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Middlesex pull off record chase in One Day Cup
Sam Robson scored an unbeaten 169 as Middlesex achieved the highest successful run-chase in One-Day Cup history to beat Durham by five piled up 387-4 at the Riverside following a stand of 147 between Alex Lees (138 not out) and David Bedingham (107), but Robson reached his century off 89 balls as the visitors reached 390-5 with 12 balls to spare. Kent have a 0-3 record after they lost to Warwickshire by 79 runs at Rugby School, with young spinner Taz Ali taking 5-54 as they were bowled out for 204, chasing 284 to Group A, Sol Budinger hit 102 off 80 balls as Leicestershire overcame Nottinghamshire by 124 runs at Kibworth, while pace bowler Ben Allison took 6-35 as Worcestershire defeated Hampshire by five wickets. Glamorgan's Will Smale scored an unbeaten 105 in a rain-affected match at The Oval, but previously winless Surrey won by five wickets via the DLS method. Robson run spree eclipses Durham Durham made the worst possible start against Middlesex as Emilio Gay - who made an unbeaten 119 against Kent in their previous game - was bowled for a duck by Toby Roland-Jones' second Will Rhodes (63) added 141 with Lees, who carried his bat through the innings, collecting two sixes and 14 fours, while Bedingham raced to his century from just 65 deliveries and Colin Ackermann weighed in with 53 off losing an early wicket in reply, Robson and Josh de Caires put on 120 for Middlesex, with de Caires caught behind from a reverse sweep for 63 after bringing up his 50 from 38 Robson found more reliable support from Jack Davies (61), adding 114 in tandem, and from needing 170 off 20 overs, they brought the target down to just 41 from six. It was fitting that Robson hit the winning runs, whipping Cody Yusuf away for four as they eclipsed Worcestershire's 380-4 to beat Leicestershire in record list A run chase is 399 by Queensland against Tasmania at Sydney in October 2014. Warwickshire were given an excellent start against Kent as Ed Barnard (60) and Rob Yates put on 97 in 13 overs for the first although Jayden Denly took two wickets in successive overs and Grant Stewart picked up 2-33, they reached 283-9, thanks largely to a 79-run stand between Kai Smith, who reached 50 off 59 balls, and made 58 and Vansh Jani (42).Barnard took two wickets as Kent slumped to 19-3 in reply, but Denly (52) and Harry Finch (50) put on 91 before Finch became debutant Adam Sylvester's first victim, caught off a leading edge, and Ali ran through the lower order for his second successive five-for in the competition. Career-best figures for Allison At New Road, Allison produced the best List A performance of his career, surpassing his previous best 50-over figures of 2-33 as Worcestershire bowled out Hampshire for 194 in the 42nd over despite 60 by opener Nick took a stunning one-handed return catch, diving to his left to send back Tom Prest for 36, and Hampshire's hopes of a decent total were further dented when Joe Weatherley retired hurt after a blow on the D'Oliveira scored 52 at the top of the order in Worcestershire's reply and Ethan Brookes (35) produced an outrageous rolling ramp for six off Dom Kelly before they reached 196-5 when Matthew Waite pulled Gubbins for four at the start of the 41st over to end the was in brilliant form for Leicestershire, hitting three sixes and 13 fours as they totalled 333-8, adding 106 for the third wicket with Shan Masood, who made 50. Notts Outlaws needed something special to remove him and Joe Pocklington provided it with a brilliant over-the-shoulder diving catch on the boundary - and he also took 2-45 with the visitors were never really in the hunt despite 56 by Jack Haynes and they were bowled out for 209 in 38 overs as spin bowler Liam Trevaskis returned 5-52. Meanwhile, Surrey's inexperienced attack had Glamorgan on 117-4 before Smale shared a stand of 70 and 86 with Zain ul-Hassan and Alex Horton, bringing up his maiden List A 100 off 97 balls as they added 91 from the final 10 overs of their made 308-7 and Surrey were 21.1 in the sixth over of their reply before rain forced an extended teams returned at 17:40 BST with the home side given a revised target of 145 from 16 overs and Ben Foakes made 43 not out from just 17 balls as they made it to 146-5 with three balls remaining - despite an outstanding leap and one-handed catch by Kiran Carlson to dismiss Adam Thomas for 34. Thursday fixture York: Yorkshire v SomersetPlay starts 11:00 BST
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10-05-2025
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'As a German, I celebrate everything about VE Day'
