Thanks to a tweet from Andrew Samson, the scorer for Test Match Special, I can reveal that more runs have been scored for England by players born on 25 December than by players born on any other day. The Christmas-born England players are Alastair Cook, Marcus Trescothick, Simon Jones, Walter Lees and Tich Cornford. (I hadn't heard of the last two either.) In a close second place is the 24 November contingent, led by Ken Barrington, Ian Botham, Herbert Sutcliffe and Fred Titmus. Want to hear Alastair Cook singing a Christmas carol?

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Christmas is upon us – where did the year go? Before we find ourselves welcoming in 2019 it is time for the latest update from your ward councillors. WARD NEWS Elles House Crossing In response to requests by residents your ward councillors have been working on getting a safer crossing point from Elles House [...]

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My tweets

Mon, 15:56: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) https://t.co/VN76EfZaeb Mon, 17:11: RT @urbanthoughts11: This is the Shanghai-Beijing train going at 350 km/h As @yfreemark said: "The distance between NYC and Chicago is al... Mon, 18:19: RT @EU_Commission: Together, we ...made 🕊 ...tore down 🚧 ...aimed for the 🌟 ...explored the frontier of 🧠 ...connected more and more 👱‍♂️👩... Mon, 19:07: Monday reading https://t.co/8OAmVxDpUG Mon, 20:22: Both have had their high and low points. I am voting for Ben Aaronovitch. https://t.co/TE5JmuOiGU... https://t.co/5eaCdlrGiO Mon, 22:17: RT @Caerlynydd: @mrjamesob When the Daily Mail et al trot out the Blitz spirit and Battle of ...

The crowds that came together at short notice time after time to campaign for Calderstones Park is just one example of the way that our Liverpool community instinctively comes together when the need is there So, it's now Christmas Day ... Continue reading →

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I did something tonight that I haven't done before; I walked two kilometers through the woods to the ancient chapel of Our Lady of Steenbergen for Midnight Mass. (I'd been there for Midnight Mass once before, but that time I drove.) It's a rather nice ornate Baroque building, dating from 1652, replacing a structure built in 1606 near a much more ancient holy well (which supposedly confers good fortune in romance to those who drink from it). A group of concerned local citizens (or, in ancient terms, a confraternity) is responsible for keeping it all going, with support from the ...

 

We hope that wherever you are, whatever you are doing, you are healthy and happy. We are also thinking of those who have neither. This time of year without someone you love is pretty grim, especially if it is the first time you've been on that particular emotional rollercoaster. We'll be taking a couple of days off to get some well-earned rest. See you later in the week. * Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings

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