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Made me smile. Neil deGrasse Tyson · Join Factz Verse Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator known for making complex space topics accessible. He directs the Hayden Planetarium and has hosted shows like *Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey*. Tyson inspires curiosity about the universe, blending humor, science, and wonder to engage audiences worldwide

Creative midfielders are always going to be difficult to blood as they can take longer to impact on the game needing to know the strengths and weaknesses of every player in a live match situation as opposed to the training environment. They're often the first to be dropped in a losing team as well as there's a big tendency to tighten things up. Ruud has gone down this route and it has failed miserably.

Thanks @kushiro really enjoyed reading this and all your other history 'lessons'. It's shame the club hasn't found a way to show our history, as this would make great wall mounted reading but they've been too busy being KPFC

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/uncertain-future-awaits-leicestershire-no-10153210 An uncertain future awaits Leicestershire as no party takes political control The Conservatives suffered huge losses today, while Reform stormed ahead ByHannah RichardsonLocal Democracy Reporter 18:50, 2 MAY 2025 Leicestershire’s political future looks uncertain after the Conservatives lost their grip on power. Control of Leicestershire County Council has been in Conservative hands for the past 24 years. But, in one day, the party has lost not just that control, but also its position as the largest group on the authority, going from 42 seats in 2021, to just 15. Reform UK came away as the winners of this year’s vote, with 25 new councillors elected. However, that figure was not enough to secure a majority, leaving questions over what will happen next. Will parties join together to form a coalition either with Reform, or to keep them out of leadership? Or will Reform, as the largest party by some way, try to run the council from a minority position? Questions also remain over what exactly Reform intends to do if it does take on the running of the authority. The party has previously promised a top-to-bottom audit of the county council’s finances in a bid to identify and cut any wasteful spending. But, until that is complete, the party has said it cannot make any other promises to the public over what council services and support will look like going forwards. Leicestershire County Council has long been recognised as the worst-funded county authority in the country, and its former Conservative leaders have prided themselves on what they say is an efficient approach to spending. We will just have to wait and see what an audit throws up – and what comes afterwards. So why did the party make the gains it has both in Leicestershire and across the country? The answer to that seems to be that people are fed up and they want change when it comes to their political leaders. When we went out in Loughborough with Nigel Farage this week, that is exactly what people were telling us. They feel let down by Labour and by the Conservatives, and they like what they are hearing from the Reform leader. Many, it seems, have not forgotten the events that mired the final years of the Tories' time at the head of Westminster, including Liz Truss' short-lived reign which crashed the economy and the lack of honesty around the partygate scandal. As MP Peter Bedford told us at the count on Friday (May 2), trust in the Conservatives is gone for a lot of people and, so far, those in Westminster have not done what they need to to win that back. The first months of Labour’s time at the top of Westminster has not gone smoothly either. Leicestershire’s rural communities are angry over the changes to inheritance tax for farmers, and small businesses feel the same about the changes to employer National Insurance contributions. That was recognised at counts today, with Labour’s Jewel Miah telling us the “national picture” has impacted on them. The main takeaway from today, however, seems to be that we will just have to wait and see what the future holds for the county, and for politics nationally.

......and say it's proof his plans are working.

Aussie humour A Queenslander is drinking in a West Australian Pub when he gets a call on his mobile phone and as he listens to the call he starts grinning from ear to ear, then when he disconnects he shouts to the barman that he wants to buy everyone in the bar a drink. The barman starts serving the drinks and the people start to crowd around keen to know what they are celebrating. "Well," he announces, "My wife's just produced a typical Queensland baby boy weighing 25 pounds". Nobody can believe that any baby can weigh in at 25 pounds, but the Queenslander just shrugs, "That's about average in Queensland . Like I said, my boy is a typical Queensland boy." Congratulations showered him from all around and many exclamations of "STREWTH" and "BLOODY HELL!" were heard. One woman even fainted due to sympathy pains. Two weeks later the Queenslander returns to the same bar. The barman says "You're the father of that typical Queensland baby that weighed 25 pounds at birth aren't you? Everybody's been having bets about how big he'd be in 2 weeks, we were going to call you. So - how much does he weigh now?" The proud father answers: "17 pounds." The bartender is puzzled and concerned. "What happened? He weighed 25 pounds the day he was born!" The Queensland father takes a long s-l-o-w swig from his XXXX Gold beer, wipes his lips on his shirt sleeve, leans onto the bar and proudly says, "We had him circumcised!"

