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    England destroy Wales to start 2026 Six Nations in style

    2026 Six Nations England 48-7 Wales Twickenham, London Attendance: 81,953 The Welsh rugby players never knew what hit them after in-form England annihilated them in front of a partisan 82,000 crowd at Twickenham. England's rugby team are playing well at the moment and that's never a good...
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    England's cricketers score record-breaking total against South Africa

    Rampant England make highest-ever score in 20 overs cricket Second T20 England 304-2 South Africa 158 England win by 146 runs and level the Series 1-1 Old Trafford, Manchester England have become the first team in the T20 version of cricket to score over 300 runs by demolishing the...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Cardigans - ""Erase/Rewind" (1998) The Swedish band had a No 7 UK hit with this in the year France beat Brazil 3-0 to win the World Cup for the first time, even though Brazilian superstar Ronaldo suffered a fit just before the match but was, rather mysteriously, ordered to play. The...
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    Britain's SBS partake in pic helicopter drill in warning to Russia

    Russia shouldn't f*ck with Britain Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales bristling with F-35s. Russia has nothing to match this power and advanced technology Why Britain may once again be considered to be Europe's most important and capable military power...
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    Britain's SBS partake in pic helicopter drill in warning to Russia

    Britain - Ukraine's closest ally - shows off military might to Russian fleet This comes after Britain warned Russia that she will seize any Russian shadow fleet tankers in British waters Crack Special Forces commandos put on a spectacular show of force by rappelling out of a helicopter into...
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    Suffolk Strangler sentenced to die in prison again

    Judge: "You will die in prison" Steve Wright, 67, the "Suffolk Strangler", was sent to prison in 2008 for the murder of five women. Reminiscent of Jack the Ripper, Wright strangled to death five prostituites in the city of Ipswich, Suffolk, in 2006. For those murders he was sentences to...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    I think Waltzing Matilda is a better song. As for Frankie Goes to Hollywood, most or all the members are gay. Lead singer Holly Johnson was diagnosed with HIV in 1991 and didn't expect to live much longer. In that year he gave up his music career to become a painter when he thought he was...
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    2026 Olympic Curling

    Curling is a Scottish sport. All the stones used in it are made of granite from the tiny Scottish island of Ailsa Craig.
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    Sarah Mullaly is sworn in as Archbishop of Canterbury

    The Prince and Princess of Wales have met the new Archbishop of Canterbury. The Heir to the Throne and his beautiful wife - the future King and Queen - welcomed the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullaly, the first woman to assume the role, at the Archbishop of Canterbury's official...
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    Princess of Wales visits family-owned jeans makers

    Catherine, Princess of Wales, 43 - the wife of the Heir to the Throne Prince William, Prince of Wales - has visited a family-run company manufacturing jeans in Cardigan, Wales. As the people bowed and curtsied in respect to their future Queen she was also given a warm welcome by the company's...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax" (1984) The Liverpool band achieved a No1 hit in several countries, including their native Britain, in the year Brunei gained its independence from Britain; "Advance Australia Fair" is proclaimed to be Australia's national anthem; Liverpool win the European...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Ultravox - "Vienna" (1981) The English/Scottish band had a No2 UK hit with this in the year Prince Charles married Princess Diana; Greece joined the EU; Nazi Karl Doenitz died; the UK's Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest; and Marcus Sarjeant fails in his attempted assassination of...
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    Today in Gobbler's Knob...

    Also, whenever I think of Groundhog Day I remember that film in which the guy from Ghostbusters has to live literally the same day over and over again and being depressed and bored over and over again, doing the same shit over and over again. I remember me and my cousin Amanda watching it at our...
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    Today in Gobbler's Knob...

    You've eaten a marmot? You Canadians est some weird shit. Did you eat it on its own or did you have rice or fries or something else with it?
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Depeche Mode - "Precious" (2005) The veteran Braintree, Essex, dark electropoppers, formed in 1980, had a No 4 UK hit with this in the year England's cricketers win the Ashes for the first time since 1987; 52 people are murdered in the London 7th July bombings; the American spacecraft Huygens...
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    Today in Gobbler's Knob...

    How old is Punxatawny Phil now? He must be getting on a bit.
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    John Kennedy berates Britain for handing Chagos Islands to Mauritius

    Sorry. My mistake. He's NOT the grandson of JFK and isn't even related to him at all. Well it's not my mistake. It's the mistake of my AI assistant Gemini who, in her pretty feminine voice, told me that he is so. Welcome to 2026, when modern technology not only speaks to you but tells you...
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    Today in Gobbler's Knob...

    When I first saw Petros's latest avatar I thought he was a Leeds United fan.
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    Today in Gobbler's Knob...

    I've had my knob gobbled a few times in recent years. It's just a shame I have to pay her £30 on Lever Street late at night for the "pleasure." It's rather tragic, really, considering I'm actually quite popular with the ladies.
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    John Kennedy berates Britain for handing Chagos Islands to Mauritius

    Reform UK leader, GB News host and soon-to-PM Nigel Farage speaks to Louisiana senator John Kennedy who has attacked Britain for handing over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a country with no valid claim to the islands. The Americans are concerned that it will put the security of America and...