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posted on 15/12/19

Stevenage have reappointed former manager Graham Westley for his fourth spell in charge of the League Two club.

Westley, 51, takes over with the struggling Hertfordshire side in 23rd place in the fourth tier, to become Boro's third man in charge this season.

Mark Sampson was appointed as caretaker manager following previous boss Dino Maamria's sacking in September.

But Sampson, who had expected to get the job on a permanent basis, is to revert to a first-team coach role.

posted on 15/12/19

Former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher, who was only drafted into Strictly Come Dancing as a last-minute replacement, has been voted this year's winner.

Kelvin and professional partner Oti Mabuse lifted this year's glitterball trophy on BBC One on Saturday.

They triumphed over Karim Zeroual and Amy Dowden; and Emma Barton and Anton Du Beke, after topping a public vote.

Kelvin said: "I am absolutely speechless. I did not expect that, it's just been such a privilege to be here."

posted on 15/12/19

Jan Vertonghen scored a dramatic late winner as Tottenham ended Wolves' 11-match unbeaten Premier League run to narrow the gap on the top four with victory at Molineux.

posted on 15/12/19

Kat & Alfie: Redwater (also called Redwater in Ireland), is a British–Irish co-production television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One and BBC One. It was created by Dominic Treadwell-Collins as a six-part series based on the characters Kat Moon, played by Jessie Wallace, and Alfie Moon, played by Shane Richie, from the soap opera EastEnders.

posted on 15/12/19

Got it
Last home hat trick in the Championship
Ricardo Vas Te in the 4-1 defeat of Leeds United 31 Dec 2011
Last away hat trick Craig Davis in the 5-0 victory at Birmingham 22 sept 2012

posted on 15/12/19

Eurocom (formerly Eurocom Entertainment Software) was a British video game developer founded in October 1988 by Mat Sneap, Chris Shrigley, Hugh Binns, Tim Rogers and Neil Baldwin, to specifically develop games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Eurocom expanded to several other platforms, including handheld game systems and most major video game consoles.

posted on 15/12/19

The company was known for its arcade to console ports and games based on licensed properties. They also developed a few original properties, such as Magician, Machine Hunter, 40 Winks, and Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy.

On 23 November 2012, Eurocom laid off around 75% of their 200 employees. On 6 December 2012, the company laid off its remaining staff and ceased operations.

posted on 15/12/19

Ynys Môn is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

posted on 15/12/19

Ynys Môn is represented by Virginia Crosbie of the Conservative Party. Crosbie is the first Conservative to win the constituency since the 1979 general election.

posted on 16/12/19

Redwater is a town in the Edmonton Capital Region of Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is located on Highway 38, approximately 52 km north of Edmonton. Its population was 1,915 in the 2011 census, while the town's municipal census conducted in 2012 counted a population of 2,116.

posted on 16/12/19

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posted on 16/12/19

William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor. Hartnell played the first incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, from 1963 to 1966. He was also well known for his roles as Sergeant Grimshaw, the title character of the first Carry On film, Carry On Sergeant in 1958, and as Company Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore in the sitcom The Army Game from 1957 to 196

posted on 16/12/19

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posted on 16/12/19

Last-16 draw in full

Borussia Dortmund v Paris St-Germain

Real Madrid v Manchester City

Atalanta v Valencia

Atletico Madrid v Liverpool

Chelsea v Bayern Munich

Lyon v Juventus

Tottenham v RB Leipzig

Napoli v Barcelona

posted on 16/12/19

Arsenal, Celtic, Man Utd, Rangers & Wolves in Europa League last-32 draw

posted on 16/12/19

Manchester United, Europa League winners in 2017, have been drawn to face Belgian side Club Bruges in the last 32 of this season's competition.

Arsenal will play Greek club Olympiakos while Wolverhampton Wanderers will face La Liga side Espanyol.

Celtic play Copenhagen while fellow Scottish Premiership side Rangers come up against Portuguese club Braga.

The first legs will take place on Thursday, 20 February with the return matches a week later on 27 February.

posted on 16/12/19

Two former executives at the private security company Serco have been charged over an alleged scandal involving the electronic tagging of criminals.

Nicholas Woods and Simon Marshall have been charged with fraud by false representation and false accounting.

Earlier this year, Serco was fined £19.2m over its electronic tagging service for the Ministry of Justice.

Serco lost its contract to tag criminals in the UK in late 2013.

posted on 16/12/19

Sales discounts on clothing and products in the lead up to Christmas could be the biggest in almost ten years, according to one consultancy.

Deloitte, which has monitored the prices of 800,000 products online and in shops since 2011, expects average discounts to hit 50% by Christmas Eve.

Its forecast came as data provider Springboard said shopper numbers were lower than the same time last year.

The firm said shoppers were waiting for deeper discounts before buying.

posted on 16/12/19

Laura Marsh, the most successful spinner in the history of England women's cricket, has announced her retirement from international duty after a 13-year career.

Marsh, 33, won the World Cup in 2009 and 2017, and was also in the squad that lifted the World Twenty20 in 2009.

She made her debut in 2006 as a seam bowler before changing to off-spin.

She took 217 wickets for England across all formats, and is their third-highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals.

posted on 16/12/19

Hundreds of post office workers have won a key victory against the Post Office and the controversial accounting software they were forced to use

It is the first step towards overturning the convictions of postmasters accused of fraud or theft after using the Horizon IT system.

Their lawyer said they could "now walk with their heads held high" after the ruling which ends years of campaigning.

It comes after the Post Office had said it would pay £58m to settle claims.

posted on 16/12/19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oextk-If8HQ

posted on 16/12/19

That's insane about the Post Office.

posted on 16/12/19

Insane in the membrane
Insane in the brain!

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posted on 16/12/19

Arteta vs Ljungberg

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