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APRIL FOOLS DAY took on a surreal state this year when, in a non-joke move the Royal
Mail launched a set of stamps that were funny in their own right!
The stamps featuring Britains funniest and most popular comedy acts, pictured
the likes of: Norman Wisdom, Spike Milligan, Victoria Wood, and The Two Ronnies.
The First Class stamps are themed around the tradition of stand-up and sketch
shows, dating back from the 1940s.
Morecambe and Wise, Lenny Henry, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, French and
Saunders and Monty Python were also featured.
Andrew Hammond, head of stamps at Royal Mail, said: For decades, the UK has
long boasted some of the most influential and significant comedy talent in the world.
This set of stamps rightly pays tribute to the comedians who have made the nation
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Martin Fletcher, the author of FiftySix The Story Of The Bradford Fire, lost
his brother, father, uncle and grandfather
in the fire. He has spent the last 15 years
investigating what happened.
Fletcher claims in the book that there
were eight fires at business premises
owned by or connected to Heginbotham
in the 18 years before the Bradford City
tragedy. According to Fletcher, the
Valley Parade fire came at a time when
Heginbotham was in financial trouble
and he had learned two days before the
fire that it would cost 2m to bring the
ground up to safety standards required
by Bradfords promotion from the third
tier that season.
UNLUCKY
Could any man really be as unlucky
as Heginbotham had been? Fletcher
asks in the book.
Bradford co-chairman Mark Lawn said
he finds it hard to believe that the fire was
started on purpose.
I feel for the person who has written
this book as he has lost his whole family
in the fire, Lawn said, but Im not sure
you can start blaming someone who is
dead without having proof.
The 30th anniversary of the fire is on
May 11. There was a minutes silence
before all English league matches on the
weekend of April 25-26 coinciding with
Bradfords last home game of the season
to mark the anniversary.
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RR By Jill Lawless
In answer to a Ladys
enquiring whether he ever
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I once ate a pea
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Apocalypse Soon?
Government.
The deeper the
cuts, the harder
life has got and
the worse Gordon
Browns management of the economy
must have been. It is
a neat political trick.
Look, says Osborne, dont blame
me for the mess
were in. They did it and were having to put
it right. It is ironic that smaller government
is a Conservative aim and is in the process
of being realised.
There are two other factors which make
the outcome of this election hard to predict.
The more significant of these surely is the
emergence of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) under its charismatic
leader, Nigel Farage.
He has the gift of appearing two things
simultaneously a man of the people and an
innocent abroad. Thus he can stand outside
politics, claiming to be astonished at the
simplicity of the answers to complicated
questions and at the stupidity of the established political parties not to see the answer.
The answer is to get out of Europe.
Farage has the charm and disingenuousness of Nick Clegg though the latters
influence on the last election was only felt
at the last minute during the TV debates
and consequently had a limited effect upon
the vote. UKIP has been around for longer,
unsurprisingly growing at exactly the same
pace as the Liberal Democrats popularity
was collapsing. Their support reached its
height in the European elections last year
when it attracted over four million votes, the
largest single party with the largest number
of Euro MPs.
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her to look after his son, she does it all the
same although shes not happy about it. She
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mode. Which of course makes us wonder if
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with a child of her own, which makes her
overly protective of little Jack and so weird
in her behaviour with him. Theres a lot more
layers to be revealed with Jenny, I feel. Ritas
still giving her the cold shoulder, mind you.
In the back room of the Rovers, Michelle
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Royal Birth...
Continued from page 1
tember 8 that Kate was pregnant, but gave
no clues about the due date other than
to say it would be in April. On a recent
public visit, Kate reportedly told a charity
worker that she is due mid-to-late April.
Where is Kate planning to give
birth?
Kate plans to return to the Lindo Wing
at St Marys Hospital in Paddington.
Many bets say it will be a girl
named Alice
The bookies and the British media
seem confident it will be a girl.
As for what the baby will be called,
many are betting on one quaint-sounding
name: Alice.
The name is by far the favorite among
Britains bookmakers, with William Hill
putting odds at 2-1 after a number of
unusually large bets came in for it. Ladbrokes puts the odds at 3-1. No one seems
to know why, though.
Elizabeth and Charlotte follow closely,
with Victoria, Alexandria and Diana trailing behind. James and Arthur come in as
the top bets for a baby boy.
Britains royal history has seen a few
women called Alice: Queen Victoria
named her second daughter Princess
Alice, and the queens mother-in-law
Prince Philips mother is Princess
Alice of Battenberg.
