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Aneka - "Japanese Boy" (1981) The British songstress had a UK No1 with this in the year that Nazi Karl Dönitz - Grand Admiral of the German Navy during World War II - died; the world's first PC (the IBM 5150) is released; the IRA's Bobby Sands dies from his hunger strike while in the Maze...

The Smiths - "This Charming Man" (1983) The Manchester indie rockers, fronted by Morrissey, had a big UK with this. Morrissey is the cousin of former Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Republic of Ireland star Robbie Keane, who is currently the manager of Turkish side Ferencvaros

2026 World Cup Qualifier England 2-0 Albania Lewis-Skelly 20 Kane 77 Wembley, London Att: 82,378 Dan Burn topped off a fairytale week for himself by making his England debut tonight in the very stadium he scored Newcastle United's opening goal to help them win their first major trophy since...

Lordi - "Fangoria" (2025) The new single from the Finnish heavy metallers. Finland has just been named the world's happiest country. Mr Lordi - Vocals Hella - Keyboards Kone - Guitar Hiisi - Bass Mana - Drums

Duran Duran - "Ordinary World" (1993) The Birmingham pop rockers had a No1 in the UK, US and Canada with this in the year Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia; Eritrea and Monaco joined the UN; the Grand National was a disaster; and a British mathematician presented proof of Fermat's...

Judge orders cowardly killer to stand before her as she hands him minimum of 49 years Not only did Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb sentence Prosper to a minimum of 49 years without the possibility of parole (a punishment worse than the death penalty) for murdering the people he's supposed to love the...

"The roof came off!" Amazing scenes in the great football-mad city of Newcastle as they see their team win their first major trophy since 1969. The Magpies won the 65th League Cup against the mighty record ten-time League Cup winners Liverpool - who are about to win the league title - to see...

Burn and Tuchel are all smiles in the England squad Dan Burn and England manager Thomas Tuchel are all smiles together as the England squad get together for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The photo of the defender and England's new German manager was taken the day after Burn and his...

Nicholas Prosper, 19, has been sentenced to a minimum of 49 years without the possibility of parole in prison for murdering his mother, brother and sister in Luton, Bedfordshire, last year. The bodies of Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13, were found at their home in...

Canadian Head of State King Charles III meets his new Prime Minister - the former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney - at Buckingham Palace. The Canadian monarch wore a red tie in support of Canada in the face of threats from the United States to annex the country and it's believed the King...

Carabao Cup Final Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle United Wembley Stadium, London Att: 88,513 Newcastle United have won the 65th League Cup after a deserving victory over record 10-time winners Liverpool in the Final at Wembley. It's the first time they have won the tournament - currently known as...

They probably don't even know. They're just birds.

Why penguins in the Falkland Islands, a British territory in the South Atlantic, are under pressure from wet weather, disease and the Labour Government

The Russian captain of the Solong container ship involved in the North Sea crash has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter. Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, has been remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Hull Magistrates Court on Saturday, Humberside...

If you count overseas territories such as South Georgia and the Falklands and Bermuda etc then Britain doesn't have a larger land area than Canada but it has a much larger area than Canada in terms of span about the globe. I can go from Manchester to an island in the south Atlantic and still...

Trump tells Republic of Ireland Taoiseach Micheál Martin that Martin's country is taking advantage of the US during a press conference in the Oval Office. The US President also goes on to attack the EU. The Republic of Ireland, of course, is the EU's little bitch, unlike her neighbour Britain...

The world's largest iceberg - bigger than London - has just collided with the British territory of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic. South Georgia is part of Britain and there are fears that the iceberg could put the island's huge colonies of penguins and seals at risk...

Cradle of Filth - "White Hellebore" (2025) The brand new single from the veteran Suffolk extreme metallers, from their upcoming 14th studio album "The Screaming of the Valkyries"...

Sleep Token - "Emergence" (2025) The new single from the London alt-metallers. The masked band's fourth studio album - "Even In Arcadia" - is released in May...