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Down by two with 59 seconds left in Sunday night’s game against the Buccaneers, the Patriots faced fourth-and-3 from the Tampa Bay 37. Quarterback Mac Jones‘ third-down pass had just been batted down by linebacker Lavonte David to set up Read more
Name: Turkey. Appearance: Bootiful! Eh? You’re probably too young. It was an 80s thing. Chap named Bernard Matthews, with a mansion, in Norfolk. Age: Nearly 500 years, in the UK. The engineer and landowner William Strickland is generally credited with Read more
Switzerland’s economic affairs secretariat (SECO) has filed a criminal complaint in relation to collapsed financier Greensill Capital for alleged violations of the law against unfair competition, it said. The Swiss NZZ am Sonntag newspaper said police searched Credit Suisse offices Read more
According to Grist, Microsoft plans to study how increasing access to information and parts for repairing its devices can reduce its carbon footprint. It intends to act on its findings before the end of 2022. That means making repair instruction Read more
Happy Mondays star Bez has signed up for next year’s series of Dancing On Ice. It’s certainly not his first toe dip into reality TV after recently appearing on Celebrity Gogglebox alongside pal and bandmate Shaun Ryder and starring in Read more