song Contest

    Bulgaria has won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. It is the country's first ever Eurovision victory. The winning song was "Bangaranga" by Dara which got 516 points. Israel finished second with 343 points. The favourites to win were Finland but they finished 6th with 279 points...
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    Princess of Wales greeted by fans in Reggio Emiliana

    I got a bit confused with the name. The name of the city is Reggio Emilia, which is in the region of Emilia-Romagna. As well as being the birthplace of the modern Italian flag it's also the birthplace of Parmigianino Reggiana cheese.
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    Hearts on the brink of winning first Scottish title for 66 years

    Celtic break Hearts Celtic 3-1 Hearts Amazing scenes as jubilant Celtic fans invade the pitch towards the end of the match against Edinburgh side Hearts as they win a record 56th league title and deny Hearts their first league title since 1960. Hearts needed just a draw but lost. The league...
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    Hearts on the brink of winning first Scottish title for 66 years

    Breaking News: Agony for Hearts as Celtic beat them 3-1 to win yet another Scottish league title They haven't done it! The Scottish league title remains in Glasgow Edinburgh club Hearts were on the verge of winning their first title since 1960 and become the first club other than Celtic or...
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    Princess of Wales greeted by fans in Reggio Emiliana

    "Call me Caterina" A humble Princess Catherine, 44, said "Call me Caterina" as Italians give her a very warm welcome to their countr