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Keep track of all the Premier League team news ahead of this weekend's matches. Table-toppers Manchester City host Chelsea in the pick of the action, while Spurs host Leicester.

Keep track of all the Premier League team news ahead of this weekend's matches. Table-toppers Manchester City host Chelsea in the pick of the action, while Spurs host Leicester.

More silverware is up for grabs on Sunday when 10 teams compete in 5 league finals across the province, ranging from the U15 Boys to the Women’s League.   First up at 12pm are the Division 2 finals at U15 and U17 level. Corrib will play host to the U15 Division 2 decider between near...

The U.S. military says it launched two precision airstrikes against the al-Shabab terrorist group in Somalia this week, killing 15 militants. A statement released Friday by U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, said the strikes took place Wednesday and Thursday in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region. Military officials say no civilians were killed. Word of the strikes comes one day after former Somali defense minister General Abdulkadir Ali Dini said al-Shabab cannot be defeated through war alone. Dini... Читать дальше...

The 1stXV travel away to Newbury RFC, the 2nd's are home v Combe Down and the Gentlemen 3rds welcome Bath Saracens to Allington Fields

Two men arrested after alleged murder of woman in Surrey street  The Guardian

Man jumped out of car and attacked woman in her 30s in broad daylight, say police.

Advanced technology can transform a company’s very nature – from operations, to how people behave, to why leadership makes the decisions they do. However, the technology’s impact is limiting and potentially damaging if the business doesn’t understand how to apply it strategically.

MOSCÚ (AP) — Google llegó a un acuerdo con las autoridades rusas para borrar vínculos a páginas web prohibidos en Rusia, informó la prensa del país. El diario Vedomosti reportó el jueves que Google llegó a un acuerdo con la agencia que supervisa los medios oficiales en Rusia, Roskomnadzor, para recibir regularmente actualizaciones de las listas con sitios prohibidos y borrar los vínculos a esos portales después de ser revisados. Roskomnadzor dijo que ha establecido un "diálogo constructivo" con Google... Читать дальше...

I've bought my grandson a karnarli kayak, and its currently with a friend in askam in furness in the south lakes. at some point i'll go to the lakes...

Defense officials are worried about a remote compound Beijing says helped it land on the far side of the moon.

Married couples getting roommates is a small but seemingly enduring trend as high housing costs make owning and renting too pricey for many.

Mirka Pikolova crowned Miss Intercontinental Czech Republic 2019

Researchers have identified a gene that could provide a new target for developing medication to prevent and treat alcoholism.

From Richard Goldstein at the New York Times on February 7, 2019:

When Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, becoming the first African-American player in modern major league baseball, he was not only a trailblazer in the sports world, but an inspiring figure in the modern civil rights movement.

But Robinson was not the first ballplayer in the long history of big league baseball known to be an African-American. That distinction belongs to Moses Fleetwood Walker. Читать дальше...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania is halting construction permits for natural gas pipelines operated by Texas-based Energy Transfer LP, saying the company isn't fixing problems related to an explosion last year.

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Storm Erik batters the coastline of Ayrshire in Scotland at high tide, with high winds producing a storm surge. Ayrshire has been put on weather alert with winds of up to 70mph, local media reported. A yellow weather warning is reportedly in place from the UK Met Office for South and East Ayrshire until 3pm on Saturday.

A major new study found that e-cigarettes are twice as effective as gum or patches in helping users quit smoking, with 18 percent of vapers being able to quit over a one-year period. What do you think?

Right from the outset, the six-page document laying out the "Green New Deal" seemed like a joke, something a few devious wags in the Republican Party whipped up to parody an expansive environmental plan conjured up by Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Purdue University says it is the first four-year institution in the country to offer an income sharing agreement, or ISA. Under Purdue's Back a Boiler program, graduates make payments for 10 years after graduation.

So, is Liam Neeson done with the dadsploitation genre, with the Takens and Commuters of the world? All signs point to yes. He had already seemed tired of these types of movies, and now, thanks to some troubling comments about an earlier incident in his life — in which he ... More »

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Faith leaders gathered at the Capitol to urge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to oppose Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline replacement, while a mostly Republican group of lawmakers urged him to let the project move forward.