3 h. ago ‘It touched us from the start’: Palestine savour historic night in Bilbao | Sid Lowe

More than 50,000 fans cheered on Ihab Abu Jazar’s team with the coach and players ‘shocked’ by the outpouring of support during their visit“We are more than a national team, we represent a story of pain but also hope,” Ihab Abu Jazar said, “and we are not alone.” At 8.26pm on Saturday the Palestine coach, whose father was killed in the Israel-Gaza war and whose siblings now live in tents in Khan Younis, emerged from the tunnel and took his place by the bench at San Mamés, Bilbao. Dressed in black, a keffiyeh over his shoulders, he watched 11 men in red, “a team of refugees playing for Palestinians all over the world”, and listened to 51,396 people applaud them, chanting for their freedom.“We don’t play just to win; we play to exist,” he had said in the days before Palestine played their first game in Europe, an occasion that turned out to be bigger than even he had imagined: “The most important day in my life”, a “historic” night that “all the words in the world can’t explain”. They...

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4 d. ago Man United celebrate historic win over PSG as Mary Earps booed on Old Trafford return

Man United experienced a historic night as they made a winning Champions League debut at Old Trafford

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4 d. ago Man United celebrate historic win over PSG on night of Mary Earps return

Man United experienced a historic night as they made a winning Champions League debut at Old Trafford

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4 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Balvinder Sopal 'overwhelmed' as she makes show history

EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal and her professional partner Julian Caillon made history on Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night

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4 d. ago Helen Mirren and Ian Mckellen celebrate launch of RSC Shakespeare curriculum app

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) unveiled its new digital learning app on Wednesday, 12 November, at Middle Temple, the historic site of the first Twelfth Night performance in 1604.

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1 week ago I'm A Celebrity's Dec Donnelly and wife Ali spotted in Australia days before launch

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here starts soon and one half of presenting duo Ant and Dec has already touched down in Australia as ITV prepares to start filming

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1 week ago The true meaning and grisly history of the 'Penny for the Guy' Bonfire Night tradition

The tradition might be on the decline but it's still a rite of passage for many children.

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2 w. ago Yamamoto completes outstanding October with Game 7 heroics, World Series MVP

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series MVP for the Los Angeles Dodgers with one of the greatest pitching performances in Fall Classic history, including an epic relief appearance in Game 7 on Saturday night

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2 w. ago Now Andrew has been fired from the Firm, a nation wonders: who'll be next? | Marina Hyde

The king is reduced to a blustering CEO, Prince William to his head of HR. This de-princing could leave the entire House of Windsor facing redundancyIncredible news for residents of the likes of Prince Andrew Drive and Prince Andrew Way, who in recent years have sought name changes from their local councils to remove the unfortunate association with You Know Who. Thanks to last night’s historically dramatic action by the king, the dignity of those aforementioned small stretches of Britain has been restored. (If anyone happens to live in Andrew Mountbatten Windsor Close, my commiserations.) But has the dignity of the British monarchy – current custodians: the House of Windsor – been restored? No, I reckon. In fact, this has made it worse.By way of background, the royal family’s crises have not been external for some time. It is not beset by marauding forces, or rival claimants to its throne, or parliamentarian revolt. All its greatest crises in the past few decades have come from wit...

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2 w. ago I spent a night at the best hotel on Edinburgh's most historical and hectic street

This place is in the heart of the Old Town

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2 w. ago Fears for 8,000 British tourists stranded in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, with warnings that CROCODILES could be swimming in the flooded streets and environment will be deadly for weeks

As many as 8,000 British citizens are on the island, which last night was struck by one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history that left 'catastrophic winds' and 'flash flooding' in its wake.

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3 w. ago King and Queen put aside Prince Andrew furore as they arrive in Rome for Vatican state visit

Charles and Camilla touched down in Rome on Wednesday evening ahead of the start of their visit to the Holy See

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3 w. ago Huge night market with hundreds of stalls to take over historic Greater Manchester location

The event this October will feature shopping, street food and live music

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4 w. ago Game Recap: Fast start, Matthew Stafford's five touchdown passes – three to Davante Adams – lift Rams to 35

Game Recap: Fast start, Matthew Stafford's five touchdown passes – three to Davante Adams – lift Rams to 35-7 win over Jaguars in London  Rams

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4 w. ago The History of Sound director on importance of queer romance in films not being weighed down by shame

The History of Sound premiered at London Film Festival Saturday night (October 18) at the Royal Festival Hall in London, where director Oliver Hermanus spoke on the importance of queer film not being weighted down by shame.

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