How are the parents doing?
Kate, 33, and William, 32, seemed
relaxed about the birth of their second
child, and both had been out and about
chatting with locals and keeping up their
official duties until March.
Meanwhile, William will be taking
some paternity leave from his new job.
The former search-and-rescue helicopter
pilot began his full-time job with the East
Anglian Air Ambulance on March 30, and
is expected to begin flying rescue missions this summer.
Who gets told first about the birth?
The Queen will be told first about the
new arrival after which other members of
the royal family and the Middletons will
be told. Following all that, the public will
be notified. If the baby is born after 10pm,
the public wont be notified until after 8am
the following morning.
How will we all learn the news?
Just like when George was born,
royal officials plan to announce the babys
birth via Twitter, broadcasting the news
directly to the monarchys millions of followers worldwide.
Journalists will get a slight head start,
though; they will get an email two minutes
before the palace tweets the news.
About two hours later, officials will
post a more traditional announcement
on a gilded easel outside of Buckingham
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JOHN RENBOURN, 70, the masterful
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Renbourn and Jansch did most of
the arranging, Smith said.
He was a very inspirational performer, widely known all over the
world, even though it was not mainstream music, said Smith. When
they emerged, no one else was doing
it. It was a totally new approach.
Smith said he became concerned
when Renbourn did not show up for
a concert with fellow guitarist Wizz
Jones in Glasgow and asked police
to check his home, where his body
was found.
Renbourn is survived by two sons
and a daughter.
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Footballer Johnson
Charged Over Sex
With Girl Of 15
ADAM JOHNSON,
the England and
Sunderland footballer was charged
last month with
three counts of
sexual activity
with a 15-year-old
girl.
Johnson, 27, from Castle Eden,
County Durham, was originally arrested on March 2.
On answering bail at a police station Johnson was also charged with
one offence of grooming according
to Durham Police.
The offences are alleged to have
been committed on a single victim
between December 30, 2014 to
February 26 this year.
Johnson will appear before Magistrates Court on May 20.
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SPORTS: CYCLING - BOXING - CRICKET - MOTOR RACING - ATHLETICS - FOOTBALL - RUGBY - SNOOKER - GOLF - WRESTLING - SAILING - HOCKEY - DARTS - TRIATHLON
The unbeaten Kell Brook, the IBF welterweight champion returned to the ring after a
nasty stabbing in the leg during a holiday on
the Canary Islands, and successfully retained
his crown in front of a home crowd in Sheffield. Brook put the challenger Jo Jo Dan
(34-3) on the deck four times in four rounds,
as the Romanian, based in Canada, did not
come out for the fifth round, pushing Brooks
record to 34-0 The 2000 Olympic superheavyweight champion, Audley Harrison,
announced his retirement from the ring. The
43-year-old had short spells as British and
the European champion, but his promise was
never fully realized, unable to win those big
fights. Harrison last bout was a total demolition
in one round by world heavyweight champion
Deontay Wilder. Harrisons record stands at
31-7. Britains Jonathan Brownlee won the
Auckland Triathlon, March 29, in the second
race of the ITU World Triathlon Series. He also
won the Gold Coast triathlon in Australia, April
11, leading the runners table on points. His
brother Alistair, the Olympic champion has an
injured ankle and is out for the time being.
The European Gymnastic Championships
in Montpelier, saw Britain come away with
eight medals, two of them gold. Louis Smith
took Gold in the Pommel Horse, and Kristian
Thomas won the Floor competition.
The Malaysian Grand Prix had the Mercedes Team struggling over tyres in the tropical heat, allowing Sebastian Vettel to claim
victory for Ferrari, a team he only joined this
year. Vettel won a duel with World Champion
Lewis Hamilton, who finished runner-up,
while Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg
was third. Lewis Hamilton got everything right
at the Bahrain Grand Prix, April 19, leading
from start to finish for his third win in four
races. Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg
lost his second place position to the Ferraris
Kimi Raikkonen on the final lap.
