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Muay Thai Returns to Crystal Palace with Explosive Lineup
On Saturday 19th October, the Muay Thai Grand Prix returned to Crystal Palace with a spectacle of a show, including an array of world-class fighters. The 90th MTGP Fight Night featured an exceptional card, with several world titles up for grabs
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Frights & Fundraising: Halloween combating cancer.
The spooky festivities have been started early this year in Coulsdon, with mysterious monsters and a night time letter hunt leading people through the haunted forests all to collect money for a good cause. On the 27th of October a yearly
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Come and run - Fulham Palace Park Run
Are you keen to get into running, but don’t know where to start? Well, come along to Bishop’s Park in Fulham at 9am any Saturday morning for a great taster to show you that endorphins do really work! Park Run is a great initiative. All around the
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Balahari - The Youth God of Chess
Meet Balahari, a 15-year-old chess prodigy who has achieved amazing feats in the field of chess but is still the embodiment of humility. Chess is like life – and chess is life. You might wonder why I say that, as it is a mere sport
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Get ready England: the Northern Lights are here!
The Northern Lights have always fascinated me. As a child, I’d heard about them from one of my friends who’d been on a holiday to Finland. I'd read about them in books, and I’d seen pictures of them on the internet. It felt a bit magical - ethereal
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United through adversity. How disaster shapes the heart of one club
22nd of September. AFC Wimbledon. Sinkhole. One month on. 100,000 litres of water gone. 2 home games later - Vs Carlisle 4-0 - Vs Morecambe 3-0 Cherry Red Records stadium is a gem, basking in the Autumn sunshine. Quite
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How does London, and the wider world, benefit from the Tennis Championships?
What are the Championships? Most people are aware of the prestigious tennis championships, which are held over two weeks in June and July and are screened all over the world. The Championships, the only major competition still played on grass,
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The Rise and Rise of Train Ticket Prices in London.
The train ticket prices of Britain has continued to increase consistently, why is it and what impacts does it have? How much are train ticket prices increasing by? Train ticket prices had increased by roughly 5% across Britain in 2024 in both
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Wimbledon's Hidden Gem
Worldwide Coffee Chains There are many world-famous coffee chains such as Starbucks, having 38,038 stores worldwide in 2023, and Costa Coffee available in 28 different countries as of January 2022. The coffee industry contributes £17.7 billion
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The Rise of the Far Right
In Austria’s election in September of 2024 the far right FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria), which was founded in 1956 by a former Nazi, is now led by Herbert Kickl, came first winning 28.8% of the votes. The FPÖ is known for strong anti-immigration
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German Car Day at Brooklands 2024
On the 29th of September 2024, I visited Brooklands, as it was German Car Day there, also the tickets included that you can explore the museum, while you are there. When I arrived, I was flabbergasted by the number of German Exotica cars on display
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The NHS: What Went Wrong
The NHS has been a beacon of national pride since it was founded in 1948, however, recently it has been failing. During Covid 19 people across the UK clapped for the NHS every weekend and in the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony actors dressed
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Why the F1 2025 season could be one of the best seasons yet!
Why is the F1 2025 season going to be the best season yet? With the 2024 F1 season coming to an end, what can we be looking forward to in 2025? There has been one major driver change confirmed for 2025, with Lewis Hamilton announcing his shock
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E-Petitions: Success or Failure?
On Monday 20 July 2015, the first Petitions Committee was established in the UK and on the following day, the site ‘petition.parliament.uk’ went up. Since then, e-petitions have been used numerous times to communicate to the government the public