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Rust bucket cars. Fortunately they were built on chassis so were relatively safe from collapsing but there were plenty around with see through wings and sills. Newspaper and Isopon filler was what held mine together.

Even on none school days and excursions.

Just dug this out me, my brother and a few friends trains spotting in Grantham.

Highlights: Belgium and Wales play out a thriller https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/c787093np88o

OS Wout Faes played in Belgium’s 4-3 win over Wales The visitors came from three goals down in Brussels Kevin De Bruyne scored a late winner Bilal El Khannouss was a substitute in Morocco’s 1-0 win over Benin The Red Devils kept their World Cup qualification dream on track last night with a 4-3 victory over Craig Bellamy’s Wales, but the game wasn’t without any drama. Leicester City’s Wout Faes lined up in defence as the hosts took an early lead at Stade Roi Baudouin through Romelu Lukaku; former Fox Youri Tielemans and Jeremy Doku ensured a commanding lead before half-an-hour had been played. However, after the break, the Red Dragons fought back, incredibly bringing the game back level again through goals from Harry Wilson, Sorba Thomas and Brennan Johnson. Belgium’s fears of letting slip a crucial three points were rescued by De Bruyne who volleyed home from close range in the dying stages. A first defeat for Wales in Group J, they remain second with the Red Devils hot on their heels, three points behind in third but with two games in hand. Elsewhere, Morocco faced Benin in a friendly at Complexe Sportif de Fès, where Bilal El Khannouss was named on the bench. Coming on at 71 minutes, he looked dangerous, but the scoreline was already confirmed, after Ayoub El Kaabi’s overhead kick on the stroke of half-time.

Storseisundet Bridge is one of eight bridges found along Norway's Atlantic Ocean Road The Guoliang Tunnel was built by locals who wanted better road access for their village - China's Taihang Mountains The Magic Roundabout has become a big part of life in Swindon since it opened in 1972 Lombard Street in San Francisco has eight hairpin bends to help reduce the steep gradient Baldwin Street in New Zealand is officially the steepest road in the world - although it did have competition from Wales for a while https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zx8t9ty

BBC Nine people have been killed in a shooting at a secondary school in the Austrian city of Graz, the local mayor says Students and teachers are believed to be among the dead after gunshots at the Dreierschützengasse high school A police spokesman tells public broadcaster ORF the suspected gunman is believed to have killed himself Police say an operation is under way and a helicopter has been deployed

He's listed as a scholar in the retained list here

Contracts Mirsad Ali, Bade Aluko, Will Alves, Bobby Amartey, Jordan Ayew, Stevie Bausor, Sammy Braybrooke, Logan Briggs, Henry Cartwright, Hamza Choudhury, Conor Coady, Woyo Coulibaly, Brandon Cover, Patson Daka, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Bilal El Khannouss, Wout Faes, Abdul Fatawu, Harry French, Michael Golding, Kevon Gray, Mads Hermansen, Jayden Joseph, James Justin, Josh King, Victor Kristiansen, Jahmari Lindsay, Wanya Marcal, Stephy Mavididi, Kasey McAteer, Wilfred Ndidi, Tommy Neale, Ben Nelson, Caleb Okoli, Toby Onanaye, Nathan Opoku, Kian Pennant, Ricardo Pereira, Chris Popov, Amani Richards, Oliver Skipp, Boubakary Soumare, Harry Souttar, Jakub Stolarczyk, Luke Thomas, Silko Thomas, Jannik Vestergaard, Tom Wilson-Brown, Harry Winks. Scholars Maxwell Adedeji, Bless Akolbire, Joseph Corden, Will Daniels, Alpha Diallo, Ryan Donnelly, Jake Donohue, Jake Evans, Alfie Fisken, Lorenz Hutchinson, Reiss Khela, Bartosz Kosiorek, Will Lawrence, Ola Omobolaji, Kirsten Otchere, Louis Page, Harry Sutherington. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-citys-retained-list-full-10250834 Leicester City's retained list in full confirms 66 players with two more exits and seven offers The Premier League have published the full retained lists for each of their member clubs from the season just gone, with City's list showing 49 players on professional terms ByJordan Blackwell 15:48, 9 JUN 2025 Leicester City’s full retained list has been published, with 49 professionals and 17 scholars on the list. City have previously confirmed the 11 professionals who have been released by the club, and on Monday they announced that nine new contracts have been signed, and with offer made to Brandon Cover. But now the Premier League have published each club’s full rundown of professional players and scholars. City’s list notes that there are further seven scholars who have received new contract offers: Bless Akolbire, Ryan Donnelly, Jake Donohue, Alfie Fisken, Reiss Khela, Ola Omobolaji and Kirsten Otchere. It also shows two scholars have left the club alongside the 11 professionals. They are midfielder Kaleb Dyke, whose switch to QPR has already been announced, and goalkeeper Lewis McNab. McNab had joined the club’s under-16s from his hometown side Weymouth two years ago following a successful trial. For now, Jake Evans is on the list of scholars, but will move up to the professionals list from August, when he turns 17 and once the formalities of his new deal have been tied up. Jeremy Monga does not feature on either list for now, but has signed a scholarship that officially begins in July, when he turns 16. That deal will eventually become a professional one in 2026.

