30 h. ago Millie Bright departs England stage long after her name entered list of greats

Chelsea defender played key role in Euro 2022 triumph and transformed how Lionesses viewed successOnly two footballers have had the honour of captaining England in a senior World Cup final: the late Bobby Moore and Millie Bright, who announced her international retirement on Monday. That alone ensures the 32-year-old’s Lionesses career will leave an indelible mark on English football. Her entry on to the list of England greats had been guaranteed a year earlier, though, as one of the key heroines of the summer of 2022.When Leah Williamson prepared to raise the Euro 2022 trophy at Wembley after England’s victory against Germany had secured the Lionesses’ first major trophy, she chose to angle it slightly into the direction of the woman next to her, Bright, her vice-captain, so they could lift it together, acknowledging Bright’s major contribution. As the pair held aloft the 60cm-high trophy, weighing 6.7kg, Bright’s tattooed forearm was centre stage in front of the white fireworks er...

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67 h. ago Full list of roads in Bury to be fully closed for resurfacing this month

Temporary road closures and diversions will be in place at half dozen spots across the borough

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6 d. ago As a professional product reviewer, these are the coffee machines I'd recommend buying in Amazon's October Prime sale

I've put together a small but perfectly formed list of all the coffee machines that are not only a great deal but are ones I've tested myself, so I know they're great performers, too.

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2 w. ago Who has left The Great British Bake Off so far? Full list of series 16 exits

The Great British Bake Off has already seen plenty of exits so far 🍰📺

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2 w. ago What is The Great British Bake Off theme this week? Full list of challenges in episode 5

It is chocolate week in the GBBO tent and the challenges have been revealed 📺🍰

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3 w. ago OLIVER HOLT: I've covered all the greatest strikers of the last 30 years and this is my ranking of the 21 best

When Erling Haaland smashed the record for the quickest player to reach 50 Champions League goals on Wednesday night, it sparked a debate about where he stands in the list of all-time great strikers.

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3 w. ago OLIVER HOLT: I've seen all the greatest strikers of the last 30 years and this is my ranking of the 21 best

When Erling Haaland smashed the record for the quickest player to reach 50 Champions League goals on Wednesday night, it sparked a debate about where he stands in the list of all-time great strikers.

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3 w. ago ‘A perfectly calibrated Swiss watch of cringe’: why Fawlty Towers remains the greatest ever sitcom, 50 years on

It’s the 50th anniversary of the comedy that’s so foundational for TV as a medium, it’s the Beatles for the small screen. Five decades later, John Cleese and Connie Booth’s show is still unmatchedThe first episode of Fawlty Towers was broadcast on 19 September 1975. We are now half a century distant from that point; as far away as the first episode of Fawlty Towers was from John Logie Baird’s first successful transmission of greyscale television pictures in 1925. And, while the creation of Fawlty Towers wasn’t a technical breakthrough on quite the same level, Fawlty Towers does feel almost as fundamental and foundational to the medium. Like the music of the Beatles, it’s become part of the dominant cultural language of the era.In a 2019 list compiled by the Radio Times, the show was named the greatest ever British sitcom. Has anyone ever done it better? Fifty years seems a reasonable point at which to assess the show’s legacy and conclude that they probably haven’t. And even if anyo...

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3 w. ago Who is on The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice? Full list of Channel 4 guests

Get an extra slice of Bake Off goodness tonight 😍🍰

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3 w. ago Full list of buses and areas due to be hit by driver strikes starting on Friday

Two thirds of all services are expected to be off the road

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