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Stuttgart boss confirms permanent signing of El Khannouss from Leicester VfB Stuttgart sporting director Fabian Wohlgemuth has confirmed that Bilal El Khannouss' loan move from Leicester City has been made permanent. Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images After joining VfB Stuttgart on loan from Leicester City last summer, Bilal El Khannouss’ move to the Bundesliga side has now been made permanent. The deal included an obligation to buy, which has been triggered after the 21-year-old reached the required number of appearances. “All the conditions have now been met. We’re delighted that we’ve been able to tie Bilal permanently to VfB,” confirmed Stuttgart sporting director Fabian Wohlgemuth in an interview with Sport Bild. In addition to the initial loan fee, Stuttgart will now pay a further €15 million, taking the total cost of the deal to just under €20 million. El Khannouss has signed a contract with the Bundesliga outfit that runs until the summer of 2030.

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Hidden Leicester · Graham Hulme An old postcard view of Belgrave Gate, looking towards Haymarket, with the old Palace Theatre towards the right of the picture. The card was posted to Derbyshire in March 1930. The Palace Theatre of Varieties, as it was originally called, was built on part of the site of the old Floral Hall and opened on Monday 17th June 1901. (The original Floral Hall was built in 1876 as a skating rink, but was subsequently used for many purposes, including indoor markets and circuses. Much of it was demolished for the new Palace Theatre, but a new Floral Hall Picture Theatre was built in 1910, behind the Palace, with a narrow entrance to it from Belgrave Gate.) The Palace Theatre was built for Oswald Stoll (1866-1942) the theatre manager and impresario who established a national chain of variety theatres in London and the provinces. Together with his business partner Edward Moss he also presented the first Royal Variety Performance (originally called the Royal Command Performance) in 1912. Stoll used one of the most renowned of British theatre architects, Frank Matcham (1854-1920) to design the Palace Theatre, and used him for several other theatres. Matcham's most famous theatres include the London Coliseum (1904), the London Palladium (1910), the Victoria Palace London (1911), the Buxton Opera House (1903) and the Blackpool Grand (1894) as well as the Blackpool Tower Ballroom (1897-98). The architect designed his Leicester theatre in an elaborate Moorish style and gave it a very large stage. The original seating capacity was 3,500 and at the time of its opening it was the largest theatre outside London, having a splendid auditorium with three tiers above the stalls on the ground floor. These were the Grand Circle, Upper Circle and Gallery, plus three stage boxes either side of the proscenium arch. Inside the building there was also a Winter Garden, with rockeries, fountains and wells, intended to represent scenery of the Peak District. This was known as the Crush Room and had a glass and iron domed roof. The vestibule had an ornate Moresque dome. The auditorium had a sliding roof for ventilation. Among the performers in the first week of the Palace's opening was the famous music hall singer Charles Coburn, known especially for his song 'The Man Who Broke the Bank at Montecarlo'. In its great early years many of the top stars of the day performed there, including Marie Lloyd, W. C. Fields, Dan Leno, Sir Harry Lauder, Florrie Forde and Vesta Tilley. Charlie Chaplin also appeared here in his early days, with the Fred Karno Company. Following World War One revues began to be presented at the theatre and by 1929 Movietone News was being screened. The Palace went over to showing films in the early 1930s but returned to variety shows after the Second World War. These attracted such stars as Max Miller, Ted Ray, Robb Wilton, John Hanson, Jimmy Jewel and Ben Wariss, Frank Randle, Shirley Bassey, Frankie Vaughan, Terry-Thomas, Harry Worth, Peter Sellers, Roy Castle, Old Mother Riley (Arthur Lucan) and her daughter Kitty, the Billy Cotton Band Show, Geraldo, Benny Hill and the great silent movie star Buster Keaton (who appeared there in June 1951 for the theatre’s 50th anniversary). Even Bela Lugosi appeared there to play his famous Dracula in August 1951. After Oswald Stoll's death in 1942 his company was taken over by the impresario Prince Littler, but during the later 1950s, with the rise of television, the theatre's popularity began to decline dramatically. The Palace Theatre closed on 21st February 1959 after the Leicester Operatic Ensemble's production of 'The King and I' had played to a packed house of 3,000. Having been sold to Sketchleys Ltd. and the contents of the building auctioned off, the theatre was demolished shortly after its closure - a great shame for Leicester. The Floral Hall cinema also closed but for a time remained in use as a warehouse for Stead & Simpson. It was itself demolished about 1970. A parade of shops was subsequently built on the site of the Palace Theatre. This information is mostly drawn from the article written by David Garratt, which features on the Arthur Lloyd website. http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/.../PalaceTheatreLeicester.htm

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The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency has warned. The World Meteorological Organization says that our planet is gaining much more heat energy than it can release, driven by emissions of warming gases such as carbon dioxide. This record "energy imbalance" heated the ocean to new heights last year and continued to melt our planet's ice caps. And scientists fear that a natural warming phase called El Niño – expected to begin later this year - could soon bring further heat records. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c203rdxkezwo

We have 2 managers who won’t trust the kids and prefers aged error prone over young error prone but with bags more energy, stamina and desire.

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AI list of reasons Trump has given for the War on Iran • Claim that Iran was planning to attack the U.S. first — Trump said the February 28 strikes were pre‑emptive, though officials later told Congress there was no intelligence supporting this. • Frustration over Iran’s nuclear program — The administration cited stalled nuclear negotiations and concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. • Desire to weaken or topple Iran’s government — Shifting objectives included regime change, reducing Iran’s military capacity, and limiting its regional influence. • Protecting or supporting Israeli interests — Some stated goals involved aligning with Israel’s security concerns in the region. • Responding to threats to shipping and oil markets — Trump argued that keeping the Strait of Hormuz open was essential due to rising oil prices and global shipping risks. • Concerns about Iran’s missile and drone activity — Regional attacks were cited as part of the justification for military action. • Iran’s nuclear negotiations and broader security posture — Officials referenced Iran’s behavior in the region and its nuclear trajectory as contributing factors.