News
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Do Something Funny for Money
This Friday is Red Nose Day, the main fund-raising event in support of Comic Relief, a charity that supports projects in the UK and Africa.
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A Bomb in Littlehampton?
On Friday evening I got a call from Jon on his way back to the house after a night out, asking if I had heard anything about a bomb found near Littlehampton station.
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Big Words
I’ve just checked the BBC Sport website, and once again I read about another dismal performance from the England team (Israel 0-0 England).
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Over the last few weeks I have been going over in my mind the reasons why I should support my national side at this years World Cup.
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Local Hero
Time for a little local buzz. I just read about a fantastic new sculpture that has appeared in the town where I went to school.
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Pride
Given my recent promise to blog my thoughts on the big issues of the day, and in a week of big news stories, along comes the saddest and most terrible news.
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Look How Far We’ve Come
As I write these thoughts in early July 2004, still mourning the defeat against Portugal in a Euro 2004 Quarter Final, I find it having the effect of waking me up, and the realisation that the England team has come a long way in the last 4 years.
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Looking Back on UEFA Euro 2004
Many pundits were suggesting that Euro 2004 was our best chance of winning at international tournament since Italia ‘90. Who would have doubted them — Beckham, Owen, Scholes, Campbell — the old guard, backed up with some impressive young talent in the shape of Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and John Terry.