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    The King travels on the legendary Flying Scotsman

    The King travelled in style through England's largest county North Yorkshire by travelling on Britain's most famous and beloved train - the Flying Scotsman. Completed in February 1923, the grand old lady is now 100 years old, still going strong and is a British institution. She's the most...
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    Soldier faints during Trooping the Colour rehearsal

    Prince William - Prince of Wales, heir to the Throne and Colonel of the Welsh Guards - carried out the Colonel's Review on London's Horse Guards Parade today during rehearsals for the King's Birthday Parade, also known as Trooping the Colour. The King's Official Birthday is to be on the third...
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    Champions Cup 2023

    2023 Champions League final Atatürk Stadium, Istanbul Manchester City 1-0 Inter Milan Rodri 68 Exactly one week on from beating Manchester United to win the FA Cup for the seventh time Manchester City beat Inter Milan to win the European Cup and be crowned European Champions for the first...
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    Soldier faints during Trooping the Colour rehearsal

    A soldier fainted earlier today during rehearsals for the King's first Trooping the Colour on what has been the hottest day of the year so far in Britain. As help came to him, you can see another soldier being stretchered away in the background. This will be the King's first Trooping the...
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    Champions Cup 2023

    Epic scenes at the final whistle as Manchester City substitutes and staff run onto the Istanbul pitch as Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 to be crowned Champions of Europe for the first time and become the first English team to win the Treble since Manchester United in 1999 after also...
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    Champions Cup 2023

    It's nearly 11pm on a sweltering night and I can still hear loud music, cheering and fireworks somewhere in the distance. Here is how Manchester City fans celebrated Rodri's 68th minute goal that crowned them European Champions for the first time in history.
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    Champions Cup 2023

    They've done it: Manchester City are European Champions for the first time after beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the Champions League final. Amazing scenes in Manchester on the news. Thousands celebrating on the streets.
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    West Ham United win Europa Conference League

    Thousands today lined the streets of London as the capital's West Ham United paraded the Europa Conference League trophy on an open-topped bus. West Ham fans even climbed the statue of Bobby Moore - England's 1966 World Cup winning captain and West Ham United star - to see their heroes. West...
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    America and Britain announce new "Atlantic Declaration"

    Canada is noticeable in her absence from AUKUS, a security partnership between the US, Britain and Australia. The deal includes the US and Britain building Australia's first nuclear subs. It seems strange that Canada isn't joining up with her three best buddies.
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    America and Britain announce new "Atlantic Declaration"

    The two allies today announced a new partnership The US President Joe Biden and the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday unveiled a new economic agreement between their countries, dubbed the 'Atlantic Declaration'. Speaking at a joint press conference, Sunak said it represented 'a new...
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    King calls Prince Harry's court case "a suicide mission"

    Sky News Australia's Peta Credlin speaks to the New Zealand-born presenter of Britain's GB News Dan Wootton about Prince Harry's High Court case against The Daily Mirror newspaper, which Prince Harry's own father the King has described as "a suicide mission." Wootton also gives his opinion on...
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    King tells of his love for Transylvania during Romania visit

    When I was a kid I thought Transylvania was fictional, a figment of Bram Stoker's imagination. But circa 1991, when I was at Masefield Primary School and 10 years of age, a young girl mentioned that some relatives of hers had just holidayed in Transylvania. And I was like: "Transylvania isn't...
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    West Ham United win Europa Conference League

    Europa Conference League Final Fiorentina 1-2 West Ham United London club West Ham United have tonight won their first major trophy since the FA Cup in 1980 by winning the second Europa Conference League by beating Italian giants Fiorentina (Florence) in the Final at the Fortuna Arena in...
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    Wrexham 12-0 USA Women

    Lee Trundle (born 1976 in Liverpool, Merseyside) has 17 years on USA goalkeeper Lindsey Harris (born 1993 in Houston, Texas) but the way they conducted themselves with each other at the final whistle shows that they definitely booked a hotel room together after the match. "You've just pounded...
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    Wrexham 12-0 USA Women

    It didn't seem like it. I'm a fan of the USA goalkeeper, though. She did pull off some pretty decent saves.
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    Wrexham 12-0 USA Women

    Wrexham player Trundle is three times bigger than the female American players.
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    Wrexham 12-0 USA Women

    Welsh club Wrexham - who play in League Two, the FOURTH tier of English football - have beaten four time World Cup winners USA (women's team) 12-0 in a little football tournament in North Carolina. Not only that, but the Wrexham side wasn't a full-strength Wrexham side, featuring some ageing...
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    King tells of his love for Transylvania during Romania visit

    King enjoys hike through Transylvania During his first overseas visit since his Coronation, the King embarked on a "solo" (apart from his security team) hike in Transylvania. Charles III, who via his father Prince Philip is descended from Vlad the Impaler, the man who inspired British author...
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    Princess Eugenie gives birth to second child

    I've worked it out: George comes from his great-great-great-grandfather King George V (his grandfather is Prince Andrew, his great-grandmother is Queen Elizabeth II, his great-great-grandfather is King George VI, the son of King George V) and his paternal grandfather George Brooksbank and Ronald...