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Serving up the goss on Wimbledon
Newbury News
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July 3, 2025
From Wimbledon to West Berks - Wimbledon line judge for 20 years, comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to spill the Pimms on tennis gossip from the fragrant royal box to the musty locker room. Comedian Pauline EyrePauline Eyre is heading to Hungerford...
Collection of artwork discovered in Somerset bungalow to go to auction
Somerset County Gazette
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The collection, amassed over several decades by the late Captain Richard J Campbell OBE, will be sold at Chilcotts Auctioneers in Honiton on Saturday, July 12. Consisting of more than 135 pieces from the early 1800s onwards, the collection was...
'I never thought I'd be a widow twice by 49 but I never want my brave husband to be forgotten'
Wales Online
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July 2, 2025
It is hard to fathom what Anna-Louise Stubbings has been through in the last nine years. Anna-Louise is 49 and a widow twice while her daughter has lost her father and stepfather. Anna-Louise's first husband Stuart died alongside the couple's son...
'Read all about it'- Inside popular Ballymena newsagent's 45 years behind the counter
Belfast Live
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June 24, 2025
Back when Eugene Diamond first started out in business, Margaret Thatcher was in power and Northern Ireland was a very different place. Now at the age of 67, ill-health is forcing the owner of Diamonds Newsagents to put his beloved business up for...
Well-known NI newsagent puts shop up for sale: 'I'm sorry about the way it's going to end'
Belfast Telegraph
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June 24, 2025
Eugene Diamond has been running Diamonds Newsagents for four and a half decades, and said that now the business and premises would be sold. In a post on X, he announced: “Due to ongoing health problems, I’m going to put my business including...
Inquest held for 'fantastic father' and washing machine runner
Oxford Mail
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Martin Realey, of Wantage, who was charity lead of SSNAP, Supporting Sick Newborns and their Parents, died at his home address on March 9. An inquest into his death held at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court on Monday, June 30, concluded the charity hero...
Missing Jamie Watson from Hull LIVE search updates as latest sighting confirmed
Yorkshire Live
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June 23, 2025
A Hull family is launching a search party for a missing dad tomorrow (Tuesday, June 24). Jamie Watson, 28, left a house in Halliwell Close on Tuesday, June 17 shortly after 12pm to collect a mental health prescription on a green bike. He was seen...
Starmer has no energy, vision or strategy for Britain on the world stage. He offers only weakness, decline and a disregard for the sovereignty of this nation: NILE GARDINER
Daily Mail
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July 1, 2025
Keir Starmer has been a disaster as British Prime Minister. Don't just take my word for it. In the week of the first anniversary of Starmer moving into No 10, the polling guru Sir John Curtice said that he has had 'the worst start for any...
What about a new species of penguins, the Rockaronis, a cross between Rockhopper and Macaroni
MercoPress
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Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 09:40 UTC Rockhoppers are much smaller and are, in fact, the smallest penguin that nests in the Falkland Islands. The docuseries “Secrets of the Penguins” from National Geographic captured footage of several rare penguin...
The day the fates of Jordan and Maradona diverged
The Saturday Paper
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June 20, 2025
On June 21, 1995, God was recovering in a hospital bed. The surgical thinning of his “jowls” had been successful. “I’ve lost so much weight that they began to look inflamed and were totally unaesthetic,” Diego Maradona said through a translator....
Celebrating Conor O Brien on the centenary of his pioneering circumnavigation
Yachting Monthly
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June 30, 2025
Celebrating 100 years since legendary yachtsman Conor O Brien returned from circumnavigating the globe aboard his yacht Saoirse. This June marks the centenary of legendary Irish yachtsman Conor O Brien returning from a history-making...
Sodexo Recognised for Supporting Veterans
FM Industry
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June 30, 2025
Sodexo has again been named one of the ’50 GREAT British Employers of Veterans’ in the UK by the organisers of the Ex-Forces in Business Awards. The Top-50 list serves as a guide to organisations that set standards in veteran employment practices...
Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
All About the Newly Discovered Rockaroni Penguin
AOL
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Close up of Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) standing on a rock in Saunders island, Falkland Islands.© Giedriius/Shutterstock.comThe docuseries “Secrets of the Penguins” by National Geographic captured footage of several rare...
A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons in the Royal Air Force
The Aviationist
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June 28, 2025
For 43 years, the RAF was at the forefront of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, with this mission making up a significant portion of the UK’s Cold War deterrent strategy. The RAF operated primarily in the strategic nuclear strike role from 1954 until...
Yes, we should support Ukraine
Kiwiblog
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June 29, 2025
June 30, 2025 7:00am by David Farrar Matua Kahurangi writes: Alright, you’re gonna need a vodka for this one. The New Zealand Government has just announced it will send another $16 million of taxpayer money to Ukraine. $16 million taken from...
'Grandad's secret to a long life - two large G&Ts every night'
Liverpool Echo
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June 29, 2025
The family of a beloved great-grandad and Merchant Navy veteran who has died at the age of 102 have paid tribute to him. John Ralph Davies was born on December 8, 1922 in Toxteth and he was the first born of Sarah and William Davies - the eldest...
METHOD IN AMERICA’S CURRENT MADNESS
This Day
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June 29, 2025
In today’s America, anything goes, contends AUSTIN ISIKHUEMEN America, the United States that is, has been regarded as the beacon of democracy for centuries. Never mind that ancient Greece was actually where democracy originated and Britain, that...
‘Bungling Badenoch’ under fire after suggesting Starmer wrong to miss PMQs for Nato summit
The Guardian
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June 26, 2025
'Bungling Badenoch' under fire over her suggestion Starmer wrong to miss PMQs for Nato summitThe Liberal Democrats have issued this statement about Kemi Badenoch’s performance in the Commons earlier. (See 11.48am.) It is from Daisy Cooper, the Lib...
Summer 2025 reading from MIT
MIT
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June 26, 2025
Summer is the perfect time to curl up with a good book — and MIT authors have had much to offer in the past year. The following titles represent some of the books published in the past 12 months by MIT faculty and staff. In addition to links for...