Leicester Memories Albert Thompson · For anyone who is old enough to know who they are Celebrity Cars UK pop group Showaddywaddy photographed March 1976 outside Filbert Street Stadium, (home of Leicester City Football Club) with their cars

An ever-growing gap? The stats on Premier League survivalpublished at 14:05 14:05 Alex Fletcher BBC Sport journalist Image source,Getty Images With just four games to go in the Premier League this season relegation has been decided. For the second season in a row, all three promoted clubs have been sent straight back down, and 14 points separates those in the relegation zone and 17th placed West Ham. Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town have just 10 wins between them this season, and there is still a chance that the Saints finish the campaign as the joint-worst Premier League team of all time. But where did it all go wrong? A struggle to survive According to Opta, this is the worst combined points total of any group of promoted sides at this stage of the season in Premier League history The three teams have only managed to get 50 points between them - after just 34 games - and are 14 points behind the previous record which was set last year by Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton Town. While Leicester and Southampton have seen changes in the dugout this season, Ipswich have stuck with Kieran McKenna, but this has not changed their fortunes. Between them, they have picked up just 21 points at home, with Southampton and Ipswich winning just once in-front of their own fans. Promoted sides face 'more of a challenge' And things look set to get even more difficult for those coming up from the Championship. According to Opta, five of the lowest eight Premier League points totals for promoted sides after 34 games have come in the last eight years. Southampton are currently on the joint-lowest points total ever at this stage of the season, alongside Derby County. Speaking before his sides relegation, Ipswich boss McKenna said the gap between the Premier League and the Championship "is getting bigger" and that "it's been getting more of a challenge for clubs to be able to bridge that".

It seems to me we’ve gone from councils being run by, on the face of it none party political rich middle class men to dogmatic party political groups It's a shame it isn't just made of lots of independent conscience led local people with no strong party alliances.

The newly elected Reform Councillor for NW Leicestershire seems to think it was the young voters that got him elected. Mind there were some old uns in Derby who voted Reform because they were different one couldn't name any of their policy and could only come up with Farage.

I'm not convince about 'filling out' there's been plenty of players who weren't filled out. What they need is tenacity, drive and confidence. Muzzy is a good example, even George Best and Denis Law were scrawny like no one suggested they needed to fill out. Unless you mean something different to what I'm reading.

same here.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-debut-possible-ruud-10150805#comments-wrapper Leicester City debut possible as Ruud van Nistelrooy turns to 'very gifted' teenager The 18-year-old signed from Chelsea for £5m last summer but apart from an appearance on the bench at Walsall last September, he's not been in senior contention this season ByJordan Blackwell 10:19, 2 MAY 2025 Michael Golding could make his Leicester City debut this weekend, nearly 10 months after his £5m transfer from Chelsea. The teenage attacking midfielder is in contention for a place on the bench against Southampton amid a host of fresh injuries in City’s ranks. Ricardo Pereira, Facundo Buonanotte and Bobby De Cordova-Reid have all been ruled out after being substituted against Wolves, and Golding, who travelled to Molineux as the spare man, is a strong contender to be included among the substitutes on Saturday. Signed from Chelsea last July after a deal that saw Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall head the other way for £30m, Golding has barely been seen during his first season at the King Power Stadium. The 18-year-old was an unused substitute for the Carabao Cup tie at Walsall last September but has not been in a senior matchday squad since. He has been limited to just seven Premier League 2 outings with the Under-21s as well, with injuries affecting his campaign. However, after maintaining his fitness for a while, and having trained with the senior squad for a few weeks, there’s now potential for him to make a long-awaited debut. “You will see a very creative number 10 player, an offensive midfield player,” van Nistelrooy said this week when asked what Golding could provide. “He’s technically very gifted and very good in possession play and creating rhythm in attacks, with the final pass. “He’s had quite a few injuries but he’s back now. With the amount of injuries now, he’s also one who could make the squad this week.” It’s expected that the three-man attacking line behind Jamie Vardy will be formed by Bilal El Khannouss centrally and then Kasey McAteer and Jordan Ayew wide. But with every other senior player for those roles out injured, Golding, Jeremy Monga and Jake Evans are expected to be the substitutes and all three could get onto the pitch together.

