Latest news with #Bishop'sStortford
Telegraph
2 days ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Everyone loves nuclear now – even when there's a certifiable lunatic in charge
It being Pride month, the Lords canteen is serving 'pride crumble' (it comes before a gooseberry fool). Dyed in the colours of the trans flag, sickly pink and blue, I skipped it for a coffee – for I have no desire to be an ally of gastroenteritis – and marvelled at the metaphor. Parliament is an incubator of dead consensus. Next up: a flat earth risotto and bisque de leach. For 20 years, the Commons was anti-nuclear energy. Now it's pro. And who have we put in charge of the power of a billion suns? Ed Miliband, a certifiable lunatic who, when not making a statement at the despatch box, sits down and continues the conversation by himself, chewing on his thumbs. He's furious that Rachel Reeves passed on funding his plan to build a pixie dust mine in Bishop's Stortford, despite arguing that gremlins can work it for free. 'Frankly Rachel, they're the next generation in renewables.' Just cover the critters in water and 12 more pop out on their back. Ed later told his psychiatrist, who then told my AA meeting, that he saw all this in a documentary. Gremlins 2: the New Batch suggests they can also be up-skilled to become brainy, electrical or even man-hungry brides. The Tories applauded his announcement. A Lib Dem MP – turquoise blazer and tennis shoes – approved the change from 'dither and delay by successive Conservative governments' (she forgets Nick Clegg opposed nuclear, too). Labour MPs practically popped champagne. Baggy Shanker referred the House 'to my register of interests', labelled it a 'wonderful day' and welcomed 'the selection of Rolls-Royce to deliver the first of the US small reactors.' According to said register, Baggy used to work at Rolls-Royce and owns shares in the company, as do his wife and son. 'It must be awful,' said a wag in the press gallery, 'for all these Labour MPs, knowing they're going to lose their seat to Reform.' Across town, Nigel showed off Zia Yusuf to photographers – proof of life! – and unveiled his replacement as party chairman, David Bull, a TV doctor who has presented a show about ghosts (as opposed to Zia who now looks like one). Was Dr David happy with the appointment? Hard to tell. I'm not saying he's had work done but when he folded his legs, he crossed his eyebrows, too. As for Nigel, he's impossible to sketch. He tells the gags before you've written them. Zia 'crawled under the wire' but 'lost his bid for freedom' and is 'back inside'. Nigel touched his arm and Yusuf visibly flinched. The boss expertly lampooned Green Ed and his net-zero madness, which – I agree – will never catch on. As Greta Thunberg has learnt, no matter how uncomfortable, it's still much easier to fly. Imagine it! Someday Baggy Shanker will be replaced by Darren Grimes MP: 'all me nan ever wanted was a Rolls-Royce reactor in her pigeon loft'. For everyone loves cuddly nuclear now, despite Windscale, despite Chernobyl – all except the Greens and SNP, the latter for reasons of hate. 'Fourteen billion pounds splurged on ENGLISH nuclear power plants,' spat SNP MP Kirsty Blackman, as if 'English' were a slur. We need an English pride day in the canteen, with a red and white pudding.
The Irish Sun
16-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
We've been to every FA Cup round – and now we've bagged Wembley final tickets thanks to The Sun
A FOOTIE-mad family have been to every round of this year's FA Cup — and will be at today's final thanks to The Sun. Phil Hart, 46, and sons Fin, ten, and Will, 13 — all 4 Phil Hart and sons Fin, 10, and Will, 13, set off on a 2,000-mile FA Cup adventure from the first round to the final at Wembley - with a little help from The Sun Credit: Paul Edwards 4 Fin and Will pictured at the start of their cup run - with a tin-foil trophy - as Cornard United beat Fakenham Town 3-0 Credit: Facebook 4 The 3rd round saw the family watching Stockport County beat Brackley Town 3-1 Credit: Facebook Vowing to support whichever team won, they took in Stowmarket, Bishop's Stortford, Braintree, Brackley and Stockport. In the Third Round, Stockport lost to After The Sun contacted the FA, teacher Phil secured three tickets for the big game. Phil said: 'I've watched my boys fall in love with football all over again.' READ MORE FA CUP FINAL NEWS Phil, from Great Horkesley, near Colchester, said: 'As Colchester United season ticket holders I knew my sons and I are unlikely to see our team win the FA Cup. 'So this year we decided to create our own road to Wembley with just one rule - we had to pick a team at random and follow the winner, wherever that may be and whenever the game was - all the way to the final. 'It was pure grassroots — dodgy refs, questionable chips, but brilliant football. We were hooked . 