Exeter, Hereford and Yeovil striker Adam Stansfield lost his battle with cancer 12 years ago at the age of 31
Yesterday, his 19-year-old son Jay joined Exeter City on loan from Fulham, and has been handed his father's retired #9 shirt 🙌 ❤️
Restaurants & bars are *already* closing in response to the omicron wave, and the ones remaining open are bleeding out from cancellations. Where's the financial support from government? Just because there isn't a lockdown doesn't mean that hospitality is actually being protected.
Really feel for the hospitality industry and those that work in it. They’ve done so much to ensure hygiene and safety is paramount, to the extent that the data suggests it’s not a high risk space, and now they have to close, yet again. Brutal. Really brutal.
I was in Grant Park in Chicago on election night in 2008, maybe 40m from Obama as he gave that unforgettable speech.
I’d forgotten that, elsewhere that evening, John McCain was giving an even better one.
What a hero. He personified American greatness: