stuart james

Sports sub-editor for The National, Abu Dhabi. Former Editor in Chief, Daily Star Sunday. Very amateur naturalist. Hopeful songwriter.

[Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII]

Manchester was heavily bombed overnight; Manchester United's Old Trafford football stadium (used as ammo depot) wrecked by Luftwaffe.

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@TheNationalNews @AndyMitten @NatSportUAE It will be sad if United leave OT but the plans do look spectacular. I’m not sure about the design of the stands, though. It looks as though the corporate seating tiers could block the view for fans in the corners. Why not just take the corporates all the way round?

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@TheTellyRocket Bloody good innings, David. Well played, mate. Enjoy your family time!

[Andy Mitten @AndyMitten]

England ratings v Slovakia
https://t.co/Dsgx1QEIul

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My sides! Definitely can’t let it go to waste.

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How does Ronnie O’Sullivan (unquestionably the greatest snooker player of the modern era) get away with slagging off Judd Trump and Stuart Bingham’s motivation for wanting to win the World Snooker Championship without anyone even raising an eyebrow?

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@StretfordPaddck Sammy McIlroy … and Martin Buchan

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

And here they are 👇 the men and woman responsible for dumping 14,027,654 hours worth of sewage into the environment over the last 5 years and helping pollute every single river in the country.

Ladies and gentlemen I give you the board of @Ofwat.

"In the name of God, go".

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@DawnNeesom @BHRUT_NHS Fingers crossed for you, Dawn. 🤞🤞🤞

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@Lucy_Lapwing Did you feel a ‘tad’ overdressed!? 😃

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@ericislee @AndyMitten Superb!!

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@tomsavnews Bummer. Just one of those years, mate. The joys of journalism 😆

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@AndyMitten @fletchermoss7 One of the world’s great cities, without question. So much history, great architecture, lovely setting, crucial location, superb food … the traffic’s terrible but, otherwise, an absolute bucket-list destination.

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@Dawn_French Worth investing in a cold cuff with a pump. It will reduce the nighttime pain significantly.

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@Feargal_Sharkey Genius of a song.

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LWT Axeholme Group work party at Epworth Turbary creating brash fences with cleared sycamore and elder saplings. The Galloway cattle came to check us out and there were some impressive Dead Man’s Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha)

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@AndyMitten I climbed the Old Man of Coniston once. Halfway up, we reached the cloud layer. Couldn’t see a thing from the top. Must do it again one day in clear weather!

[Andy Mitten @AndyMitten]

On Jadon Sancho. https://t.co/6VXY0w7HaU

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Pulling up and clearing sycamore saplings with hand saws at Epworth Turbary on a @LincsWildlife volunteer work session. A proper physical work out! I believe this yellow beastie is the charmingly named Dog Vomit Slime Mould. Blimey.