4 At the semi-final, to see Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 3-0 - still with the tin-foil trophy in hand Credit: Phil Hart 'We stood on terraces in the rain at Braintree, Googled where Brackley was, and queued for pies in Stockport. Most read in Football 'We cheered for unknown heroes and mourned for clubs we'd only met that day. The passion was real, raw and more fun than anything on TV. Fin said: "It's been really fun visiting new stadiums and getting to meet some famous players.' Diehard Crystal Palace fan with arm in sling goes viral after using his HEAD to clap FA Cup heroes at Wembley FAMILY'S ROAD TO WEMBLEY Here's how Phil Hart, 46, and sons Fin, ten, and Will, 13 made their way to Wembley, Colchester to… 3 Aug Cornard 3 v 0 Fakenham 26 miles 1hr drive 17 Aug Stowmarket 1 v 5 Cornard 60 miles 1hr 30 mins drive 31 Aug Bishop's Stortford 5 v 0 Cornard 75 miles 2hrs drive 14 Sept FA Cup 2nd qualifying round Hemel Hempstead 0 v 1 Bishop's Stortford 150 miles 3hrs 28 Sept 3rd qualifying round Bishop's Stortford 3 v 2 Hereford 75 miles 2hrs drive 12 Oct 4th qualifying round Braintree 1 v 0 Bishop's Stortford 35 miles 1hr 2 Nov 1st round Brackley 0 v 0 Braintree (Brackley won 5-4 on pens) 240 miles 5hr 30 Nov 2nd round Stockport 3 v 1 Brackley 460 miles 8 hrs 12 Jan 3rd round Crystal Palace 1 v 0 Stockport 150 miles 4hrs 10 Feb 4th round Doncaster Rovers 0 v 2 Palace 344 miles 6hrs 45 1 March 5th round Palace 3 v 1 Millwall 140 miles 4hrs 29 March Quarter final Fulham 0 v 3 Palace 145 miles 4 hrs 26 April Semi-final Palace 3 v 0 Aston Villa 145 miles 3.5hrs 17 May Final Palace v Manchester City 145 miles 3.5hrs Total miles round trip 2,190 Total travel time 45 hrs 15 mins
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rams knocked off top spot following home defeat by Bishop's Stortford
SEB Reynolds admitted Rams must learn quickly after they suffered a second consecutive National One reverse, the 34-25 home defeat to Bishop's Stortford seeing them knocked off top spot. A brilliant start had the hosts in front as Rowan Grundy crossed on the left, but two converted maul tries from Isaac Bell and Will Rogers pushed Stortford in front. Rams struck back as Zach Clow dived over following yellow cards to David Hayes and Henry Peck, Mike Cooke following to temporarily reduce Bishop's to 12 men. Andrew Lamb was the home side's third try-scorer as they hit the front, only for a long-range Tom Mills penalty to nudge their opponents 17-15 up with the final play of the first half. Rams again flew out the blocks at the start of the second period, Axel Kalling-Smith with a super score, but a quickfire double from Mills and Chris Smith, the latter added to by star man Cooke, left the hosts 29-22 behind. Fraser Honey slotted a routine penalty to trim the deficit, but fittingly another strong set-piece saw Alex Rayment crash over before some stubborn Stortford defence helped them seal a first win in nine games against Rams. A disappointed Reynolds said: 'We came out of the blocks with some lovely rugby, scored a very good try, but discipline then put us down in our own 22 and their maul was extremely effective. 'I question the set-up of it, but you can only play what's there and they mauled better than us and it won them the game. 'We tried some different things to stop it and a couple of times it worked, we got a good sack early and a knock-on, but they rode those out. 'In fairness they also attacked well and scored off a maul by going to the width for a walk-in try, so they also attacked better than us.' Having hit back to lead shortly after the break, a repeat of seven days earlier at Sale, Rams failed to take control which the DoR admitted was his biggest regret. He continued: 'We've not been savvy enough when we've gone into the lead in the past couple of weeks. 'You need to maintain the lead, stay on top and take the game away from the opposition – we're leaving teams in the game and they're then building confidence. 'From there they get on top, it becomes a close game, and we know we're a target for a lot of sides – when you give a team a chance of beating us, they get even more motivated and, in the end, Stortford thoroughly deserved the win. 'Being more ruthless is something the side must learn. There are factors with missing players which are out of our control, but that's rugby and we've just got to get better.' Despite the frustrating loss, which leaves Rams three points adrift of new table-toppers Richmond ahead of next Saturday's trip to Birmingham Moseley, Reynolds found some plus points with the commitment of the team the greatest. He concluded: 'Some of our attack at times was superb, we had good pressure on them and forced three yellow cards, scored a couple of tries, and I thought James McRae in the air was fantastic. 'There are always positives to take – James Baker battling through injury to his finger, Ollie Cole keeping going shows the guys always fight for the shirt – but sometimes it just doesn't go your way.' Rams head to Birmingham Moseley next Saturday (3pm).