A German vicar in Leicestershire says he was proud to celebrate 80 years since World War Two ended in Europe. The Reverend Ludger Fremmer, from St Wilfrid's Church in Kibworth, said many people in his home country would have felt "liberated" when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. However, he said his father was a prisoner of war after being captured by Soviet forces, and was not released for another four years after the end of the war. After taking part in memorial events in the village, he said the 80th anniversary had been an important occasion for reminding the world about the value of peace. Mr Fremmer said: "Our history makes us what we are, and for me as a German I celebrate everything that we celebrated when we remember the milestones from the end of the war, because for me I always think that nobody really wins a war, everyone loses. "I think what the British forces did, what the Allied forces did, when they had to fight back against the [Nazi] regime in Germany, they in the end liberated the German people too, and so for me, it's a reason to celebrate and remember." While the 80th anniversary of VE Day is the centre of celebrations and commemorations across Europe, Mr Fremmer said the reaction in Germany in 1945 would have been "very mixed". "I think relief would be part of it, relief it's finally ending, because everyone was suffering during that time," he said. "It took a long time before it was rebuilt and before it became really a liberation for everyone, but where we are today is a result of that day, where this hostility's ended, the Nazis had to give up, they had to be defeated. "I think many Germans would have either been in fear because they were part of the Nazi party, but many others were glad that freedom was coming." Mr Fremmer's father had been fighting near Stalingrad on the eastern front when he was taken away as a prisoner of war, where he was forced to work in coal mines. "Many didn't survive, many didn't come home, [but] he somehow was resilient enough to make it," he said. "Eventually it was negotiated with the Russian people that they would release those prisoners too, but it was a difficult thing to come after the war, after such a long time." Mr Fremmer said some of his "most special memories" in 18 years at the parish have been hosting memorial events for the community. With the 80th anniversary of VE Day marked by rising tensions around the world, he hopes the commemorations of a landmark moment in Europe's history can help the pursuit of a lasting peace. "I think all of us in Europe - whether German, whether British, whatever we are - we all want to make sure this never happens again," he said. "We want to make sure that there isn't an opportunity for any kind of evil to rise up, extremism to rise up and take over, and we need to guard that. "We need to remember - if we don't remember we will not learn, we will make the same mistakes again." Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Children moved by VE Day letter from WW2 veteran Mystery knitter recreates VE Day party conga City's WW2 voices to feature in new exhibition St Wilfrid's at Kibworth
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10-05-2025
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'As a German, I celebrate everything about VE Day'
A German vicar in Leicestershire says he was proud to celebrate 80 years since World War Two ended in Europe. The Reverend Ludger Fremmer, from St Wilfrid's Church in Kibworth, said many people in his home country would have felt "liberated" when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. However, he said his father was a prisoner of war after being captured by Soviet forces, and was not released for another four years after the end of the war. After taking part in memorial events in the village, he said the 80th anniversary had been an important occasion for reminding the world about the value of peace. Mr Fremmer said: "Our history makes us what we are, and for me as a German I celebrate everything that we celebrated when we remember the milestones from the end of the war, because for me I always think that nobody really wins a war, everyone loses. "I think what the British forces did, what the Allied forces did, when they had to fight back against the [Nazi] regime in Germany, they in the end liberated the German people too, and so for me, it's a reason to celebrate and remember." While the 80th anniversary of VE Day is the centre of celebrations and commemorations across Europe, Mr Fremmer said the reaction in Germany in 1945 would have been "very mixed". "I think relief would be part of it, relief it's finally ending, because everyone was suffering during that time," he said. "It took a long time before it was rebuilt