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Parish masterclass leads Dons to memorable ANZAC Day win By 2021-04-25T18:15+10:00 A record breaking crowd were entertained by a thrilling ANZAC Day clash between historical rivals Collingwood and Essendon. The crowd of 78,113 was the highest number to attend a sporting event since the COVID pandemic began last March and they saw Essendon ultimately run out 109-85 winners over the Magpies. Darcy Parish was prolific for the Dons with 42 touches, two goals and the Anzac Day medal while Anthony M...

By Paul Durrant The 2nd session of the P.L. concluded last week, (Judgement Night) where both Rob Cross and Glen Durrant were eliminated, leaving 8 players to resume the competition on May 5th – 7th and May 24th – 27th. The top 4 compete on the 28th. My final 4 are Dimitri van den Bergh, Jose de Sousa, James Wade and MvG. lf l had to replace 1 it would be MvG for Aspinall. Overall winner? MvG if he finds his game, otherwise Dimitri, a great player and a breath of fresh air. Night 6 – HIGH...

by Tyler Durden The owner of the MailOnline website has filed a lawsuit against Google, which they accuse of having too much control over online advertising, and de-ranking Daily Mail articles in google search results, according to the BBC. The Google has called the claims "meritless." Associated Newspapers concerns stem from its assessment that its coverage of the Royal Family in 2021 has been downplayed in search results. For example, it claims that British users searching for broadcaster...

12:11 EDT, 22 April 2021 South Yorkshire Police officers felt they had to fight back against unfair criticism after the Hillsborough disaster, a former detective has told a court. Ex-chief superintendent Donald Denton, 83, Alan Foster, 74, a retired detective chief inspector, and Peter Metcalf, 71, a former solicitor for the force, are alleged to have amended police statements to minimise the blame on the force after the tragedy at the FA Cup semi-final on April 15 1989, in which 96 Liverpool...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images The owner of the Daily Mail newspaper and MailOnline website is suing Google over allegations the search engine manipulates search results. Associated Newspapers accuses Google of having too much control over online advertising and of downgrading links to its stories, favouring other outlets. It alleges Google "punishes" publishers in its rankings if they dont sell enough advertising space in its marketplace. Google called the claims "meritless". A...

Three years ago, Ron Mozart, was given two years to live, but has “managed to keep going”. The 61-year-old, from West Heslerton, in North Yorkshire, had to retire as headmaster of a secondary school in 2016, but has picked up his music career, writing and recording material for three albums and four singles. Mr Mozart has been playing the piano and guitar since 1969 and the saxophone since 1973. In 1978, he was offered a recording contract, but declined, opting for a career in teachin...

Eliminated Durrant targeting World Matchplay Glen Durrant has set his sights on returning to top form this summer following his Unibet Premier League elimination. The Middlesbrough ace will see his Premier League title defence end on Thursday following Judgement Night, having suffered seven straight losses so far this season. After losing all five games in the opening block of Premier League fixtures, Durrant admitted that he was working to correct " This week has seen Durrant defeated by Micha...

Cross eliminated on Night Eight as Wright & Wade survive Rob Cross was eliminated from the Unibet Premier League in Wednesdays Night Eight as Peter Wright and James Wade secured their spots in the second half of the season. Cross will join reigning champion Glen Durrant in exiting the event after Thursdays Night Nine in Milton Keynes after he suffered a 7-5 loss to Nathan Aspinall. Later wins for Wade and Wright mean that Cross is now three points adrift with just one game left before the botto...

WOOL, wood, porcelain and paint all feature in an upcoming exhibition at the gallery at Quarr Abbey, Four artists have united to put on an exhibition, which has been postponed twice due to Covid lockdowns. It is third time lucky, as the Christmas exhibition is reborn as a Spring one. Wool, Wood, Porcelain and Paint is an exhibition of the work of Island makers Sue Wright, Peter Wright, Lis Toft and Tim England. Sue makes hand knitted, hand spun and hand woven accessories and homeware,...

“We feel strong and we’re going to do a full season of in-person performances,” Artistic Director Iain Webb said. “If there’s a roadblock, we’ll just have to maneuver around it.” He said it is too early to know what COVID safety protocols still may be required when the season starts. “Will we have to do as much social distancing or masking? We don’t have the answer. We feel it’s going to start slowly. From a box office point of view, we’re looking at budgeting around 50 pe...