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Here we go ! All 160 songs have been randomly selected and each day a fixture will go head to head. Thankyou to all the contributors (32) who have submitted - for those who did not submit you can still join in the fun and have a vote. It's all pretty simple, vote by clicking 'Like' for the song you prefer! These are this years categories // A) A cover song B) A song from 2005+ C) A song from a band/artist not from the UK or North America (Go by the Wiki origin) D) A... Read more ..read more

Ahead of his retrial. Manchester City release Benjamin Mendy ahead of retrial The ex-France international, signed in 2017, will be released by the club www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ..read more

Anyone catch tonight’s very poignant episode with the funeral of, Sheldon’s father, George? Excellent script with equally excellent acting. Can’t deny I sat here stifling tears … I think that’s probably down to losing my own Dad only a couple of months ago. The same scenarios went through my head about what I would have said had I known the last time I saw him would be just that … the last time!! The funeral was a blur with having no part of the arrangement other than to be in attendance... Read more ..read more

A hundred years ago this month the Zinoviev letter was published in Britain. Supposedly a letter from the head of the Comintern in Moscow to the British Communist Party encouraging a Soviet-style revolution among British workers. It was a fake but the letter caused a sensation with a General Election coming up a few days later. It allowed the Conservative Party to accuse the Labour Gov't of Bolshevik sympathies and led to a resounding Tory victory at the polls. Published by the Daily Mail... Read more ..read more

So 42 Palestinians killed and 5'500 injured along the Gaza fence in the last month. Live rounds used, 4 children shot in the head/killed further 233 injured. www.google.co.uk/amp/s/m.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/UN-human-rights-chief-decries-Israels-use-of-excessive-force-in-Gaza-552888/amp ..read more

It's an early KO folks - don't get caught out. Not much rest for the girls playing in Austria (Oostereich) with just with 3 days rest. Not sure if GT is going to utilise the squad against the weakest team in the group. I doubt we'll underestimate them though and will need higher energy levels than we showed today (1st half) to make it comfortable. Yui, Bunny, Hempo, Alex and Alexandrei must start but he might want to mix it up from there with Blinkilde-Brown for additional legs in... Read more ..read more

A hundred years ago this month the Zinoviev letter was published in Britain. Supposedly a letter from the head of the Comintern in Moscow to the British Communist Party encouraging a Soviet-style revolution among British workers. It was a fake but the letter caused a sensation with a General Election coming up a few days later. It allowed the Conservative Party to accuse the Labour Gov't of Bolshevik sympathies and led to a resounding Tory victory at the polls. Published by the Daily Mail... Read more ..read more

It's an early KO folks - don't get caught out. Not much rest for the girls playing in Austria (Oostereich) with just with 3 days rest. Not sure if GT is going to utilise the squad against the weakest team in the group. I doubt we'll underestimate them though and will need higher energy levels than we showed today (1st half) to make it comfortable. Yui, Bunny, Hempo, Alex and Alexandrei must start but he might want to mix it up from there with Blinkilde-Brown for additional legs in... Read more ..read more

Hope nobody really minds a shameless plug ... but I've launched myself on Substack and I'll be posting lots of City-centric stuff there that hopefully will be of interest to a few Blues. Basically, I used to have a presence on myspace ... even at my advanced age I'm getting too young for Facebook ... and Twitter/X is now a hellhole... so before IG goes tits up, I thought I'd try the direct route. It's free to sign up, you get a weekly email in your inbox and access to my daily... Read more ..read more