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A FURNITURE maker from Weston-super-Mare is celebrating after he won £300,000 on a National Lottery Scratchcard. Dan Fisher, 45, who has been making furniture for Nightingale field hospitals, plans to use his money to buy a house. He picked up his winning scratchcard in Weston-super-Mare s Tesco store on Station Road. And after unpacking his shopping, he sat down and revealed his £300,000 win. “I put everything away, put my sweats back on and couldn’t believe what I was seeing!” he said. “I rang my brother Tobias, before I even rang Camelot to check my win. He was telling me to get off the phone and get onto them.
Signorelli s beautiful, terrifying frescoes in Orvieto
18 Jan, 2021
By Martin Bennett
As a prelude to visiting the Sistine Chapel, one could take the train to Orvieto, an hour north of Rome, and view the frescoes which inspired Michelangelo’s
Last Judgement.
On arrival at Orvieto station, the train prompts the reaction, ‘But where is it?’ Until a look upward reveals the town’s older part perched on a beetling crag. A small funicular railway transports you past vineyards famous for its classic Orvieto wine; all Italy in a bottle goes a phrase.
At the top of the funicular, take Via del Duomo to the cathedral which dominates the city s skyline. In the S. Brizio chapel to the right of the cathedral s main altar, there they are, body after perfect body, the hard-won art of anatomy standing on its own feet, or in take-off mode, or hurtling downward.
5 talking points as Limerick and Waterford do battle for the All-Ireland hurling crown
Who’ll be lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup later today? By Kevin O Brien Sunday 13 Dec 2020, 8:00 AM Dec 13th 2020, 8:00 AM 21,048 Views 13 Comments
1. Waterford’s need for goals Stephen Bennett brings a big goal threat for the Deise. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
THE PROSPECT OF Waterford winning the All-Ireland final without raising at least one green flag on Sunday appears unlikely.
If this final descends into a point-scoring shootout, then Limerick will prevail eight or nine times out of 10. Galway failed to trouble the net in their semi-final exit to the champions and never looked capable of out-pointing John Kiely’s side.
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