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    Euro 2024 qualifiers: England destroy North Macedonia

    Euro 2024 qualifiers England 7-0 North Macedonia Old Trafford, Manchester England, the second-favourites behind hosts Germany to win Euro 2024, destroyed North Macedonia in a Euro 2024 qualifier tonight. England, who lost in a penalty shootout against Italy in the Euro 2020 final, put in a...
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    King leads first Trooping the Colour of his reign

    Princes Louis and George and Princess Charlotte joined other royals on the Buckingham Palace balcony to watch a flypast in honour of their grandfather's official birthday. In a surprise tribute, airplanes were used to spell out the King's initials, CR. Thousands watched the event at Horse...
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    King leads first Trooping the Colour of his reign

    In a historic Royal ceremony, King Charles III led his historic first birthday parade as monarch in front of the Queen and other members of the Royal Family on London's Horse Guards Parade. The Trooping the Colour is part of the annual calendar of big royal events and for the first time it was...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Hives - "Countdown to Shutdown" (2023)
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    Champions Cup 2023

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    West Ham United win Europa Conference League

    It is a major trophy. There are now three European trophies and they're all big ones. We're not talking about some minor domestic lower league trophy like the Papa Johns Trophy in England, won this year by Bolton Wanderers who beat Plymouth Argyle 4-0 in the Final (such is the popularity of...
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    Britain's shortest-serving PM: "A woman doesn't have a penis"

    Liz Truss is today renowned as Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister, being in office for just 49 days in 2022 - although it was still a fairly eventful stint as it was during her tenure that Queen Elizabeth II died and King Charles III took to the Throne. But during a recent debate on GB...
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    The King and Princess Anne present new Sovereign's Standard to the Blues and Royals

    Nine months on from the death of Queen Elizabeth II and her son King Charles III is still having to make certain changes to mark the new reign. The King and his sister Princess Anne have presented the British Army's Blues and Royals with their new Sovereign's Standard for the new reign. The...
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    King Charles III marks the 650th anniversary of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance

    King Charles III today attended a Service of Thanksgiving alongside the Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to mark the 650th Anniversary of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance at St James' Palace. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance is the oldest military alliance that is still in force by...
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    The King travels on the legendary Flying Scotsman

    He probably had a train set as a kid (a very expensive one, of course, because his mum and dad had a few bob) like my dad and other men of his generation. He spent a good while setting the tracks up, placed the train upon it, then just watched it go round and round. Did he not find that boring...
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    Police capture man after three people murdered in Nottingham

    I agree. Why aren't Nottinghamshire Police telling us his name? Is it because he's called Mohammed or Abdul? That's my reckoning.
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    Police capture man after three people murdered in Nottingham

    Police are continuing to question a 31-year-old man over a string of attacks that led to the deaths of three people in the British city of Nottingham earlier today including two 19-year-old students - a male and a female - from the University of Nottingham. Officers say a van driver in his 50s...
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    The King travels on the legendary Flying Scotsman

    The King travelled in style through England's largest county North Yorkshire by travelling on Britain's most famous and beloved train - the Flying Scotsman. Completed in February 1923, the grand old lady is now 100 years old, still going strong and is a British institution. She's the most...
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    Soldier faints during Trooping the Colour rehearsal

    Prince William - Prince of Wales, heir to the Throne and Colonel of the Welsh Guards - carried out the Colonel's Review on London's Horse Guards Parade today during rehearsals for the King's Birthday Parade, also known as Trooping the Colour. The King's Official Birthday is to be on the third...
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    Champions Cup 2023

    2023 Champions League final Atatürk Stadium, Istanbul Manchester City 1-0 Inter Milan Rodri 68 Exactly one week on from beating Manchester United to win the FA Cup for the seventh time Manchester City beat Inter Milan to win the European Cup and be crowned European Champions for the first...
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    Soldier faints during Trooping the Colour rehearsal

    A soldier fainted earlier today during rehearsals for the King's first Trooping the Colour on what has been the hottest day of the year so far in Britain. As help came to him, you can see another soldier being stretchered away in the background. This will be the King's first Trooping the...
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    Champions Cup 2023

    Epic scenes at the final whistle as Manchester City substitutes and staff run onto the Istanbul pitch as Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 to be crowned Champions of Europe for the first time and become the first English team to win the Treble since Manchester United in 1999 after also...
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    Champions Cup 2023

    It's nearly 11pm on a sweltering night and I can still hear loud music, cheering and fireworks somewhere in the distance. Here is how Manchester City fans celebrated Rodri's 68th minute goal that crowned them European Champions for the first time in history.
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    Champions Cup 2023

    They've done it: Manchester City are European Champions for the first time after beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the Champions League final. Amazing scenes in Manchester on the news. Thousands celebrating on the streets.