Rod Stewarts son, Liam Stewart, was
chosen for Britains 23 man squad for the
third-tier World Ice Hockey Championships
in Eindhoven, Holland, but was forced to
pull out after injuring a shoulder. Liam born
in London, (his mother is Rods ex-wife,
Rachel Hunter) and he plays for the Spokane
Chiefs. Britain got off to great start with
wins over Croatia (2-1) Estonia (2-1) South
Korea (3-2) but a loss to Lithuania by 3-2,
thwarted their chances of promotion to the
next national tier
The final of the Scottish Challenge Petrovac Training Cup was played at McDiarmid
Park, Perth, April 5. The Cup is a tournament
for Scottish clubs in the lower divisions and
this year featured the relegation haunted clubs
of the Scottish Championship, Livingston and
Alloa Athletic. Alloa beat Rangers during an
earlier round, but it was Livingston, who took
advantage in the 21st minute with a goal by
Scott Pittman. Callum Fordyce made it two
after the break, then Jordan White hit a brace
during the final four minutes to give Livi a 4-0
win and the Cup.
The semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, April
18-19, witnessed Hibernian have most of the
play against Falkirk, but it was the Bairns
Craig Sibbald headed goal in the 75th minute
that gave the championship side a 1-0 victory. Some terrific goalkeeping by Falkirks
last line of defense defined the upset. The
other semi-final, witnessed Celtics chances
of a third domestic trophy discombobulate,
as Inverness Caledonian Thistle upset the
Hoops 3-2. Virgil van Dijk put Celtic ahead
in the 18th minute, but the game came to life
when the Hoops goalie Craig Gordon, was
red-carded in the 55th minute. Greg Tansey
put a penalty away for Caley Thistle, and the
match at 1-1, went to extra-time. Edward
Ofere made it two for the Highlanders in the
96th minute, John Guidetti equalized in the
103rd minute, then Caleys David Raven,
hit the winner three minutes from the end.
Celtic vigorously alleged hand-ball by Josh
Meeking, on the break, and a certain penalty,
but the ref denied the appeal.
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EUROPA LEAGUE
FA CUP
BARCLAYS PREMIER
RUGBY
By Ridge Mahoney
Arsenal: Cesc Fabregas was
cautioned in his first match at
Arsenal since leaving for Barcelona
in 2011 and the Gunners were
unable to breach the Chelsea back line in a
0-0 draw. The Gunners fired three goals in
eight minutes en route to a 4-1 pummeling
of Liverpool. Hector Bellerin curled home a
shot, Mesut Ozil connected on a free kick and
Alexis Sanchez drilled a third goal to wrap
up a victory. Olivier Giroud added a fourth.
Aston Villa: Tom Cleverley and
Carlos Sanchez scored to wipe out
a 2-0 deficit which included a terrible error by Brad Guzan that gave
Manchester City an early goal but Villa
conceded a late goal and lost, 3-2. Christian
Benteke scored his eighth goal in six games
in manager Tim Sherwoods return to Tottenham as Villa prevailed, 1-0.
Burnley: Matt Taylor drilled a
penalty kick off the goalpost and
less than a minute later Burnley
conceded the goal by which it lost
to Leicester City, 1-0. They failed to score
in any of their April games and managed
just one point in a 0-0 draw at home against
Tottenham.
Chelsea: A 0-0 draw at The
Emirates extended Chelseas
unbeaten run against Arsenal to
eight games and manager Jose
Mourinhos streak against Arsene Wenger
to 10 matches. Eden Hazards goal in the
38th minute was enough for a 1-0 home
victory over Manchester United. They left
it late at Queens Park Rangers but Chelsea
prevailed, 1-0, on Cesc Fabregas fifth goal
of the season.
Crystal Palace: A run of four
straight victories ended with
back-to-back 2-0 losses to Hull
City and West Bromwich Albion.
Yaya Sanogos header was disallowed for a foul in a 2-0 loss to Hull City.
Yannick Bolasie bagged three goals in 11
minutes in a 4-1 demolition of Sunderland.
He broke the game open by netting in the 51st,
54th, and 62nd minutes after Glenn Murray had
opened the scoring.
Everton: James McCarthy,
John Stones and Kevin Mirallas
scored the goals as Aaron Lennon, Ross Barkley and Romelu
Lukaku supplied the impetus in a 3-0 pasting
of Manchester United. Ross Barkley failed to
convert a penalty kick as Leighton Baines was
again bypassed in the process, but Kevin Mirallas goal provided a 1-0 defeat of Burnley.
Hull City: The Tigers ended
a six-game winless streak by
beating Crystal Palace, 2-0, with
a pair of goals by Dame NDoye.
Paul McShanes goal from a set piece halved
European Championship.
England had similarly scored
its penalty on the prevous Saturday in Belfast in the sixth minute
of injury time but it was disallowed when an England player
encroached the area. However,
German referee Marija Kurtes
then wrongly awarded a free kick
to Norway instead of retaking the
penalty.