When Bobby De Cordova-Reid earned Leicester a last-gasp draw against Brighton in early December, Ruud van Nistelrooy hailed his team for a “great show of character.” Little did he know that the Foxes, who were five points clear of relegation, would embark on the longest run without a home goal in Premier League history. De Cordova-Reid’s goal arrived when Joe Biden was still American president. And not only did it come before Rusk’s first spell as Saints’ interim boss, West Brom have gone through four head coaches since.

James Chater BBC News Published 4 hours ago US Vice-President JD Vance has said the war in Ukraine is "not going to end any time soon", in an interview with Fox News. Vance said the question facing the US administration now was how it could help Russia and Ukraine "find middle ground" to end the conflict that has been raging for more than three years. But, Vance added, "it's going to be up to [Russia and Ukraine] to come to an agreement and stop this brutal, brutal conflict". His comments came shortly after Washington signed a deal with Kyiv to share the profits of Ukraine's rare earth minerals in return for future US security assistance. Vance made the comments in a wide-ranging interview, in which he defended Trump's approach to the war in Ukraine. "Yes, of course, [the Ukrainians] are angry that they were invaded," he said. "But are we going to continue to lose thousands and thousands of soldiers over a few miles of territory this or that way?" Trump suggested this week that Ukraine might be willing to cede Crimea - which Russia invaded in 2014 - in order to reach a truce settlement. But Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had earlier implied that he would be unable to accept Russian control of the peninsula, citing the Ukrainian constitution. In a separate interview with Fox News on Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there needed to be a "breakthrough" in the conflict soon, otherwise Trump "will have to decide how much time to dedicate to this". Russian President Vladimir Putin this week announced a temporary three-day ceasefire from 8 May, to coincide with anniversary celebrations marking the end of World War Two. Ukraine's foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, called for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in response. But fighting between the two countries has continued. On Thursday night, a Russian drone attack on Ukraine's south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia injured 14 people, but caused no deaths. Separately, Moscow accused Ukraine of using drones to target a market in Russia-controlled southern Ukraine, also on Thursday. Seven were killed and more than 20 were injured, according to Russian officials. Kyiv denied the accusations, adding that the attack was only targeted at military personnel.

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Always loved watching Gary play.

Made In Leicester Rob Hubble Lee Circle 1955.

