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Tonight marks the climax of nine months’ eager anticipation since we broke the news to you that the NFL was coming to town. Two days ago we secured a ticket via the final sale we mentioned last Tuesday and we can’t wait for the action …

The word ‘awesome’ used to mean jaw-on-floor and full of awe. It’s a definition that’s on the move, last seen passing the ‘hmm, yes, that’s rather good’ mark and creeping towards an ‘OK, thanks’ retirement home for decrepit adjectives. We’d like to pull it out …

Keep saving those air miles. Alan Watts from Harrow is about to swap his for the ultimate upgrade – a ride into space. Mr Watts, manager of an electrical engineering firm, has accumulated over 2 million air miles on Virgin jets. And that’s enough to …

Those who hate both Big Brother (daily, all the time, C4/E4) and the World Cup might well have entertained thoughts of entering a house of peace, and taking holy orders. Potential bonuses include: no more trying to find things to delete because Systems Administrator tells …

Good sense finally overcame irrational fear yesterday as parents of the Fort Myers High School pupils voted to let their children risk their lives right here in Lononistan: American pupils are to be allowed to take part in London’s 2007 New Year parade after a …

When a school band from Florida decides to pull out of London’s 2007 New Year’s Day Parade you may think the correct reaction would be a shrug of the shoulders and perhaps a “who cares?” before moving onto bigger things, but it seems that Ken’s …

Sharon Stone was pretty cool in Sam Raimi’s The Quick and The Dead and erm… Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, but that’s about it. More famous for her undercarriage than her ability to deliver a line, she’s about to rekindle her career with Basic …