The English Football Association protested, and was surprised
by UEFAs response: Replay the
final moments again from the
spotkick.
UEFA regulations uphold protests in cases of an obvious violation of a rule by the referee that
had a decisive influence on the
final result of the match.
Ji So-Yun Of Chelsea
Ladies Voted Player Of
Year In England
CHELSEA LADIES midfielder Ji So-yun
has collected the top accolade in English
womens football.
The South Korea international was
named womens player of the year following a vote by the Professional Footballers Association.
She said: It is a big honor to receive
this award. I want to thank Chelsea Ladies players and staff.
Ji is in her second season at Chelsea
Ladies, which leads the Womens Super
League after four games.
LEAGUE
TABLES
As of April 29
BARCLAYS PREMIER
Chelsea
Man City
Arsenal
Manr United
Liverpool
Tottenham H
Southampton
Swansea City
Stoke City
Everton
West Ham
Crystal Palace
West Brom
Newcastle U
Hull City
Aston Villa
Leicester City
Sunderland
QPR
Burnley
P W D L F A GD Pts
34 24 8 2 68 27 41 80
34 20 7 7 70 36 34 67
33 20 7 6 63 32 31 67
34 19 8 7 59 34 25 65
34 17 7 10 47 37 10 58
34 17 7 10 55 49 6 58
34 17 6 11 47 26 21 57
34 14 8 12 41 44 -3 50
34 13 8 13 39 42 -3 47
34 11 11 12 44 43 1 44
34 11 11 12 42 42 0 44
34 11 9 14 42 47 -5 42
34 9 10 15 32 46 -14 37
34 9 8 17 36 57 -21 35
34 8 10 16 32 45 -13 34
34 8 8 18 26 48 -22 32
34 8 7 19 36 54 -18 31
33 5 15 13 26 49 -23 30
34 7 6 21 38 59 -21 27
34 5 11 18 26 52 -26 26
English Championship
Watford
Bournemouth
Middlesbro
Norwich City
Ipswich Town
Derby County
Brentford
Wolverhmptn
Blackburn R
Charlton Ath
Birmingham
Nottingham F
Cardiff City
Sheffield Wed
Leeds United
Huddersfield T
Fulham
Bolton W
Rotherham U
Reading
Brighton
Millwall
Wigan Ath
Blackpool
P W D L F A GD Pts
45 27 7 11 90 49 41 88
45 25 12 8 95 45 50 87
45 25 9 11 68 37 31 84
45 24 11 10 84 46 38 83
45 22 12 11 70 51 19 78
45 21 14 10 85 53 32 77
45 22 9 14 75 59 16 75
45 21 12 12 66 54 12 75
44 15 16 13 62 57 5 61
45 14 18 13 54 57 -3 60
45 15 15 15 53 64 -11 60
45 15 14 16 70 67 3 59
45 15 14 16 55 60 -5 59
45 14 17 14 42 48 -6 59
45 15 10 20 50 61 -11 55
45 13 15 17 58 75 -17 54
45 14 10 21 60 79 -19 52
44 13 12 19 54 65 -11 51
45 11 15 19 46 67 -21 48
45 12 11 22 45 69 -24 47
45 10 16 19 44 54 -10 46
45 9 14 22 40 72 -32 41
45 9 12 24 39 61 -22 39
45 4 13 28 36 91 -55 25
P W D L F A GD Pts
45 28 12 5 88 36 52 96
45 25 14 6 79 39 40 89
45 26 10 9 96 43 53 88
45 23 9 13 74 55 19 78
45 19 11 15 67 54 13 68
44 18 13 13 61 52 9 67
44 19 6 19 72 58 14 63
45 16 14 15 54 55 -1 62
45 18 8 19 52 55 -3 62
45 16 12 17 47 51 -4 60
45 14 17 14 48 46 2 59
45 15 14 16 62 65 -3 59
45 16 11 18 57 61 -4 59
45 15 13 17 53 60 -7 58
44 14 14 16 60 66 -6 56
45 15 9 21 54 63 -9 54
44 13 14 17 50 66 -16 53
45 12 16 17 47 59 -12 52
45 14 10 21 43 74 -31 52
45 12 14 19 44 60 -16 50
45 13 11 21 52 77 -25 50
45 13 10 22 57 77 -20 49
45 12 12 21 57 67 -10 48
45 10 10 25 35 70 -35 40
P W D L F A GD Pts
45 27 10 8 66 37 29 91
45 27 8 10 67 29 38 89
