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    Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

    Ukraine is the second-biggest country in Europe after Russia, 2.5 times bigger than the UK. Russia is also twice the size of Canada. As a sense of scale, here's what the war would be like if Texas was where most of Ukraine is...
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    Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

    Kalush Orchestra - "Stefania" 2022 Eurovision Song Contest winner for Ukraine If Ukraine's army really is entirely composed of women then Russia is going to win.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Rasmus - "Jezebel" (2022)
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    Happy Friday the 13th 😬

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    Calling a man bald is now Sexual Harassment

    No prostitute has ever said my testicles are bald. Quite the contrary. In fact, my testicular hair is even longer than my father's head hair when he married my mother in 1977, and men's hair was very long back then.
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    Ukraine pip UK to Eurovision victory

    Ukraine's win raises a question over who will host next year's Eurovision ceremony. The winning country usually stages the show, but Ukraine is unlikely to have that capability. Its state broadcaster, UA : PBC was targetted in the opening days of the war, and their commentator, Timur...
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    Ukraine pip UK to Eurovision victory

    Ukraine win Eurovision for the first time. Five time winners UK put in their best performance since 1998 to finish second after many bad performances over the last 20 years or so. Here is the result of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest final...
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    Ukraine pip UK to Eurovision victory

    Ukraine have won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time tonight in Turin. The country, currently at war with Russia, triumphed in the European music tournament final with the song "Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra. The United Kingdom, one of the most successful Eurovision nations with...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Ghost - "Twenties" (2022)
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Muse - "Compliance" (2022) The Devon alternative rockers are back with a very fitting message after what's happened over the last two years, particularly in Canada and New Zealand...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Seona Dancing - "Bitter Heart" (1983) The Brit of Canadian descent Ricky Gervais before he made it big as a comedian and actor, and the writer, director and star of The Office. Seona Dancing never made it to the big time, hence Ricky's change of career...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Manchester's finest. A musical story with a twist at the end... Stone Roses - "Sally Cinnamon" (1987)
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    Nuclear Diamond Battery 🔋

    And guess who invented it? Yep, you got it. The British. We invented most other things, so why not this?
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    WWIII has begun

    Anyone else here supporting Russia?
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Showaddywaddy - "Under The Moon Of Love" (1976) This Leicester band had 10 Top 10 hits and had two vocalists, two drummers, two guitarists and two bassists.
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    Let's hear it! This should be fun!

    Me and my mate Lee Robinson trapping Stephen Jenkinson and Robert Flitcroft under a huge wooden crate in the woods and poking nettles through the gaps to sting them all down their bare arms, circa 1988. It was hilarious watching them being escorted home by a group of girls as they were crying...
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    Soccer 20/21

    Despite being from the Manchester area, Rangers are actually my team. It's what happens when you had a Scottish Protestant grandfather who forces you into supporting them. He didn't want me supporting Manchester United like his son-in-law (my dad) because he hated them. I haven't been this...
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    Soccer 20/21

    There's also a British team in the Europa League final: Glasgow Rangers vs Eintracht Frankfurt. Rangers are hoping to secure their first European silverware since 1972.
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    Soccer 20/21

    My mate was commenting on Facebook last night how he's looking forward to the all-English final between Liverpool and Manchester City but then he was embarrassed when Real somehow scored three goals in the dying minutes to win. That was crazy. Imagine how all those Real fans who left the stadium...