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Aqua - "Candyman" (1997) The Danish dance-poppers scored a cheesy Top 10 UK hit in the year Blair became the first Labour PM for 18 years and Princess Diana died. Denmark famously won Euro 92, despite not even qualifying for it.

Pulp - "Common People" (1995) The Sheffield alt-rockers reached No2 in the UK charts in the year John Redwood failed in his "coup" to usurp John Major as British Prime Minister and Manchester United's Eric Cantona physically assaults a Crystal Palace fan during a Premier League game. All five...

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King Charles III has written to Donald Trump after the soon-to-be American President narrowly escaped assassination in the worst attack on a US Presidential candidate since 1981. The message is a secret but will Trump reveal what the King has said? What we do know is that the apolitical King's...

Farage: "I was very upset when I heard the news last night." Donald Trump's close friend, the Reform UK leader and Clacton-on-Sea MP Nigel Farage, has told Sky News it's a miracle his friend is still alive. Farage has appeared at several Trump rallies and had Farage not been elected an MP in...

Breaking News: July 2024 Trump shot, England lose Good old British humour in the face of adversity

As for the Final of Euro 2024, it was the first time ever that England have lost in Berlin. Before last night, England were unbeaten in the stadium where the infamous 1936 Olympics were held. Bring on Euro 2028 - in UK and Republic of Ireland.

Crazy that the Argies have now won the Copa America for a record SIXTEENTH time. Having said that, the Copa America is the world's oldest surviving international football tournament - founded in 1916 - and the tournament is usually held every one, two, or three years, seemingly irregularly, for...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were pulled away from an event on the island of Jersey today after their Close Protection Officers - the British equivalent of America's Secret Service - became concerned about something. The Queen, 76, who was eating ice cream and enjoying herself, was...

Spain win record 4th European Championships Final Spain 2-1 England Olympic Stadium, Berlin Spain have won the Euros for a record 4th time, after previously winning it in 1964, 2008 and 2012. England are the first team to lose two consecutive European Championships Finals.

Simple Minds - "Alive and Kicking" (1985) The Glasgow rockers reached No7 in the UK and No2 in the US with this hit

Technotronic - "Pump Up The Jam" (1989) The Belgian eurodancers scored a No2 hit next door in the UK with this song in 1989

Actor Idris Elba today met with the King at St James's Palace to discuss potential opportunities for Britain's youth, to steer them away from crime. Elba is a 51 year old British actor who starred in the American drama series The Wire. Elba and the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (the woman in...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer knows Biden fucked up at the NATO Summit but just can't quite admit to it in public. Starmer previously admitted, before being elected PM, that Biden's cognitive ability is waning. How do we Brits elect a youngish leader with years left in him and the Yanks...

Starmer meets Biden at the White House. One's incoming and the other's outgoing. One's starting probably a lengthy career as PM and the other will likely be dead as the other is still PM. They seemed so lovey dovey, as previous British and American leaders have been: Churchill/Roosevelt...

Osborne was sentenced to two whole life orders plus 20 years.

An abuser who stabbed to death his ex-partner and a man she was dating in a "ferocious and merciless" attack was sentenced to a whole life order. Marcus Osborne murdered Katie Higton, 27, and Steven Harnett, 25, in May 2023 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Osborne stabbed Higton 99 times...

You make it sound as though the White House is a brothel. Maybe that's why some Muslims tried to fly a plane into it.

That's just wordplay. In terms of actual numbers of deaths then knives are deadlier. Knives are being used to kill more people than nukes are. That's why the King wants the Government to tackle knife crime and not nuke crime.

I can see when you're losing an argument. I've known you for years. Remember, Mr T, that the world's deadliest animal is not the lion or the tiger or alligator. The world's deadliest animal is the mosquito. Similarly, the blade is deadlier than the nuke.