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    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    It is thought that up to 300 British Army horses are situated in London. These five horses, belonging to the Household Cavalry, may have been taking part in training for the King's Birthday Parade in June. The five horses were spooked by noises at a building site in Belgravia, central London...
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    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    Four people have been injured after five military horses ran amok in central London. It's thought the horses were spooked by noises at a building site in Belgravia. Four of the injured are soldiers and one is a civilian cyclist. Some of the horses were injured with at least one of them...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Fat Dog - "Running" (2024) The five-piece London rockers, who include a member who wears a dog mask, release their debut album "Woof" in September...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Big Special - "Black Dog/White Horse" (2024) Hailing from Birmingham, Big Special are an up and coming duo consisting of Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney who make songs lamenting the decline of what was recently the greatest country on Earth. What is NOT in decline is British popular music...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    English Teacher - "Best Tears of Your Life" (2024) The new single from the indie rockers, hailing from Britain's third city Leeds, from their new album "This Could Be Texas", which was released on 12th April. American magazine "Time" named their song "Nearly Daffodils" as one of the ten best...
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    Child killer seeks permission to appeal whole life tariff

    British serial killer Lucy Letby is seeking permission to appeal her sentence of spending the rest of her life behind bars. Letby, 34, was given not one whole life tariff - the rest of her life behind bars with no possibility of parole - but FOURTEEN of them last summer after being found guilty...
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    Britain's mysterious WWII "island of death"

    In 1962 the BBC set out to investigate local reports of British secret, shocking World War Two experiments, dangerous contamination and unexplained animal deaths on a remote island off the coast of Scotland. It was an environmental catastrophe. The island remained dangerously contaminated and...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    James - "Is This Love" (2024) Tim Booth - Vocals Adrian Oxaal - Guitar, cello Saul Davies - Guitar, violin, percussion Jim Glennie - Bass Mark Hunter - Keyboards, piano, programming Andy Diagram - Trumpet, percussion David Baynton-Power - Drums, percussion Deborah Knox-Hewson - Drums...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Gotye ft Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used To Know" (2012) The Australian Gotye and the New Zealander Kimbra scored a huge UK No1 hit with this song about quarrelsome lovers. Even in music our Anglophone cousins don't like each other...
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    House that may have inspired Humpty Dumpty is up for sale

    The house on the banks of the River Ouse near York may have inspired the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. However, other theories exist as to the nursery rhyme's origins, one (probably the most likely) being that Humpty Dumpty was a cannon used during the English Civil War...
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    Britain rejects EU free movement scheme

    Britain has rejected an offer by the EU to allow its under 30s free movement within the Union as it would cost the British taxpayer a lot of money. Keir Starmer's Labour Party, who are set to win this year's General Election and form the next Government, have said they will not take up the...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    James - "Sit Down" (1989)
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    What are you listening to right now?

    James - "Our World" (2024) The Manchester rockers - most known for their 1989 hit "Sit Down" - are celebrating reaching the top of the UK albums chart for the first time since they were formed in 1982 with their new album "Yummy." Their new single is an apt anthem for the Twenties... New...
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    The recent conflict in the Middle East

    The shooting down of the Iranian drones and missiles was the RAF's biggest battle since the Falklands War against Argentina in 1982.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Rage Hard" (1986) The Liverpool dance-pop band are most renowned for their huge 1984 hits "Two Tribes" and "The Power of Love", which has since become known as a Christmas song despite having no reference to Christmas in it. However, in 1986 they appeared on the...
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    D:Ream: "U R the Best Thing" (1994) While the British dance band produced nine UK Top 40 hits, including this song, the thing they are most known for today is that their keyboardist was Brian Cox - now Professor Brian Cox, physicist (far left in the photo) - one of the most renowned scientists...
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    Cloudy skies prevent the Sun from lighting Olympic flame

    Well there is a high prevalence of smoking among Greek women, so that's highly likely.
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    Cloudy skies prevent the Sun from lighting Olympic flame

    Easier just to use a lighter like one of those Greek ladies probably did.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    James McCartney and Sean Lennon - "Primrose Hill" (2024) The sons of two Beatles legends have just released a new song together. James, 46, is the son of lead vocalist and bassist Paul McCartney and his American first wife Linda McCartney and Sean, 48, is the son of lead vocalist and guitarist...