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    1966 World Cup winner Nobby Stiles dies aged 78

    World Cup-winning England midfielder Nobby Stiles has died aged 78 after a long illness. The former Manchester United player had prostate cancer and advanced dementia. Stiles is the seventh member of the England team that started the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany to die, after...
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    Sean Connery dies aged 90

    Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90 BBC News 3st October 2020 Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said. The Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James Bond, being the first to bring the role to the big screen and appearing in seven of the spy...
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    Isle of Wight: 'Military assistance' sought over tanker stowaways

    This is probably some of those lovely asylum seekers the lefties want us to take in... Isle of Wight: 'Military assistance' sought over tanker stowaways BBC News 25th October 2020 The Nave Andromeda (in the middle of the three boats) has not been hijacked, the lawyers representing the...
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    Lewis Hamilton breaks Michael Schumacher's win record at the Portuguese Grand Prix

    Lewis Hamilton breaks Michael Schumacher's win record at the Portuguese Grand Prix...
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    The Who's Who of Medieval England

    Who's Who of Medieval England shows royalty, wine-loving soldiers and a dark-skinned landowner known as 'Aethelwine the Black' ALL gave to the Church to ensure they got into heaven...
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    Queen pardons jailed killer who fended off London Bridge terrorist

    Jailed killer who disarmed the London Bridge terrorist using a narwhal tusk is pardoned by the Queen Convicted murderer Steven Gallant (left), who helped foil the terror attack on London Bridge last November armed only with a narwhal tusk, will see his sentence cut following an...
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    First Shetland, now Orkney, wants to breakaway from Scotland

    Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is risking the breakup of Scotland because of her calls for a permanent referendum on Scottish independence. Now both Orkney and Shetland are asking to be made UK Crown Dependencies rather than parts of Scotland.
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    Why are Lefties so vile?

    Lefties 🤮 James O’Brien CLIP Most Patronising 🎙 In History👂 LISTEN Another example of James O’Brien being the most patronising and condescending DJ in radio history.
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    Reclaim

    British actor Laurence Fox, the scourge of the Lefty Establishment and the Twitterati, is to set up a new right-wing political party - Reclaim.
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    Making an apocalypse out of a pandemic

    When, in July 1957, British prime minister Harold Macmillan told a Tory Party rally that the British people ‘had never had it so good’, supplying the postwar period with its famously optimistic gloss, one historical fact tends to be overlooked: the world was in the grip of a pandemic... Making...
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    Now even Fawlty Towers is being erased

    So now Basil Fawlty’s gone down the memory hole. The crazed witch-hunt against ‘problematic’ culture has come for the sitcom that is often voted Britain’s best ever... Now even Fawlty Towers is being erased The crazed witch-hunt against ‘offensive’ culture is completely out of control...
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    Towards Britain’s Year Zero

    When a mob toppled a statue of merchant and slave trader Edward Colston in central Bristol on Sunday, the scenes were reminiscent of the collapse of a tyrannical regime... Towards Britain’s Year Zero The toppling of statues is a sign of things to come. ALEXANDER ADAMS 11th June 2020 Spiked...
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    Red Lion: Archaeologists 'find London's earliest theatre'

    London's earliest playhouse may have been discovered at a housing redevelopment in Whitechapel, archaeologists have said. The Red Lion was thought to be the first purpose-built theatre of the Elizabethan...
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    X-ray analysis of chainmail from the Mary Rose

    Analysis by X-ray of three copper-alloy artefacts recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose has offered new insight into their construction and the success of conservation efforts undertaken on them...
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    Toy mouse discovered at Vindolanda Roman fort

    During lockdown, curatorial staff at Vindolanda have been taking a closer look at the vast reserve collection of leather. Whilst sifting through bags of offcuts and scraps, some of which contain hundreds of pieces, they found a piece of leather that had been fashioned into a small animal...
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    Dorset knob-eating contest held online

    Dorset's annual knob-eating competition is to be held online for the first time. The event - in which contestants vie to gobble more of the county's traditional biscuits than their rivals - usually draws huge crowds... Coronavirus: Dorset knob-eating contest held online amid lockdown BBC News...
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    Defiant Brits celebrate and commemorate VE Day in lockdown

    Defiant Brits celebrate and commemorate VE Day in lockdown: Prince Charles leads solemn two-minute tribute, Red Arrows fly over Buckingham Palace and a deserted London as people make the best of a very special bank holiday Defiant Brits across the nation are...
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    Germany has dealt a blow to the EU

    If you ever visit Karlsruhe, you could easily mistake the building housing the Bundesverfassungsgericht (BverfG), the highest German constitutional court, for the refectory block of some dreary new university. Dreary or not, on Tuesday that court took a major decision which trenchantly and...
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    Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announce birth of son

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a son. A spokeswoman for the PM and his partner said both mother and baby are "doing very well". It is understood Mr Johnson, who has just recovered from coronavirus, was present throughout the birth, at an...
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    Prince Louis' NHS tribute on his second birthday

    Not only is it St George's Day today, but it's also Prince Louis' second birthday. Photographs of the fifth in line to the Throne taken by his mother Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, show him with...