EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: King Charles playfully requests that England's footballers triumph on Sunday without the stresses of 'any last- minute wonder-goals or another penalties drama'. Though not a big fan like his fist-punching son William, His Majesty remarked in 2012: 'Some of you asked this evening whether I support a British football club and I said "yes - Burnley". And people have responded "Burnley?" Oh yes, because Burnley has been through some very challenging times and I'm trying to find ways of helping to regenerate and raise aspirations and self-esteem in that part of the world.' Burnley were duly relegated from the Premier League ... ...read
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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Rolling Stone Bill Wyman says two-year marriage to second wife Mandy Smith was a 'total disaster'
Reflecting on his two-year marriage to second wife Mandy Smith, former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman now muses: 'Total disaster... although I wanted it to be as good as it had been previously, but it wasn't.' Aged 52 at the time - he married Mandy when she was 18 having 'fallen in love' with her when she was just 13 - he has since been married to Suzanne Acosta for more than 30 years. He disclosed in 2016: 'I went to the police and the public prosecutor and asked if they wanted to talk to me [about his relationship with Mandy]. They said no. I was totally open about it.' Might it be wiser in these woke times not to mention Mandy any more? ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: King Charles offered Sir Keir Starmer a snifter of whisky during their first meeting
King Charles offered Sir Keir Starmer a snifter of whisky, I hear, thinking the new PM might enjoy his audience more after a restorative dram. Starmer politely declined the offer. He's rarely associated with frivolity. At Labour's election victory party at Tate Modern, guests were given a voucher for one free drink. Old Labour was more fun. Old soaks boast that dinner invitations to its annual seaside conferences read '7 for 9pm' - leaving adequate time for refreshment. ...read
July 2024
June 2024
- Police find MORE human remains in London amid probe into body parts found in suitcases on Clifton Suspension Bridge - as detectives name suspect as 24-year-old Colombian national
- Alec Baldwin breaks down in tears as his Rust shooting case is sensationally DISMISSED - as Halyna Hutchins' widow speaks out over ruling
- Grand Tour stars Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bring their famous TV partnership to a close by agreeing to dissolve their production company
- Now she's facing up to 20 years in jail, does Carla Bruni regret achieving her ambition of marrying a man with his finger on the nuclear button?
- Inside the 10-mile Stockport triangle which forged England's three musketeers as Cole Palmer, Phil Foden and Kobbie Mainoo prepare to shine in Euro 2024 final
- UK weather: England will be scorching for Sunday's Euros final as temperatures hit 24C after cloud and rain clear away for fans to cheer on Gareth Southgate's heroes
- Businessman jailed for five years after 'thunderous deluge of sexual abuse' he carried out when he was a child on another minor is exposed
- Radiohead star Johnny Greenwood is rushed to intensive care after falling 'seriously ill' as European leg of his tour is cancelled
- Pictured: Ryanair pilot, 24, killed along with his colleague, 28, in horror crash when their taxi collided with two lorries on the M62 while en route to the airport
- LEO MCKINSTRY: I've been a die-hard Right-winger for decades but even I'm reassured by Labour's promising first week after years of Tory chaos and division
- Carer, 31, who walked into a freezing river with two babies and threatened to drown them before brave passers-by rushed to the rescue walks free from court
- Clarifications and corrections
- 'I was screaming "Zack, Zack", lifting random bits of metal': A 141mph drunk driver killed her 'rainbow baby'. Now, Shalorna relives that terrible crash... and the awful moment she found her child's body
- Newborn baby girl's body was found in bin after her mother gave birth at home, police reveal as man, 26, is arrested over infant's murder
- Female passerby helped 'two men lugging heavy-looking suitcases' - and joked that they 'must have bodies' in them - before grim discovery on Clifton Suspension bridge
- Biden's decay is a national crisis! It's now not a question of if Joe can run... he's clearly not fit to be President. MAUREEN CALLAHAN demands he be removed from office - before it's too late
- Arizona father, 37, is charged with murder after leaving his two-year-old daughter in the back of a car 'for three hours' in 109F heat
- America's most livable small cities revealed, with locals loving their reasonable housing costs, plentiful jobs and great amenities
- Alec Baldwin breaks down in tears as his Rust shooting case is sensationally DISMISSED - as Halyna Hutchins' widow speaks out over ruling
- Biden drops ANOTHER gaffe during huge campaign stop in crucial battleground state - before making shock admission
- Bill Maher predicts the EXACT date Biden will step down for historic reason... before making hilarious comparison
- Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary gives stark warning about housing market in these three states
- Katy Perry enrages transgender activists by including image of female body part in new Woman's World music video
- Ohio teacher, 29, dies saving her son's life after carjacker attempts to steal car while the six-year-old was asleep inside
- Rust armorer's family reacts after Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter case was sensationally DISMISSED by judge - as they issue urgent demand
- Now she's facing up to 20 years in jail, does Carla Bruni regret achieving her ambition of marrying a man with his finger on the nuclear button?
- Toddler, 2, set to be orphaned 'after speeding Palm Beach lighting designer, 54, slammed her Lexus into car killing mom, her son and injuring dad who's not expected to survive'
- Florida mother, 36, is charged with inciting 500 person riot at skating rink for very petty reason
- Florida children make terrifying discovery while playing in abandoned home
- Democrat insider says 'we are in hell' as Obama and Clintons' inner circles plot to replace Biden
- Instant karma for brazen Hinge date who took her friend along to fancy restaurant and ordered pricy surf and turf dinner: 'You think I'm stupid'
- Grieving Mississippi mother who claims her teen was bullied before killing herself is sued by her daughter's classmates after her TikToks calling them out went viral
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