Made In Leicester Rob Hubble Nice photo of The Cascade/Cameo High Street.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-women-milestone-validate-10149470 Leicester City Women milestone may validate 'boring' approach as path for the future The latest Leicester City Women news as they head into their final Women's Super League away game of the season this weekend, taking on already-relegated Crystal Palace ByJordan Blackwell 17:22, 1 MAY 2025 Survival is now achieved and Leicester City Women will be spending a fifth straight season in the Women’s Super League next term. But it doesn’t quite feel like the same achievement as it has been in previous years. That’s partly because of the lack of peril. Even with their struggles in front of goal in the first half of the season, City have at no point been bottom of the table, sitting in the relegation zone, this campaign, a feeling they became used to over previous years. And, with Amandine Miquel in charge, this was supposed to be the year they kicked on. There has been progress, but this weekend gives them the chance to confirm it. Victory away at relegated Crystal Palace this Sunday will take City up to 19 points, their highest-ever total in the WSL. Finishing above 10th and recording a new high in the table also looked possible earlier in the season, but Aston Villa’s recent good form has seen City slip back down to 11th. “It’s still business as usual,” Miquel said at the weekend. “We focus on ourselves, and we said we’d count the points at the end. We have two games to go and our objective is to go as high as we can and keep this team progressing and to do that we need to keep pushing. “We are going to do the best we can in the last two games. It’s great to know we’ll be in this league next year but we’ll keep pushing until the end.” Reducing the margin When analysing where progress has been made this season, there is some joy to take from the competitive nature of the games against the division’s best sides. Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City have long been the dominant forces in the WSL and Leicester have been on the end of some thrashings from those sides. In their first top-flight season, City lost all six games against the trio at an aggregate score of 28-1. The following year it was 25-0, then last season 21-4. For the first time, City claimed a point against one of the big three, drawing with champions Chelsea in December, and with the aggregate score for the season standing at 15-3. The weekend’s 1-0 defeat at home to Man City was a tight one. It wouldn’t have been unfair if Leicester had claimed a point. “I think we had enough occasions to score at least one goal and we’re disappointed to not do that,” Miquel said. ‘Boring’ approach the future? Miquel is not afraid to take an unorthodox approach nor speak her mind and she was willing to admit the deeper defensive structure against Man City might have been “a bit boring to watch”. Leicester have 29 per cent of the ball and while only in the away game against Man City have they had less, they are used to playing without it. They’ve not had the majority of the possession in any game this season. In their four wins, they’ve had an average of 33 per cent possession. Taking the route less travelled, and trying something different to their opponents, may help them pick up results more regularly. It will be very interesting to see if that’s the style City keep to next season – and Miquel does seem set in her ideas – and how they fare in their second year playing that way, and with hopefully a fit front-line to make the most of the counter-attacks.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-star-ruled-out-10147864 Leicester City star ruled out for season after undergoing surgery as six injuries confirmed Mads Hermansen won't play again this season with Jakub Stolarczyk to be handed the gloves for this weekend's clash with Southampton and the three games thereafter ByJordan Blackwell Mads Hermansen will not play for Leicester City again this season after undergoing surgery on a groin injury. Hermansen will miss the final four matches of the campaign, with City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy confirming that Jakub Stolarczyk will be handed the gloves for this weekend’s game against Southampton and the three matches thereafter. The Danish goalkeeper suffered the injury in the away defeat to Newcastle last December but returned just over a month later. Van Nistelrooy has said that Hermansen was being managed through the issue over the past three months, but has now undergone surgery with a view to getting him ready for pre-season. But given the transfer speculation around Hermansen as the club prepare to drop into the Championship, it’s possible the Dane has played his final game for the club. Van Nistelrooy said at his press conference on Thursday morning: “Mads Hermansen had an operation, so Jakub will be in for the rest of the season, the remaining games. “It’s something that had to be solved to get him up and running for pre-season, so it was better to do it now so that he's ready, rather than delaying it. “The problem he had when he missed the games and Jakub filled in very well in December and January, it's still that issue. It’s been taken care of so that he can work on recovery and be fit for the pre-season. “He had the big spell where we had to prepare him, without an operation, to play the rest of the season. The medical people and strength and conditioning guys did a great job. They managed him through the games and training sessions. “Now, in this situation, already being relegated, we have Jakub as a great number two who can fill in. Also for his experience, it's very good. So for both, this was the decision. “But he (Hermansen) has been playing through this injury, yes.” Hermansen will be one of six players unavailable through injury this weekend, with the trio substituted at Wolves all ruled out. Bobby De Cordova-Reid is unlikely to feature again this season with the muscle injury he sustained at Molineux, while Ricardo Pereira will also miss a couple of weeks. Facundo Buonanotte is now going through a concussion protocol and so will at least miss this Saturday’s game. Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu have already been ruled out. “We are a lot thinner than before,” van Nistelrooy said. “Ricardo Pereira came off with a muscle injury, so will be out for a couple of weeks so it's possible he can still play (this season). “Bobby De Cordova-Reid had a muscle injury and we don’t expect him to play this season anymore. “Facundo had a concussion so he's in the protocal for a concussion. He'll miss Saturday's game and we'll see if he can make it into next week's game. “Of course, Stephy Mavididi, we don’t expect him to play this season anymore, and Abdul Fatawu it's clear he's not involved for this season.”

Vanity project.

Build while the tourists stop coming - the championship.

...and a lot about the club and how the football side of things are managed

Guarantee losing and not scoring.