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Red Bulls Sergio Perez dominates in Azerbaijan

Sergio Perez breathed fresh life into this season’s world championship by beating Max Verstappen to victory in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Perez took advantage of an early safety car to stop for new tyres and leapfrog Verstappen in the other Red Bull. The Mexican controlled the remainder of the race to take the chequered flag 2.1 seconds clear of Verstappen. Charles Leclerc, who started on pole position, finished third for

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Linnets boss feels his side have ‘momentum’ heading into play-offs

King's Lynn Town's focus will not waver and manager Mark Hughes believes his players have momentum on their side heading into the National League North play-offs.Seven successive wins at the end of the season weren't quite enough to get Lynn over the automatic promotion line as AFC Fylde claimed the title on the final day of a pulsating campaign.Lynn will entertain either Alfreton Town or Kidderminster Harriers in the play-off

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Millions around world asked to cry out in support of King at coronation

The public watching at home will be invited to play an active role in the ceremony for the first time ever Millions watching the coronation around the world are to be asked to cry out and swear allegiance to the King, with the public given an active role in the ancient ceremony for the first time in history. Charles’s coronation has been modernised to include the first ever Homage of the People. Lambeth Palace said it

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NHS braced for large scale disruption as nurses prepare for 28 hour strike

Royal College of Nursing members will walk out from 8pm tonight NHS organisations across the country are braced for significant disruption as nurses prepare to stage a 28-hour strike over pay. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday night after voting to reject the latest Government offer. The union initially said it would not agree to derogations – broad areas of

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Downham promoted after play-off final win

Downham Town 4 Harwich and Parkeston 0Downham Town are celebrating promotion to Step 5 of the football pyramid for the first time in the club's history.Dale Stokes and Craig Dickson's side made sure there was no slip-up in this afternoon's play-off final against Harwich and Parkeston with a dominant 4-0 victory at the SCL Memorial Field.The home side scored two goals in either half to send the Reds into the

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Linnets forced to settle for a place in the play-offs

King’s Lynn Town 2 Curzon Ashton 0King's Lynn Town were denied automatic promotion on the final day of the season - and the play-offs are next on the horizon – despite beating Curzon Ashton 2-0 at The Walks.The Linnets held up their end of the bargain by beating the Nash in front of a bumper final day attendance of 2380, but AFC Fylde also won by the same score at

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Britney Spears is a normal sweet and shy person says documentary director

Fenton Bailey, who directed Britney Spears in a documentary about her life, has said she is a “sweet, normal and shy” person. The filmmaker got to know the pop star during the 2013 documentary I Am Britney Jean when she was releasing a new album and had her first Las Vegas residency. Bailey said, when they filmed Spears, as she released 2013’s Britney Jean, he discovered that she is a

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New artwork released for Chicken Run Dawn Of The Nugget starring Bella Ramsey

New artwork for Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget, starring Bella Ramsey, has been released by Netflix. The sequel to Chicken Run, which remains the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time since its 2000 release, is directed by Flushed Away director Sam Fell. Taking up after their daring escape from Tweedy’s farm, the leader of the chickens, Ginger, formerly played by Absolutely Fabulous actress Julia Sawalha and now by Westworld

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Charles Leclerc seals double pole in Azerbaijan despite late crash

Charles Leclerc will start today’s sprint race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from pole position. A day after he raced to the top spot in qualifying for Sunday’s main event, Leclerc was fastest again to put his Ferrari at the front for the 17-lap dash in Baku on Saturday evening. Leclerc broke his front wing after thudding into the wall during his final run but the Monegasque’s first effort in

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Muslims mark Eid festival with gathering in central London

Thousands of people gathered in Trafalgar Square on Saturday to celebrate the Muslim Festival of Eid. Festivities got under way around noon with musicians, comedians and speakers taking to the stage erected at the foot of Nelson’s column. The event, hosted by comedian Ali Official and model Mariah Idrissi, kicked off with a reading from the Koran from speaker Hassan Rasool. Official, 30, said: “British Muslims often feel quite neglected

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