45 25 8 12 59 39 20 83
45 23 13 9 52 35 17 82
44 21 15 8 61 41 20 78
45 20 12 13 62 52 10 72
45 19 11 15 53 37 16 68
44 18 11 15 50 41 9 65
45 18 11 16 51 53 -2 65
45 18 7 20 65 59 6 61
45 16 13 16 59 64 -5 61
45 16 12 17 50 51 -1 60
45 17 8 20 57 57 0 59
45 14 16 15 49 49 0 58
45 14 15 16 53 59 -6 57
45 14 14 17 51 53 -2 56
45 14 11 20 56 76 -20 53
45 13 12 20 59 63 -4 51
45 11 18 16 45 50 -5 51
45 14 7 24 53 71 -18 49
45 13 9 23 37 60 -23 48
45 12 8 25 36 67 -31 44
45 9 13 23 39 66 -27 40
45 9 12 24 45 66 -21 39
Scottish Premiership
Celtic
Aberdeen
Inverness CT
St Johnstone
Dundee Utd
Hamilton Acl
Dundee
Partick Th
Kilmarnock
Ross County
Motherwell
St Mirren
P W D L F A GD Pts
34 26 4 4 73 17 56 82
34 23 5 6 56 29 27 74
33 16 7 10 45 35 10 55
34 15 6 13 31 32 -1 51
33 15 4 14 52 50 2 49
34 13 7 14 44 48 -4 46
34 11 11 12 45 47 -2 44
34 11 8 15 43 39 4 41
34 10 8 16 36 50 -14 38
34 10 7 17 40 58 -18 37
34 9 4 21 33 59 -26 31
34 7 3 24 26 60 -34 24
Scottish Championship
Hearts
Rangers
Hibernian
Queen ot Sth
Falkirk
Raith Rovers
Dumbarton
Livingston
Cowdenbeath
Alloa Athletic
P W D L F A GD Pts
35 29 4 2 93 22 71 91
33 18 10 5 64 30 34 64
33 18 7 8 62 30 32 61
32 15 9 8 51 34 17 54
34 13 11 10 47 45 2 50
33 11 6 16 34 59 -25 39
35 9 6 20 34 77 -43 33
34 7 8 19 39 51 -12 29
34 7 4 23 31 82 -51 25
35 5 9 21 31 56 -25 24
P W D L F A GD Pts
35 21 3 11 62 39 23 66
35 20 6 9 58 38 20 66
35 19 7 9 56 37 19 64
34 15 13 6 55 41 14 58
35 15 10 10 50 37 13 55
34 15 7 12 48 48 0 52
34 12 9 13 43 45 -2 45
34 8 6 20 41 58 -17 30
35 8 5 22 40 60 -20 29
35 3 8 24 32 82 -50 17
P W D L F A GD Pts
35 21 5 9 56 32 24 68
35 17 10 8 51 32 19 61
35 15 8 12 60 45 15 53
34 14 8 12 52 43 9 50
35 13 8 14 52 53 -1 47
35 12 9 14 54 55 -1 45
35 12 8 15 37 50 -13 44
35 13 4 18 39 61 -22 43
33 10 9 14 54 49 5 39
34 9 5 20 37 72 -35 32
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Paula Radcliffe, 41, ended her professional running career last month in a
finale at the London Marathon. Content to accept fond farewells, and just
finish, after a multitude of foot injuries drew her retirement. Radcliffe
has won this race three times, setting a world womens marathon record
in 2003 that remains unbroken to this day.
Indies and Zimbabwe, but still failed make
the quarter-finals.
Australia Win
World Cricket Cup
THE 2015 World Cricket Cup concluded at
Melbourne, March 31, when Australia beat
New Zealand by seven wickets to win the
trophy for the fifth time. New Zealand 183
all out. Australia 185-3. A total of 49 matches
from start to finish decided the winners,
before Aussie skipper Michael Clarke, lifted
the silverware aloft. The semi-finals saw
Australia beat defending champions India,
by 95 runs. Australia 328 (Steven Smith
105)-7 at 50 overs, India 233 at close. New
Zealand won the other semi by four wickets
over South Africa, after rain interfered and the
Duckworth/Lewis method decided the result.
South Africa 281-5 at 50 overs. New Zealand
299-6 at close. Surprise team of the World
Cup was Ireland, who beat both the West
GOLF