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Five talking points from round two of Six Nations
The second weekend of the Six Nations brings redemption for Scotland, another blistering display from France and a threat for Ireland.
USA:s Matthew Tkachuk hånade tyske stjärnan Leon Draisaitl: ”Alltid brudtärna – aldrig brud”
Om Sverige når kvartsfinal ställs de mot USA. Matthew Tkachuk visade vad som väntar redan i den sista gruppspelsmatchen då han konstant retade gallfeber på Tysklands stjärna Leon Draisaitl. – Du är alltid brudtärnan, aldrig bruden, hörs han ropa i ett klipp som fått stor spridning.
Saga of the Silkmen: calm before the storm in Macclesfield as Brentford await
After Macclesfield’s FA Cup giantkilling, the quiet Cheshire town remains suitably unassuming in the spotlight after years of heartbreak
Along the passenger bridge at Macclesfield railway station, a frieze celebrates the town’s history. Towards the far platform it reads “1874, Macclesfield Town established”. The next entry is “1979, Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures released”. Local humour has it that for 105 years nothing happened in Macclesfield. “Macc’s Macc,” say those who know of a place where change is for ever slow, many Maxonians happy enough with that.
The town, in the east of Cheshire, a gateway to England’s north-west, is a classic northern mill town, though silk was the product not cotton. It once would have been described as a bustling market town until falling victim to the nationwide death of the high street, its Marks & Spencer branch boarded up in disuse and footfall low. That said, the outdoor Treacle Market, selling artisan foods and trinkets, held on the last Sunday of each month, claims to be the region’s “biggest monthly event”.
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