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£500,000 Bet Win, Stopped By Football Ref’s Final Whistle A MYSTERY gambler was on the verge of winning £500,000 when a football referee blew the final whistle for a game, just as the ball was about cross the goal line that would have created the score for his potential big win. The unlucky mystery punter [...]

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Bash Street Kids Honoured In Dundee BEING the 75th annversary of The Beano comic, no time could be better than to honour the characters The Bash Street Kids by having a street named after them. So, Dundee-based DC Thomson, which publishes the comic, has submitted plans to the city council to name to create a [...]

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Hearing Aid ‘Aid’ From Super-Hero Helps Brit Youngster FOUR-YEAR-OLD Anthony Smith, who recently moved from Southampton in the UK to New Hampshire here in the US, last month had a “deaf superhero” named after himself, and now wears his hearing aid to school. Anthony originally insisted that “superheroes do not wear hearing aids”. Anthony’s mum [...]

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Computer Game Marriage For Happy Couple MARIE AND JAY Coulbeck were married via alter ego computer characters last month, and have now vowed to stay together in “real life”. The Coulbecks met as the characters they created when they joined 3D chat room IMVU. Marie’s character “Goddess of the Orient” was befriended by a handsome [...]

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Dumbbell Utensils To ‘Cut Through’ The Fat NEW CUTLERY is thought to help one lose weight as one tucks into a nice meal. At least, that’s the claim from Firebox, the developer of the eating utensils. “This cutlery and dumbbell mix is designed for fitness fans with a sense of humour,” a spokesman said. Diners [...]

Today’s Britain: December 2011

Over 100-Year-Old Christmas Pudding Donated To Museum A PORTSMOUTH woman who re-discovered an old can of Christmas pudding at the back of her pantry has donated the find to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The Peek, Frean & Co Teetotal Plum Pudding is 112-years-old and was part of a donation to British sailors during the Boer [...]

Mobility Scooter Does 60mph Seized After Scaring Wild Deer

DONCASTER Council officials have seized a souped up mobility scooter which was being driven at speeds of up to 60mph. The vehicle, converted to be driven by a 140cc petrol engine, had reportedly been scaring wild deer and annoying residents in the area. As well as the supercharged engine, it had been ‘pimped’ with go-kart [...]

New Book Takes Peek Inside The Royal Family

THE MONARCHY has come under scrutiny once again, this time by Royal chronicler Brian Hoey, whose book, Not in Front of the Corgis, goes behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace, offering a peek of how the Royal family lives within the privacy of their own homes. The title stems from a conversation Hoey heard during [...]

Today’s Britain: November 2011

Cardiff Hosts Michael Jackson Memorial Concert LOS ANGELES court system was deep in deliberation last month, determining the fate of Dr Conrad Murray, in the untimely demise of Michael Jackson. However, at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, October 7, a 50,000 crowd gathered for a King of Pop Memorial Concert. Jackson brothers Marlon, Tito and Jackie, plus [...]

Today’s Britain: October 2011

‘Tartan’ Gold Could Be A Thing Of Reality IS THERE gold in them thar Scottish Hills? There is according to a company called Scotgold Resources, but they are having problems getting mining permits with various environmental groups concerned about the destruction of the landscape through slurry and waste run-off. The community of Tyndrum, located in [...]

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The Union Jack has been published monthly since April 1982. Our readership now exceeds 220,000 throughout the USA. We serve a devoted readership comprised primarily of British expatriates, ranging from recent immigrants to war brides who relocated to the States a half-century ago, as well as a growing number of American Anglophiles. All of our readers, whether aged 25 or 75, share a common desire to maintain strong ties to Britain and the British community in America.

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