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A night of ‘awesome’ Austen 0
- Arts, News
- 4th March 2022
Were Jane Austen to have sat through the Rose Theatre’s stage adaptation of her novel Persuasion she would, artistic director Chris Haydon suggests, have thought it “awesome”. She’d certainly have been bemused by signs outside the auditorium warning of strong language; probably racking her brain to recall any effing or blinding. Yet ‘awesome’ is an
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Blues draw the Brummies 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 1st March 2022
Chelsea have been drawn at home to Birmingham in the quarter-finals of this season’s Women’s FA Cup. It follows the Blues’ demolition of 10-player Leicester City on Saturday. That 7-0 scoreline was harsh on the Foxes, who lost defender Sophie Howard to a red card after just over a quarter of an hour. The full
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It’s now Emma’s club!0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 27th February 2022
As Emma Hayes was watching Chelsea Women thrashing Leicester City 7-0 in the 5th Round of the FA Cup (the stadium announcer played the Magnificent Seven theme to celebrate), Roman Abramovich was thrashing out the words of a statement handing her the reins of power! The oligarch ceded stewardship of his club to the trustees
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Traffic barrier gets the heave-ho 0
- Environment, News
- 23rd February 2022
The new traffic barrier in Tolworth Road is to be axed if Surbiton councillors get their way. In a stunning move last night (Tues), after an impressive presentation by a group of local residents about the knock-on effect of the road closure on neighbouring streets – especially Thornhill Road which had borne the brunt of
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Badge of honour 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 23rd February 2022
Chelsea seem set to be allowed to wear the gold World Club Cup badge on their shirts right through to the summer, after giving the distinctive logo an airing in wins against Palace and Lille. The gleaming addition to the centre of the shirt appears to be bringing good luck to the Blues, and manager
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A Tuchel masterstroke 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 19th February 2022
A bold, masterful second-half triple substitution by Blues manager Tom Tuchel finally broke the deadlock at Selhurst Park as Chelsea nicked all three points right at the death. The sides had seemed evenly matched until Jorginho, N’Golo Kane and Malang Sarr were subbed in the 74th minute for Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mateo Kovacic and Marcos Alonso
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