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Leeds United 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 match report: Injury time winner from debutant Luke Murphy hands home side opening day victory over Seagulls
Sunday 04 August 2013
Disputed winner ruins Brighton's day as Leeds begin life after Bates with three points
Reading 2 Ipswich Town 1 match report: Royals show their 'bouncebackability' as Danny Guthrie strike seals win
Sunday 04 August 2013
Bouncebackability: a word coined by Iain Dowie when Crystal Palace manager in 2004 and six syllables that are drummed into every team after they have tumbled out of the Premier League. Do not sulk, do not feel sorry for yourselves, do not simply fade away in the Championship. Get back there... and straight away.
Reading 2 Ipswich 1 match report: Danny Guthrie gives Royals comeback win after Jay Tabb opener
Saturday 03 August 2013
Cole Skuse own goal had levelled things up before Guthrie's 74th minute winner
Bournemouth 2 Charlton 1 match report: Lewis Grabban double sinks 10-man Addicts
Saturday 03 August 2013
Bradley Pritchard sent off late on after Grabban scored either side of Yann Kermorgant stunner
The Championship kick-off: Can Harry Redknapp stop QPR going way of Wolverhampton Wanderers?
Friday 02 August 2013
Manager is old hand at this level but this is football's most unpredictable league
League Two 2013/14 preview: Fleetwood, Chesterfield, Cheltenham? Or maybe Portsmouth can finally change their fortunes...
Friday 02 August 2013
A brief look at this season's SkyBet League Two which gets underway on Saturday
QPR delighted to have signed 'out-and-out goalscorer' Charlie Austin from Burnley
Friday 02 August 2013
Harry Redknapp expects striker to raise his game at Loftus Road
Royal baby: From childcare to schools - what next for the Prince of Cambridge?
Monday 22 July 2013
While all eyes are on the labour ward of Queen Mary’s hospital, there are plenty of other details of the royal baby’s life – from childcare to schooling – to be considered.
We own the royal baby - perhaps that's why he/she doesn't want to come out yet
Thursday 18 July 2013
It is a curious phenomenon, that those who purport to love the Royals wilfully inflict so much misery upon them
Abu Qatada will be a free man in Jordan soon, his family predict
Monday 08 July 2013
On the streets of Amman where Britain’s Public Enemy No 1 grew up, Fernande van Tets discovers a very different view of him
Liam Rosenior signs two-year extension at promoted Hull
Thursday 27 June 2013
Liam Rosenior has committed his future to Hull by signing a new two-year contract with the Barclays Premier League club.
Cardiff agree deal to sign Andreas Cornelius from FC Copenhagen
Thursday 27 June 2013
Striker set to join for an undisclosed fee upon completion of a medical
Iron, Steam & Money: The Making of the Industrial Revolution, By Roger Osborne
Friday 21 June 2013
An inspirational history of the Industrial Revolution and its vanishing legacy.
Championship fixture list unveiled: QPR begin at home against Sheffield Wednesday
Wednesday 19 June 2013
The Hoops are looking to bounce back to the Premier League at the first attempt
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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