Is it me, or has it felt strangely quiet following the signing of Archie Gray? Well, never fear - Bat Country is here, and we still have an absolute hodgepodge of players you’ve never heard of to talk about. Leave your cares and worries behind and instead dare to dream - Audere est facere and all that. We all know the club had Bat Country in mind when they came up with that.

Dispatches from Bat Country: July 2024 - Edition 2, Country of Bats

Unfortunately for the trialist we completely dominated this game and he had very little to do. He did look calm in possession and not overly eager to impress. Absolutely nothing to do defensively but got on the scoresheet after his effort from inside the box took a deflection and looped into the top corner.

Andy’s Player Ratings: South Shields 0-5 Sunderland - New era starts with comfortable victory

Another near miss. Another dose of pain for English fans, but on a tense might in Berlin, it was hard to argue against the fact that the best team won as Euro 2024, a strange and hardly classic edition of this storied continental championship came to an end. What a...

Matchday Musings: Fifty eight years of hurt...will it ever stop us dreaming?

The US Sun

STEVENAGE are fighting off Premier League interest in rising star Ryan Doherty — who is in their first team at just 15. The League One outfit gave the midfielder 45 minutes against Luton in a behind-closed-doors game last week. Boro do not want to lose the smooth-passing talent but may have to if a major […]

Premier League clubs sniffing around 15-year-old EFL wonderkid who’s set to bag first-team role this season

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Cambridge United sign former Birmingham City and Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner on a two-year deal.

Cambridge sign ex-Blues and Villa midfielder Gardner

This slideshow requires JavaScript. The Essex is our take on a crafted modern design. It’s available now in Tan Suede, Light Blue Suede & classic Black/White Suede.

Lakai: Essex

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Search teams looking for Jay Slater in Tenerife have found a body near the last known location of the missing British teenager's mobile phone. The Guardia Civil said its officers and a mountain rescue unit found the body of a young man in the Masca area "after 29 days of non-stop searching".

Body found in Jay Slater hunt near last phone location

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Rare ducks which are native to North America have been spotted attempting to breed in Yorkshire, wildlife wardens have said.The male and female blue-winged teal were spotted at Yorkshire Water’s Tophill Low nature reserve near Driffield, East Yorkshire, on a number of occasions over the last 12 months.Despite being observed in nesting behaviours, it appears the birds were not successful in breeding at the site, where nature reserve wardens and volunteers kept their presence a secret.But it is “likely” they have attempted to breed in the area, which is thought to be a first for the UK, Tophill Low nature...

Rare blue-winged teal ducks ‘likely’ to have attempted to breed in Yorkshire

Wales’ all-time leading scorers Helen Ward and Jess Fishlock sit down together for MOTD Wales as Fishlock aims to break Ward’s record against Kosovo on Tuesday in Llanelli. Both women have scored 44 goals for their country, one more for Fishlock in Wales’ final group stage Euro 2025...

‘You’ve caught me!’ – Ward meets Fishlock

The Independent

A young British man has been reported missing while on holiday with his friends in Tenerife.Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, was last heard from at around 8am GMT on Monday.The Foreign Office confirmed it is supporting the family of a British man who has been reported missing in Spain.Mr Slater travelled to the Canary island for a music festival with his friend Lucy and another friend. But he did not return to their apartment after going to stay with people he met on a night out.On Monday morning, Lucy received a call from Mr Slater to say he...

British teenager missing in Tenerife after telling friends he was lost and his phone was on 1%

We’re a week into preseason, and stalwart goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is preparing to begin his 10th season as a Red. The Republic of Ireland player is getting used to the new head coach, new backroom staff, and new way of doing things. Still, he is happy with how the season has started.

Caoimhin Kelleher Looks Forward to 10th Season With Liverpool

Welcome to Playing Through’s morning ritual — Golf Talk Today. Each morning the crew will discuss various elements throughout the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf, and more. It is the last day at the Genesis Scottish Open. Ludvig Åberg holds a two-shot lead over Scottish golfer Robert MacIntyre....

Golf Talk Today: Scottish Open Round 4 tee times for an outstanding, thrilling Sunday

A coroner has said ambulance services must carry an antidote to a poisonous substance after a 22-year-old mother took her own life. Fern Foster, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, had autism and died in July 2020 on the day she was informed that her child might be placed for adoption by social services.

Coroner asks ambulance service to carry antidote

Role-playing game sessions are being offered in bid to improve people's mental health in Cornwall. Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) sessions for adults are being held monthly at Truro Methodist Church. Organisers Cornwall Dungeons and Dragons are starting a session for players aged 10 and over at the same venue later...

D&D can help with mental health - event organiser

Four men deny all charges relating to fox hunts in Hingham and Tittleshall, Norfolk, in 2023.

Woman saw 'hounds savage fox in her garden'

Lyle Taylor played under boss Danny Cowley early in his career and plans to make an impact after signing for Colchester.

Taylor delighted to 'marry up' with Cowleys again

Penny Field School lost five pupils in six months and wants to celebrate their lives and legacy.

School opens garden in memory of five pupils

Virginia State

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful are pretty much unified in their expectations of what will happen between Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) and Paris Buckingham (Diamond White), who recently announced their engagement.

The Bold and the Beautiful fans believe Thomas will dump Paris for Hope

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On This Day (14th July 1999): Sunderland’s Great Danes? Not quite!

After experiencing just three league defeats during the previous season, Sunderland weren’t used to losing and it came as something of a shock when on this...

On This Day (14th July 1999): Sunderland’s Great Danes? Not quite!

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