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Sean from Chicago, IL My heart breaks for the Jones family. Unbelievable the 2021 season opener will be the first time in nine years Aaron Jones wont have his father watching him. The news of Alvin Sr.s passing floored me Wednesday. Even now, as I stare blankly into this screen, I struggle to find the words. In a weird way, I got to know Alvin Sr. before I even knew Aaron. I talked with him shortly after the Packers drafted Aaron in 2017 and built the entire lede of my first profile on Aa...

Based on true events, ‘Five Guys Named Zaika’ is written by journalist Shuiab Khan. The story begins on Christmas Eve 1997 and details the first few turbulent weeks as the inexperienced twenty-somethings plan to launch the first edition of the Asian Image from their ‘headquarters’ in a backstreet toilet roll factory. The book title includes the female name ‘Zaika’ whose meaning is revealed during the course of the story. The story lifts the lid on a whole range of issues r...

TWO chefs have started a takeaway serving up signature smoked meat dishes and dirty fries ­— from a Blackburn community centre. Chefs Nathan James Riddehough and John Walsh, from Blackburn, set up Smokey Bros Kitchen after being being furloughed amid the coronavirus pandemic. The American-style takeaway aims to serve restaurant-quality food while helping Energy Zone community centre on Newfield Drive, Blackburn. Having worked as chefs for 30 years between them, the cooking duo are re...

Sushma Solanki of Sushmas Snacks THOUGHTFUL Bolton businesses clubbed together to donate around 3,300 hot lunches in the six weeks from January 25 to March 8. The hot meals were distributed to vulnerable people in the community by volunteers at the Bolton Lads and Girls Club. The food was donated by firms including Nutri Bar, Amico Cafe Bolton, Carrs Pasties, The Spread Eagle, and Sushma’snacks. Many other businesses also donated money for additional food purchases. Karen Edwards, CEO...

"Sorry, you’re from where?" While in general, town names are more or less benign and uninteresting, there are many around the world that make people do a double-take. Invariably, most if not all of these names gain attention because they’re considered expletives, double entendres, or have sexual connotations. For the people who call these towns home, their name is either a blessing or a curse. Dull, Scotland They may live in Dull but the villagers who call this hamlet in Perthshire home are...

A MAN almost died and had to have part of his skull removed after long-standing jealousy turned to violence. Fairground boss Lawrence Hill had an affair with victim Simon Perrys wife before they married several years ago, but resentments remained and, when both men were in the Spread Eagle pub at Kearsley one evening they went outside to "sort matters out". But Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how, after talking for several minutes in the car park behind the pub, Hill began to...

Lawrence Hill and the Spread Eagle pub A MAN almost died and had to have part of his skull removed after long-standing jealousy turned to violence. Fairground boss Lawrence Hill had an affair with victim Simon Perrys wife before they married several years ago, but resentments remained and, when both men were in the Spread Eagle pub at Kearsley one evening they went outside to "sort matters out". But Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how, after talking for several minutes in the...

Birthday celebrations for Ray Crown at the Spread Eagle in Hereford in 1989. Picture: Lizzie Robinson THE pubs of Hereford are often a hot topic of conversation as people reminise about growing up in Hereford, such as the bars no longer there or ones where memories were made. This picture was shared by Lizzie Robinson in our We Grew Up In Hereford Facebook group, which now has more than 9,000 members. It shows Ray Crown’s birthday celebrations at the Spread Eagle in King Street back in ...

February 15, 2021 By Keith Norrington The Eagle Packet Company of St. Louis contracted in 1913 with the Howard Shipyard to build a wood-hulled sternwheeler for $26,000.  The new steamboat, 242 by 37.8 feet and named Peoria, was not completed at Jeffersonville; it was moved by the towboat Dorothy Barrett to Paducah and then to St. Louis, where the vessel received its final outfitting. Four new boilers were placed aboard, along with...

A heartfelt thank you: So many pubs have shown remarkable compassion and resilience since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak – that’s why we’re so keen to support them, Paul Robertson, head of on-premise at Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) GB said After being crowned Pub Heroes in September, The Morning Advertiser revisited a trio of operators who received grants from Coca-Cola’s Community Pub Fund to find out how they had used their five-figure spur...