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There are also Republican caucuses on Monday, and two people are running against Mr Trump, but the president's popularity within his own party is such that his nomination is all but a formality.

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It’s over. If we’d have added quality at the back this window we’d have had a chance but we actually look weaker. We have managed to isolate some of the more experienced players going by social media posts. I have no confidence in the head coach either.

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Patrick Mahomes produced a staggering fourth-quarter performance to guide Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in 50 years as they came from 10 points behind to stun the San Francisco 49ers in Miami.

Quarterback Mahomes, 24, had endured a difficult evening under the pounding pressure of the 49ers and looked set to miss out on the big prize.

But then, with his side 20-10 down heading into the fourth quarter, last year's MVP found two superb throws on third down to continue a season of comebacks as the Chiefs scored 21 unanswered points in four minutes and 57 seconds to take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

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Robert Scott (born 15 August 1973) is an English former professional footballer and manager who currently works as Head of Recruitment for Rotherham United as well as working for the Football Association within their Talent ID Education Department.

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As a player, he was a defender from 1992 to 2008, notably in the Football League for Sheffield United, Scarborough, Northampton Town, Fulham, Carlisle United, Rotherham United, Oldham Athletic and Macclesfield Town. He also played in Non-league football for Sutton United and Halifax Town. After retiring from the playing side of the sport in 2008 he became joint manager of Ilkeston Town along with former teammate Paul Hurst. The pair later took over Boston United before joining Grimsby in 2011.

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Finn Russell has been omitted from Scotland's squad for Saturday's Calcutta Cup match at home to England.

The fly-half, 27, had left the squad prior to the 19-12 defeat by Ireland for "breaching team protocol" during a drinking session.

Russell played in Racing 92's win over Castres the weekend prior to the opening Six Nations fixtures.

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Two West Ham fans have been arrested after allegedly making homophobic gestures towards Brighton supporters.

The pair have been released by police under investigation following Saturday's 3-3 draw, watched by a crowd of nearly 60,000 at London Stadium.

Reports of homophobic abuse have been made at several clubs this season.

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Bradford City have parted company with manager Gary Bowyer following a run of seven League Two matches without a win.

The ex-Blackpool and Blackburn boss, 48, spent 11 months in charge of the Bantams after replacing David Hopkin.

Bowyer could not keep the club in League One last season and they have slipped out of the play-off spots as they chase a return to the third tier.

posted on 3/2/20

Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS for twelve seasons from September 22, 2003, to February 19, 2015. Originally starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the series was about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper, his uptight brother, Alan, and Alan's troublesome son, Jake. After Alan divorces, he and Jake move into Charlie's beachfront Malibu house and complicate Charlie's freewheeling life.

posted on 3/2/20

Full rollout of universal credit, the government's flagship welfare reform, is being delayed again, adding £500m to its overall cost, the BBC has learned.

Officials say not enough people are moving to the benefit as they are "scared" to move to universal credit.

The system was meant to be fully live by April 2017, but the new delay will push it back to September 2024.

The welfare delivery minister, Will Quince, said claimants would not lose money as a result of the change.

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Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Former Blackburn player and coach Tony Parkes has opened up about being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and being robbed of his football memories.

Parkes made 350 appearances for Rovers as a player and was a coach when Blackburn won the Premier League title in 1995. He was caretaker-manager six times at Ewood Park.

Parkes, 70, wants to raise awareness about Alzheimer's by speaking out.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-51356850

posted on 3/2/20

Iowa caucuses: Could this be the start of a Bernie Sanders boom?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51330443

posted on 4/2/20

The longest toenails record belongs to Californian Louise Hollis who has managed to grow and maintain toenails that are approximately six inches long.

posted on 4/2/20

I would advise against searching that story.

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Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born Dianne Emiel Goldman, June 22, 1933) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from California. She took office on November 4, 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, Feinstein was Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.

posted on 4/2/20

Having won reelection in 2018 to a six-year term expiring in January 2025, Feinstein will become the longest-serving female Senator in history should she serve her full term.

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Literary critic and essayist George Steiner has died in the UK, aged 90.

The French-US scholar passed away in Cambridge, where he had spent half a century as an Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill College.

Born to Austrian Jewish parents in France in 1929, Francis George Steiner and his family fled to the US in 1940.

Described by literary critic Maya Jaggi as "a polyglot and polymath", Steiner was a divisive figure.

posted on 4/2/20

The last date to buy a new petrol, diesel or hybrid car in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035, under government plans.

The change is being made to help Britain achieve virtually zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century.

The policy will be unveiled at an event to launch Glasgow's hosting of a United Nations climate summit in November.

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How to Get Everything You Ever Wanted in Ten Easy Steps is the third album by English indie band the Ordinary Boys, released following lead singer Samuel Preston's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother in January 2006. It was released on 23 October 2006 in the UK. It signified a transition in the band's sound from ska-inspired British indie to a more pop and disco one. The hit single "Boys Will Be Boys" is included as a bonus track. This song also featured on the band's second album, Brassbound, but was a success long after the release of the previous album.

posted on 4/2/20

The band put all of the songs from the album on their Myspace page for fans to listen to. The album has been billed by the band as their best album and the one which they are most proud of, but response critics and most importantly from fans and the general public were mixed and lukewarm.

The album charted at No. 15. The last reported sales figures claimed that the album is their least successful sales-wise.

posted on 4/2/20

Ikea has announced that it will shut down its Coventry city centre store this summer, in its first big closure of a UK outlet.

The Swedish flat-pack furniture giant said the store had made "consistent losses" since it opened in 2007, with fewer people visiting it than expected.

It said it would be consulting the 352 workers affected and would try to find them jobs at other stores.

The Usdaw union said it was "devastating news" for staff.

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How will the petrol and diesel car ban work?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40726868

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Shannen Doherty, 48, has revealed she has stage IV cancer, three years after going into remission following a brutal breast cancer battle. The actress appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday morning to share her condition. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 then went into remission in 2017. She learned the cancer had come back aggressively early last year and has kept it private since then but wanted to reveal it this week before it became public in court papers that are part of her ongoing lawsuit against insurance company State Farm over damage to her home from a 2018 wildfire.

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