and before it became really a liberation for everyone, but where we are today is a result of that day, where this hostility's ended, the Nazis had to give up, they had to be defeated. "I think many Germans would have either been in fear because they were part of the Nazi party, but many others were glad that freedom was coming." Mr Fremmer's father had been fighting near Stalingrad on the eastern front when he was taken away as a prisoner of war, where he was forced to work in coal mines. "Many didn't survive, many didn't come home, [but] he somehow was resilient enough to make it," he said. "Eventually it was negotiated with the Russian people that they would release those prisoners too, but it was a difficult thing to come after the war, after such a long time." Mr Fremmer said some of his "most special memories" in 18 years at the parish have been hosting memorial events for the community. With the 80th anniversary of VE Day marked by rising tensions around the world, he hopes the commemorations of a landmark moment in Europe's history can help the pursuit of a lasting peace. "I think all of us in Europe - whether German, whether British, whatever we are - we all want to make sure this never happens again," he said. "We want to make sure that there isn't an opportunity for any kind of evil to rise up, extremism to rise up and take over, and we need to guard that. "We need to remember - if we don't remember we will not learn, we will make the same mistakes again." Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Children moved by VE Day letter from WW2 veteran Mystery knitter recreates VE Day party conga City's WW2 voices to feature in new exhibition St Wilfrid's at Kibworth
BBC News
10-05-2025
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- BBC News
'As a German, I celebrate everything about VE Day', vicar says
A German vicar in Leicestershire says he was proud to celebrate 80 years since World War Two ended in Reverend Ludger Fremmer, from St Wilfrid's Church in Kibworth, said many people in his home country would have felt "liberated" when Nazi Germany surrendered to the he said his father was a prisoner of war after being captured by Soviet forces, and was not released for another four years after the end of the taking part in memorial events in the village, he said the 80th anniversary had been an important occasion for reminding the world about the value of peace. Mr Fremmer said: "Our history makes us what we are, and for me as a German I celebrate everything that we celebrated when we remember the milestones from the end of the war, because for me I always think that nobody really wins a war, everyone loses."I think what the British forces did, what the Allied forces did, when they had to fight back against the [Nazi] regime in Germany, they in the end liberated the German people too, and so for me, it's a reason to celebrate and remember."While the 80th anniversary of VE Day is the centre of celebrations and commemorations across Europe, Mr Fremmer said the reaction in Germany in 1945 would have been "very mixed"."I think relief would be part of it, relief it's finally ending, because everyone was suffering during that time," he said."It took a long time before it was rebuilt and before it became really a liberation for everyone, but where we are today is a result of that day, where this hostility's ended, the Nazis had to give up, they had to be defeated."I think many Germans would have either been in fear because they were part of the Nazi party, but many others were glad that freedom was coming." 'We need to remember' Mr Fremmer's father had been fighting near Stalingrad on the eastern front when he was taken away as a prisoner of war, where he was forced to work in coal mines."Many didn't survive, many didn't come home, [but] he somehow was resilient enough to make it," he said."Eventually it was negotiated with the Russian people that they would release those prisoners too, but it was a difficult thing to come after the war, after such a long time."Mr Fremmer said some of his "most special memories" in 18 years at the parish have been hosting memorial events for the the 80th anniversary of VE Day marked by rising tensions around the world, he hopes the commemorations of a landmark moment in Europe's history can help the pursuit of a lasting peace."I think all of us in Europe - whether German, whether British, whatever we are - we all want to make sure this never happens again," he said."We want to make sure that there isn't an opportunity for any kind of evil to rise up, extremism to rise up and take over, and we need to guard that."We need to remember - if we don't remember we will not learn, we will make the same mistakes again."
