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  1. Blackleaf

    Euro 2024

    The Germany Vs Denmark match is back underway after being stopped on 35 minutes.
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    Euro 2024

    Last 16 Switzerland 2-0 Italy Holders Italy, who beat England in the Euro 2020 Final, have been beaten by Switzerland 2-0 in the first knockout match of the tournament in Berlin. Switzerland will play England or Slovakia in the Last 8.
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    Euro 2024

    Breaking News The Last 16 tie between Germany and Denmark in Dortmund has been suspended by the English referee due to heavy lightning with the game still at 0-0.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Erasure - "Am I Right?" The London electropop band had this UK No15 hit in November 1991
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    UK welcomes Japanese Emperor and Empress on State Visit

    Prince William, who recently celebrated his 42nd birthday, is praised for his diplomacy as World War II enemies Britain and Japan forge a close friendship amid a time of rising global tensions. The two countries - amongst the world's biggest economies - see how important it is to have good...
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    UK welcomes Japanese Emperor and Empress on State Visit

    Recalling the days when Anglophile Emperor Naruhito, 64, who ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1st May 2019, who is on his third day of his State Visit to Britain but only today met the King and Queen, studied at Oxford University between 1983 and 1986 studying "the history of transportation...
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    UK welcomes Japanese Emperor and Empress on State Visit

    The Japanese Emperor and Empress view the Japanese collection in Buckingham Palace with the King and Queen and other senior British royals... The Emperor and Empress of Japan lay wreaths inside Westminster Abbey at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in honour of the war dead of a country that...
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    UK welcomes Japanese Emperor and Empress on State Visit

    Britain performed its usual pomp and pageantry as it today welcomed the Emperor and Empress of Japan for a State Visit. The Japanese Head of State Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako were given a warm welcome by British Head of State King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla. Also...
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    Kings heirs jump for joy a Prince of Wales turns 42

    Britain's four immediate Heirs to the Throne leapt for joy on a beach as the Prince of Wales celebrated his birthday. Prince William turned 42 on 21st June and the Heir to the Throne was pictured leaping on a beach with his children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis - 2nd, 3rd...
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    Princess Anne in hospital after being injured by a horse

    The King's sister, 73, is in hospital tonight after being injured by a horse while out walking on her Gloucestershire estate. She is expected to make a full recovery but will spend several days in hospital. Her working visit to Canada has been postponed. Like her mother, Queen Elizabeth II...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has unveiled his party's manifesto. Labour are expected to win a record 516 of the Commons' 650 seats and the former Head of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer will be appointed Prime Minister by the King on 5th July, barring a miracle. Here is the next British PM...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    None of this Left Wing namby pamby nonsense with the party expected to get the second most number of votes. Nigel Farage's Reform UK want to slash net migration to zero and end the "green cap". Brexit frontman and Reform UK leader Farage, a friend of Donald Trump, is running as an MP in the...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey has unveiled his party's manifesto. Save the NHS Stronger ties with the EU Ending FPTP and replacing it with Proportional Representation
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    42 million people are eligible to vote in Britain as one of the world's oldest and greatest democracies goes to the polls on 4th July. Here, Green Party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsey unveil their manifesto. Which one will become Prime Minister in the unlikely event they win this...
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    Euro 2024

    You're talking about that cheesy song by Hanson back in '97? It makes me feel old because I remember it like it was a fortnight ago. It's depressing that I'm 43 next month and I was 23 when I joined this forum in October 2004. It's also weird that I've been here for 20 years. When I joined...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Workers Party of Britain (WPB) leader George Galloway has launched his party's manifesto for the 2024 General Election. The WPB wants the Royal Navy to do more to protect Great Britain's borders, wants to abolish Britain's nuclear weapons, wants Britain to leave NATO (the WPB supports Russia)...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    GB News: Camilla Tominey: Bombshell new poll puts Farage's right-wing Reform UK at a record peak of 24% with Sunak's Tories down to 15% in the 2024 General Election. Starmer's Labour are predicted to win a record 516 Commons seats (out of 650). Meanwhile, the Tories are expected to lose so many...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Well he'd do a lot better than Sunak even though he's been dead for nearly 60 years.
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    Euro 2024

    France forward Kylian Mbappe broke his nose after accidentally headbutting Austria defender Danso's shoulder. The French Football Federation has said it is unclear if the national side's star striker will be fit to play the next match against the Netherlands. The Dutch - winners of Euro 88 -...