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The figure represents a 17% increase on the previous year.
The great heathen army that invaded England (and Ireland) in 865AD came, according to legend, in response to the execution of Ragnar Lothbrook by King Aelle of Northhumbria. Whether that is true, or false, it was the largest invasion that these islands had seen since Roman Times. For 45 years the Vikings dominated Northern England, […]
Sports fan tradition
U-turn from Government
“If we don’t do it now…when will we ever do it?”
Wembley woes.
Right, cards on the table, and feel free to boo at the screen if you are so minded: This writer is backing England on Sunday. Not quite to the extent of wearing an England shirt (in the part of Monaghan were I grew up, that would invite a bullet, and to the kneecap only if […]
Raheem Sterling won a controversial penalty in extra-time against Denmark, with many commentators insisting it was a dive. The Manchester City winger fell in the penalty area after Joakim Maehle stuck out his leg, prompting the referee to award a penalty without any help from VAR. Asked by ITV if the referee had been “generous”, […]
Covid-19 accounted for less than 1 per cent of fatalities last month in England.
Maya Forstater, a British feminist who lost her job after colleagues complained that they found remarks she had made on social media, such as a comment arguing that “trans women are male,” offensive, has had her claims of discrimination vindicated by the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Forstater had original brought a case to Central London Employment […]
“We don’t understand why you boo”.
The District Court of Warsaw has ruled that a Polish man who is a coma in a British hospital is legally incapacitated and, at the request of the Warsaw Prosecutor’s office, has approved that he be brought to Poland for treatment. The Warsaw prosecutor’s press office announced that “The District Court in Warsaw, at the […]
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