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Being proud to be English doesn't mean you are jingoistic and xenophobic, but is something to celebrate on the day of our patron saint. Have a good day, everyone!

WTF do we think has happened there? Three kids under nine and their mum, all gone. I think a total of 7 people have been arrested, including a guy who was critically injured in the fire, and who might have been assumed to be "known" to the victims. The police originally described it as a...

Of the Jermaine variety. Given the boot from the Beeb for "workplace behaviour" involving text messages. My heart bleeds .. Oh dear, how sad, never mind!

Given the utterly hopeless end to Rory McIlroy's final round in the US Open this weekend (three bogeys in the final 4 holes, including 2 putts that i could have holed), who would you say is his competition for worst perennial choker in sport? Any other suggestions? Include the provider of the...

Where has it gone?

Hi all I am running an event at Warwick Uni in a few weeks' time and have been asked whether the hotels near Coventry station are any good? I don't live in Cov, so I'd appreciate some input from you knowledgable folks on where to stay and NOT to stay (i will put the Hyland and others bookable by...

Noticed there is no thread on this event, which starts tomorrow. I'm a bit surprised given how supportive some of you are about it, so i thought i'd put it here to prompt discussion. The lack of (even jingoistic) interest in the media is quite shocking given England's performance at the Euros...

Good lad, Peter Noone.

Slightly surprised there is nothing on the forum regarding tennis, given the discussions around what you might regard as more "minority sports". So i will kick off with Katie Boulter just beating last year's Wimbledon runner-up to get to round three of a grand slam tournament for the first time...

P&O Ferries have reportedly sacked their entire seafaring staff of 800 and are replacing them with cheap foreign contract labour. They are owned by the Dubai-based firm DP World who made £3.8bn last year, but the £100m loss P&O are making is apparently an unsustainable business model. I have...

I see the bastard child killer Colin Pitchfork has been returned to prison for breaching his supervision conditions. He has not committed any specific offence since being released (wrongly) 2 months ago, but apparently "his behaviour was of such concern to the probation service" that he has been...

I see the BBC have seen fit not to include us (as probably the most famous of all Houdini clubs) in their list of greatest PL escapes. So what do YOU rate as our most spectacular ever (don't necessarily limit it to the PL years)? Premier League: Who produced the greatest relegation escape?

Some of you have probably seen the stuff in the media about the MP Tracy Brabin and her decision to wear a very "off-the-shoulder" top in Parliament the other day. Twitter has gone into meltdown about it, on both sides of the argument: those saying she looks like a tart, slapper, etc, and those...

Fair to say that Sunderland fans on Twitter don't rate him as a good replacement for Jack Ross. They want him out after 12 games ...

Saw this tweet from Dean Nelson that on this day in 1965, JH launched the Sky Blue Special train service to Preston. Interesting how language has changed, as it is described in the flyer as "The gayest supporters' train ever"!! I can't help thinking we may (rightly or wrongly) take some flak for...

Russell Slade now manager of National League North side Hereford FC (who sacked their previous manager after 3 games of the new season). Poor bastards!!

I love Purity's range of ales, but just saw this, and thought i may need to reconsider what i drink. How many more of our "sworn enemies" are they teaming up with? First W*sps, now the V*lla!!

This is priceless! 'Mass brawl' on British cruise ship “I specifically booked a cruise where there would be no fancy dress” Who knew?!

Any prizes for guessing what they were chanting to the female assistant referee? It's particularly classy given that it was their "Women in football day" Stevenage given £5,000 Football Association fine after sexist chanting towards official

Lost her French Open semi in straight sets after being 5-3 up in both. #bottledit