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    olympic opening ceremony

    Pierre de Coubertin
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    Radio stations agree FA Cup, England deals

    TalkSport has joined fierce rival BBC Radio 5 Live as radio broadcast partner for the FA Cup and England internationals, after agreeing a joint deal with the Football Association. The UTV Media-owned network has secured commercial radio rights to the FA Cup in the UK, and will cover the...
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    NEWS : Updated: Man hit by train near Tile Hill station causing service disruption

    I misread that headline as "Man utd hit by train" :laugh:
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    City Of Coventry Stadium

    And I believe Heineken is the only beer allowed to be consumed inside Olympic venues. All other beer taps and signs will have to be covered. I wouldn't mind so much but the muck brewed in the UK isn't even real Heineken.
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    NEWS : Coventry taxi driver found guilty of murdering vulnerable Emma Ewart

    If it was up to me he'd be bound, gagged and thrown into the canal the way she was!
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    Emma Ewart's Memorial Gig

    See also: http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/18588-NEWS-Coventry-taxi-driver-found-guilty-of-murdering-vulnerable-Emma-Ewart?highlight=emma+ewart
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    Ex-soldier fights to stay in UK...

    It's historical, Fiji was British colony until 1970. Many Fijians have fathers who served in the British Army and like to follow suit. It applies to some other Pacific islands as well.
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    Pre-match entertainment in the 1960s...

    Thanks Sky Blue Kid, I thought I might have got them mixed up with another group. By the way the group's name is a play on the the fact that female drummer Honey Lantree was a also hairdresser, hence 'Honey combs'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-juca-sFWBU
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    Ex-soldier fights to stay in UK...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18940236 A Fijian man who served in the British Army for 13 years is fighting to stay in the UK after being told he must leave the country by 9 August. Isimeli Baleiwai served in Afghanistan and Iraq, before leaving the Army in June. He is married to a...
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    Thoughts on the state of British society?

    The riots had nothing to do with "benefits culture", nor were they caused by cuts in public spending. Both sides of the political divide are using the supposed cause of the riots to further their own particular agenda. All that happened was a minority of persistent troublemakers hijacked a...
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    Pre-match entertainment in the 1960s...

    Am I imagining it or did the Honeycombs once perform in front of the main stand at Highfield Road?
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    The Olympics

    Forget sport, this is what the Olympics is all about...
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    The Olympics thread

    If it was up to me the Ricoh would have been renamed the "Jimmy Hill Stadium" for the duration of the games (and forever afterwards for that matter). :whistle:
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    The Dark Knight Rises

    And there was only ever ONE TRUE Catwoman! Eartha Kitt! ;)
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    The Dark Knight Rises

    Dodn't like the first Nolan film, didn't bother watching the second so little point in me watching the third.
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    How's this for catch? [Video]

    How's this for a catch? [video=youtube;SU5bExapi5w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5bExapi5w
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    Negativity...

    It's all about managing our own expectations. If we do bad, well that was just "expected". On the other hand if we do good then that's a bonus :D
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    Inflation!!!!

    I'm told it's because the surplus money is used to buy back government bonds so doesn't immediately become available to the general public. What it'll do to inflation in the long run though isn't yet known. Some independent analysts think it will be catastrophic.
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    What are you currently listening to?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPSg3lBszu0
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    St Swithin's Day tomorrow...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUba07FwXSw
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