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    Queen died in her sleep at 3:10pm

    It has been more than a year since the death of Queen Elizabeth II and more details about her final moments and starting to emerge. The Daily Mail has seen new documents which tell that story, with one memo saying what she simply "slipped away" without any pain. King Charles III had been...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon" (1966)
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    Space Thread

    Galaxy ring discovery challenges thinking on universe
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    Explosions years in Yemeni capital Sana'a as British and Americans conduct strikes UK and US military action against Houthis was "inevitable" Explosions in Hodeidah, Yemen, after RAF, USN and USAF conduct strikes... Biden and Sunak confirm air strikes
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    Breaking News: Britain and America conduct air strikes against Houthis in Yemen RAF Typhoons taking off from the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus US President Joe Burden and UK PM Rishi Sunak confirmed the strikes, saying they were a response to repeated Houthi...
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    Breaking News: Britain to strike Houthi rebels within hours PM Rishi Sunak has chaired a Cobra meeting with his Cabinet This comes after the Americans and British shot down a barrage of Houthi attack drones.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Kinks - "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (1966)
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    HMS Diamond shooting down Houthi attack drones British and American warships shoot down Houthi drones attacking container ships and British and American warships in order to keep open a vital world trade artery. On 3rd January the Americans and British warned the Yemen-based Houthis that there...
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed that Royal Navy Sheffield-class destroyer HMS Diamond shot down Houthi drones over the Red Sea. The Houthis attacked the Royal Navy destroyer with attack drones but HMS Diamond, one of the world's most powerful destroyers equipped with the...
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    German football legend Beckenbauer, loser in 1966, dies aged 78

    I wish I was old enough to have watched, live, a match featuring both Beckenbauer and Pele. That must have been awe-inspiring. Despite Beckenbauer and Co losing against Bobby Moore's England side in the 1966 World Cup Final the two became good friends afterwards. They often played chess...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Kinks - "You Really Got Me" (1964) Whereas Birmingham band Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, London band The Kinks invented punk rock. This, written by frontman Ray Davies, was an international superhit for the band, including in the Big Two: Britain and America. Just like Black Sabbath...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Tremeloes - "Suddenly You Love Me" (1967) This song by Dagenham, Essex, band The Tremeloes reaches No4 in the UK and No13 in the US. One of the band members is the father of Nineties pop duo Alisha's Attic and another member is the father of 80s pop singer Chesney Hawkes.
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    German football legend Beckenbauer, loser in 1966, dies aged 78

    German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has died aged 78. Beckenbauer was part of the West Germany team which lost against England in the 1966 World Cup Final but also part of the West Germany team which won the 1974 World Cup. He was part of the West Germany team that won Euro '72. He was...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" (1970) Just imagine it. It's Britain in 1970. A country in the final stages of recovery from (a victorious but massively costly, in young men and money and infrastructure) war. Life is grim with poverty and high unemployment and the masses get escapism by...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Ozzy Osbourne - "Evil Shuffle" (2023) He's just turned 75 (born December 1948), but the former frontman of Birmingham's Black Sabbath - the artists who invented heavy metal in the late 1960s - still keeps churning out that heavy metal. And this new song sounds like it's Black Sabbath but...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Madness - "Theatre Of The Absurd introduces Acts 1, 2 & 3" (2023) They're back. The loony London ska band are back with new singles and a new album "Driving In My Car" (1982)
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    American-British actor David Soul dies aged 80

    American-British actor David Soul has died in London at the age of 80. Soul was most famous for playing Hutch in Starsky and Hutch. Born in Chicago in 1943 he became British in 2004.
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    Record darts audience sees 16 year old prodigy lose to World No1 in Final

    I'm the opposite. I was born in July 1981 yet people say I look quite a bit younger than 42. I can post a photo to let the ladies here swoon but I'll probably not due to Health and Safety.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Last Dinner Party - "Caesar on a TV Screen" (2024) The up-and-coming eccentric London rockers, tipped for hitting the big time, have just released their first single after winning BBC Radio One's Sound of 2024
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    Record darts audience sees 16 year old prodigy lose to World No1 in Final

    Littler, the 16 year old, is the one on the right. And there have been many people here in the UK saying he looks older than 16. He was born on 21st January 2007, so he's almost 17. He was born in Warrington, Cheshire. He began playing darts at the age of 18 months after his father bought him a...