National Space Centre Pay What You Can Day 18 June 2025 10:00-16:00 National Space Centre We believe that space is for everyone. On 18 June, we’re inviting everyone to visit the Centre and Pay What You Can. Whether you're making ends meet, caring for family, studying hard, or simply in need of a well-earned break - this day is for you. There’s no need for paperwork, explanations, or proof - just turn up and be part of it. And if you’d like to give a little more to support future opportunities like this, we welcome that too. As an educational charity, we understand the value of accessibility. We hope this day meets a need and maybe paves the way for more like it. Tickets cannot be booked in advance and must be purchased upon arrival. The Centre opens at 10:00, but you can arrive at any time before we close at 16:00. The Centre has a finite capacity, so entry cannot be guaranteed if we sell out. This offer is intended to help support those who have financial barriers to visit. You will be required to provide your postcode upon entry. This will only be used to better understand our audience, and help us to plan future events. It will not be used for any other reasons, or shared. Pay What You Can only relates to tickets on the day to access the Centre. This offer does not extend to the café, shop, guide book, parking, or any other paid for activities. The FREE Annual Pass upgrade is not valid on any tickets purchased on the Pay What You Can offer.

Shouldn't some of that anger be aimed at the club, if we're to believe what's been written wasn't he promised a transfer and the club went back on that promise. We've all seen since how incompetent the club is with transfers so maybe there's more than a little truth in that promise.

As I've said many times it's just a carbon copy of the PL or will be. That's how it was set up it was inevitable. Rather than letting it continue to organically grow with more support and exposure they went for the money by tagging it on to the PL teams

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cqxe751z2z0o What's going on with falling WSL attendances?

English Football in the 1930's/40's/50's · Join Steve Palmer Saw 3 of these in the 60s Ian King classy CB one of the best I've seen. Ken Keyworth and Jimmy Walsh couple of our goalscorers.

Made In Leicester Rob Hubble London Road 1961.

Born and Raised in Leicester · Follow Magazine Gateway, c 1900-1920 Oh we do like to destroy things.

https://foxesofleicester.com/overpaid-leicester-city-player-robbed-foxes-blind-season This overpaid Leicester City player robbed the Foxes blind this season Leicester City are hemorrhaging money with this player. By Joe Soriano Leicester City didn't stand a chance in the Premier League last season, finishing their return campaign to the English top flight in 18th, 13 points behind Tottenham Hotspur in the last safe position in the league table. There were many reasons for Leicester's failure to achieve their most important goal of safety, but the biggest reason was how badly their most expensive signings and most highly paid players flopped in the 2024/25 season. No player epitomized this level of disappointment more profoundly than experienced center midfielder Harry Winks. Despite earning £4.68 million last season (or £90,000 per week), Winks played like a sub-professional footballer and seemed to act like one too, falling out with both managers, Steve Cooper and Ruud van Nistelrooy, during the season. It got so bad with Winks that Van Nistelrooy even chopped the 29-year-old off his squad entirely after his final tussle with the Englishman, as Winks refused to compromise on a very basic request to lodge closer to the facilities so he didn't have to commute 100 miles to Leicester. Only Jamie Vardy made more money Causing problems like that is bad enough, but Winks's play on the pitch was even worse. In 17 starts last season around more injury woes, Winks was a complete failure and statistically one of the worst midfielders in the Premier League. Winks was tied with forward Odsonne Edouard as the second highest-paid player on Leicester City behind striker and club legend Jamie Vardy. For a defensive midfielder to make that much money at a newly-promoted side in comparison to his peers and even the forwards, you would have expected a lot more from Winks. Instead of being an experienced and stabilizing hand in the middle of the pitch, Winks was a big part of the chaos on and off the pitch. He was overrun regularly and a massive reason why Leicester City were such a sieve as a team. Winks averaged just 1.1 tackles and 0.4 interceptions per game and yet was gashed on the dribble 0.8 times per match. He averaged just 0.7 combined dribbles completed and fouls drawn per game, offering no real defensive cover or ball progression to Leicester City and only limited creativity with two assists. A woeful player for years at Tottenham who never came close to the unreasonable hype he got, Winks then became a key part of Sampdoria's downfall with his horrible midfield play. Now at Leicester City, Winks has hopefully been finally exposed as one of the biggest busts in English football in recent memory - a dreadful midfielder stealing paychecks and starting jobs from far more deserving players.

...and Leicester/shire even more so with it mostly directed to Nottingham and then Derby. So not only are we the poor relations of the midlands were bottom of the pile for England. It's already well publicised that Leicestershire is the worst funded council in England.

Of course but it doesn't relate to or give justification for the other PL clubs kowtowing to them in the PL which was my point.

Even seasoned pros need more than two games to acclimatise especially in a league completely new to them and even more so in such an influential position.

We've gone from qualifying for Europe to an unknown fate in the Championship. Horses for Courses. If the cap fit sometimes you just have to wear it.

I'd like to think he's committed to the contract and at that point anyone wanting him then will have to pay a transfer fee of our choosing.