8 hours ago Tamworth vs Tottenham delayed as Zara employee fixes net with tape on player's shoulders

Tamworth's FA Cup game with Tottenham was temporarily delayed as kick-off was halted due to a problem with the goal net, which was fixed by one of the home players and some tape

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12 hours ago What will my descendants make of my photo 100 years from now? | Seamas O'Reilly

Looking at a sepia-tinged picture of my grandmother, she has the kind of face you don’t see any more The photo shows my grandmother. She’s among the adults at the back, fourth from right, peeping out from a row of old-timey faces. The kind of faces you don’t see any more, faces that could only come from the past. Even without the sepia tint and the period clothing, you know you’d have a hard time showing them an iPhone or talking to them about AI. Frankly, you’d have a hard time explaining ITV4.But it is sepia-tinted, this photo, almost artificially so; its stock-still adults and fidgety kids captured in eerie permanence, so perfectly composed as to recall the cover of a stirring Irish childhood memoir. Judging by the boys and girls in their little suits and sparkling white dresses, it’s from a first holy communion ceremony, presumably one with pupils from the small primary school in Mulleek, Fermanagh, where she taught for 30 years. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Do FA Cup third round games go to replays or extra time? New rule as history scrapped

The FA Cup has undergone a significant change this season, with third round ties set to be decided on the day for the first time in the competition's history

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9 hours ago Do FA Cup third round games go to extra time or replays? Competition rules explained

The FA Cup third round - the most iconic weekend of the English footballing calendar - will look a little different after the controversial decision to scrap replays

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34 hours ago ‘There are a lot of bitter people here, I’m one of them’: rust belt voters on why they backed Trump again despite his broken promises

Many in Youngstown, Ohio, believe the president-elect will tackle the town’s decline this time. Others are worried about his character flaws. Their concerns help explain how he returned to power – and how his second term might play outThe last time Donald Trump was president, he travelled to Youngstown, Ohio, among the most depressed of America’s rust belt cities, and promised voters the impossible.The high-paying steel, railroad and car industry jobs that once made Youngstown a hard-living, hard-drinking blue collar boom town were coming back, he said. “Don’t move. Don’t sell your house,” he crowed to a rapturous crowd in 2017. “We’re going to fill up those factories – or rip ”em down and build brand new ones.” Continue reading...

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21 hours ago Arsenal v Manchester United: Best bets for Sunday’s FA Cup games on BBC and ITV

Our betting expert with tips for the Emirates, Tamworth against Tottenham, and the Newcastle and Southampton clashes PLUS a Serie A angle

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39 hours ago How to watch Man City vs Salford FOR FREE: TV channel and live stream for FA Cup game today

Pep Guardiola’s side out to avoid huge upset

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