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  1. Blackleaf

    West Ham United win Europa Conference League

    Thousands today lined the streets of London as the capital's West Ham United paraded the Europa Conference League trophy on an open-topped bus. West Ham fans even climbed the statue of Bobby Moore - England's 1966 World Cup winning captain and West Ham United star - to see their heroes. West...
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    America and Britain announce new "Atlantic Declaration"

    Canada is noticeable in her absence from AUKUS, a security partnership between the US, Britain and Australia. The deal includes the US and Britain building Australia's first nuclear subs. It seems strange that Canada isn't joining up with her three best buddies.
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    America and Britain announce new "Atlantic Declaration"

    The two allies today announced a new partnership The US President Joe Biden and the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday unveiled a new economic agreement between their countries, dubbed the 'Atlantic Declaration'. Speaking at a joint press conference, Sunak said it represented 'a new...
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    King calls Prince Harry's court case "a suicide mission"

    Sky News Australia's Peta Credlin speaks to the New Zealand-born presenter of Britain's GB News Dan Wootton about Prince Harry's High Court case against The Daily Mirror newspaper, which Prince Harry's own father the King has described as "a suicide mission." Wootton also gives his opinion on...
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    King tells of his love for Transylvania during Romania visit

    When I was a kid I thought Transylvania was fictional, a figment of Bram Stoker's imagination. But circa 1991, when I was at Masefield Primary School and 10 years of age, a young girl mentioned that some relatives of hers had just holidayed in Transylvania. And I was like: "Transylvania isn't...
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    West Ham United win Europa Conference League

    Europa Conference League Final Fiorentina 1-2 West Ham United London club West Ham United have tonight won their first major trophy since the FA Cup in 1980 by winning the second Europa Conference League by beating Italian giants Fiorentina (Florence) in the Final at the Fortuna Arena in...
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    Wrexham 12-0 USA Women

    Lee Trundle (born 1976 in Liverpool, Merseyside) has 17 years on USA goalkeeper Lindsey Harris (born 1993 in Houston, Texas) but the way they conducted themselves with each other at the final whistle shows that they definitely booked a hotel room together after the match. "You've just pounded...
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    Wrexham 12-0 USA Women

    It didn't seem like it. I'm a fan of the USA goalkeeper, though. She did pull off some pretty decent saves.
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    Wrexham 12-0 USA Women

    Wrexham player Trundle is three times bigger than the female American players.
  10. Blackleaf

    Wrexham 12-0 USA Women

    Welsh club Wrexham - who play in League Two, the FOURTH tier of English football - have beaten four time World Cup winners USA (women's team) 12-0 in a little football tournament in North Carolina. Not only that, but the Wrexham side wasn't a full-strength Wrexham side, featuring some ageing...
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    King tells of his love for Transylvania during Romania visit

    King enjoys hike through Transylvania During his first overseas visit since his Coronation, the King embarked on a "solo" (apart from his security team) hike in Transylvania. Charles III, who via his father Prince Philip is descended from Vlad the Impaler, the man who inspired British author...
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    Princess Eugenie gives birth to second child

    I've worked it out: George comes from his great-great-great-grandfather King George V (his grandfather is Prince Andrew, his great-grandmother is Queen Elizabeth II, his great-great-grandfather is King George VI, the son of King George V) and his paternal grandfather George Brooksbank and Ronald...
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    Princess Eugenie gives birth to second child

    Princess Eugenie has given birth to a boy, she has announced on Instagram. The King's niece gave birth to her second child, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, with husband Jack Brooksbank on 30 May, she said. He weighed 7lb 1oz. Eugenie said the new baby's names were inspired by "his...
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    Manchester City win FA Cup for seventh time

    142nd FA Cup Final Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United All-conquering Manchester City, probably the best club team in the world right now, have won the FA Cup for the seventh time after beating local rivals Manchester United this afternoon at Wembley in what was the first ever Manchester...
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    King tells of his love for Transylvania during Romania visit

    King Charles Praises Romania for Helping ‘Our Ukrainian Friends’ King Charles III is visiting Romania. His Majesty met with his Romanian counterpart President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest and gave a speech at the Romanian parliament building, which is the largest building in the world and was...
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    King tells of his love for Transylvania during Romania visit

    King Charles III has been visiting Romania regularly for many years. In a speech given during his latest visit he explained why he loves the country. One of the King’s favourite spots is apparently the village of Viscri in Transylvania. The King's love for Transylvania is appropriate, as he...
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    King awards medals to Royal Navy sailors who served at his mother's funeral procession

    His Majesty King Charles III has personally honoured the sailors and Royal Marines involved in the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. At Windsor Castle on Tuesday 142 men and women of all ranks and branches had the Royal Victorian Order or the Royal Victorian Medal (silver) presented to...
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    AIEEEEEE!

    Cheers, mate. Still posting your usual drivel. Nothing's changed in ten years.
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    Kids These Days.

    If you hit a teacher in my country up until 1987 you would have got several strikes with a cane on your bare backside by the headmaster and spent the rest of the day in pain.
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    Netflix's Cleopatra is Absolute Trash.

    Hitler reacts to Netflix's Queen Cleopatra