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  1. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    Skindred - "Set Fazers" (2023) The Welsh reggae rockers are back with new singles and a new album
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    Well the partnership has worked out quite well in recent decades. We're quite good at vanquishing the bad guys, from the Nazis to the Houthis. Sworn enemies 200 years ago to great friends today.
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says that Britain and America will continue to degrade the Houthis' abilities to carry out attacks if the Houthis continue to ignore the allies' warnings
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    "Britain will not hesitate to respond in order to protect innocent lives and freedom of navigation" British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today made a statement in Parliament in the wake of Britain and America once again bombing the Houthis
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    Space Thread

    The largest known star: Stephenson 2-18
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    The King to follow Princess of Wales in hospital for surgery

    The Queen, Princess Anne and the Duchess of Edinburgh to stand in for the King as he undergoes prostate surgery in hospital. The King's wife, sister and sister-in-law will be vice-monarchs and will take care of affairs of state as the King is temporarily out of action.
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    Footage shows undercover London police catching watch thieves

    New footage shows undercover Metropolitan Police officers, posing as members of the public, in the centre of the big city nabbing crooks who have stolen expensive designer watches...
  8. Blackleaf

    What are you listening to right now?

    The Animals - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (1965) This song by the Newcastle band reached No3 in Britain, No4 in Canada and No15 in the US
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    What are you listening to right now?

    I'm just realising how good The Kinks were. Probably the best band of the Sixties. The godfathers of punk and with lyrics about modern Britain the godfathers or Britpop, although Ray Davies, who's still alive, disputes that.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset" (1967) Penned by frontman Ray Davies, the song is about the aspirations of those growing up in wartime Britain and the world they wanted to have.
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    Official portrait of the King for public buildings is revealed

    Do you know what those medals are?
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    The King to follow Princess of Wales in hospital for surgery

    There are too many trans queens about. We don't need another one.
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    The King to follow Princess of Wales in hospital for surgery

    Catherine, the Princess of Wales, is currently in a private hospital in London recovering from “planned abdominal surgery”. Kensington Palace said that Princess Catherine would remain in hospital for up to two weeks, and then recover at home. The King will receive hospital treatment on an...
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    Official portrait of the King for public buildings is revealed

    After seven decades of seeing the famous portrait of Elizabeth II hanging in public buildings, the new official portrait photograph of King Charles III has been unveiled that will hang in public buildings in the years to come. The portrait is intended for display in public buildings, such as...
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    Farage - GB News: WW3?: Britain 'FORCED to confront' DICTATORS as world 'resembles 1930s' - ex-Navy commander Rest of Europe lacks Britain's military capabilities
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    Space Thread

    JO613+52: The galaxy with no stars
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Kula Shaker - "Govinda" (1996)
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Kula Shaker - "Natural Magick" (2024) The London psychedelic rockers, famous for their massive 1996 No1 hit "Govinda", sung entirely in Sanskrit, are back with a new single and an upcoming new album of the same name
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Liam Gallagher & John Squire - "Just Another Rainbow" (2024) The former frontman of Oasis and the former guitarist of The Stone Roses - two great Manchester bands - have teamed up for a brand new single and are expected to release a new album together later this year
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    Denmark's Queen Margrethe II abdicates

    King Frederick X takes to the Throne of Denmark King Frederick X has taken the Throne of Denmark on the day his mother Queen Margrethe II abdicated. His Australian wife Crown Prince Mary has become Queen. She is the first Australian to ever become a senior royal. The new King Frederick X...