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Ole eat your heart out. Romelu Lukaku equals Ronaldo’s goalscoring record to continue fine Inter Milan form Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Inter Milan came from behind to beat Bologna 2-1. The Belgian striker became the first player to score nine or more goals in their first eleven Serie A games for Inter since Ronaldo in the 1997/98 season. Lukaku converted a penalty in stoppage-time as Inter moved back to the top of the table, albeit briefly as Juventus won the Derby Della Mole against Torino. Inter are the only side in Europe’s big five leagues to have won every game they have played away from home so far this season. Antonio Conte named a young Inter side for the trip to Bologna The Italian giants trailed 15 minutes from time, but Lukaku scrambled the ball home from a corner to level. And when strike partner Lautaro Martinez won a penalty in time added on, the former Manchester United man stepped up to slot home from 12 yards and secure a ninth win in eleven games. Lukaku has begun the season in fine fettle after struggling for form and fitness at Old Trafford last year. Ronaldo was named Serie A Footballer of the Year in 1998 and finished the season in question with 25 league goals. Inter Milan visit Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/romelu-lukaku-equals-ronaldos-goalscoring-record-to-continue-fine-inter-milan-form/ar-AAJLky7?ocid=chromentp

Leicester City: Fan who won 5,000-1 title bet backs Foxes again A fan whose bet netted him £20,000 when Leicester City won the Premier League as 5,000-1 outsiders has backed them to win the title again this season. But this time Leigh Herbert had to make do with "measly" odds of 300-1 on the Foxes to repeat their fairytale triumph of three years ago. Herbert, 41, believes the current squad - currently fourth in the table - is at least as good as the one that triumphed in 2016. "Liverpool or Man City might prove to be too strong for us, but you never know," carpenter Herbert told BBC Sport. "There's definitely the same kind of buzz around Leicester." Leicester needs to win at Crystal Palace to stay within eight points of leaders Liverpool. Herbert, who went to his first Foxes game aged 10, says the last few years have been "an incredible rollercoaster". Leicester finished 14th in their first season back in the top flight in 2015 and then won the league under Claudio Ranieri the following year. Ranieri left after a poor start to the next campaign and was followed by Craig Shakespeare and Claude Puel before Brendan Rodgers' arrival in February heralded a revival. Last month, the Foxes stormed to a record 9-0 away win at Southampton in the week they marked the anniversary of the death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash. "It's been an absolute rollercoaster of emotions over the last few years. There have been some massive ups and the lowest downs," said Herbert. "Vichai came in and had a vision for the football club, and did so much for the city through charity work. What happened last year was absolutely devastating." 'Leicester fans are loving the team' Four years ago, Herbert put a fiver on the Foxes at 5,000-1 in pre-season after a few drinks on holiday in Newquay, Cornwall. He cashed out some of the wager but collected the rest. "I was going to put a deposit on a house but in the end, it became quite stressful waiting to see what would happen, so we decided to just enjoy it," he said. "I bought my missus a car and went on a big holiday." Before this season started he placed £30 in bets on Leicester - £10 at both 300-1 and 250-1 to win the league, and another tenner on them finishing in the top four and top six. "I'd probably get about £7,500 if they finished top, but as a Leicester fan - even if I hadn't had a penny on it - I would be just as happy that we'd won the Premier League," he said. "Leicester fans are loving the team under Brendan Rodgers. We lost some key players since winning the title but have made some unbelievable signings." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50251469

Ciudad Perdida is the archaeological site of an ancient city in Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It is believed to have been founded about 800 CE, some 650 years earlier than Machu Picchu. This location is also known as "Teyuna" and "Buritaca".

Bloody pissing down here and cold but I love the cold, the wife is moaning she is freezing but I said "For god's sake women you have the central heating on full blast, what more do you want...snuggle into me if you want and I will warm you up..." typical reply "No thanks"...sigh

Minoan treasures found on Libyan Sea island: experts Archaeologists in Greece have located a "major treasure" of Minoan origin in a Bronze Age settlement on a small island in the Libyan Sea, the culture ministry said Friday. A team excavating on the tiny island of Chrysi south of Crete for over a decade have unearthed a 3,800-year-old Bronze Age compound containing gold jewels, glass beads and the remains of bronze talents, the common unit of value of ancient Greece. Some of the beads are of Egyptian origin, the culture ministry said in a statement. The archaeologists also found ancient fish tanks and large amounts of porphyry -- a prized purple pigment of the ancient world derived from sea snails, and later the colour exclusively reserved for Roman emperors. "The amount of broken shells found...show a very early Mediterranean production of porphyry dye," the culture ministry said. The cache "constitutes one of the most important (Minoan treasures) ever found in Crete until now," it added. The Minoan civilisation, a naval superpower of the Bronze Age era, flourished on Crete and other Aegean islands until about 1500 BCE. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/minoan-treasures-found-on-libyan-sea-island-experts/ar-AAJIZj7

Boat trapped for 101 years near the edge of Niagara Falls moves after Halloween night storm A boat that has been grounded in shallow rapids near Niagara Falls since 1918 became dislodged on Halloween night and moved downriver about 150 feet. The development was reported by Niagara Parks, an agency of the government of Ontario, Canada, in a video posted to social media on Friday. At the time, the boat was again grounded in a new location. The agency says the boat, an iron dumping scow, became stuck after an incident on August 6, 1918, where the barge broke loose from a tugboat. Two men were rescued in a joint effort between the U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities. The men opened dumping doors in the bottom of the barge in a successful attempt to slow the boat from being carried away by the current, the agency says. Since then, the boat has been remained about one-third of a mile from the edge of the Horseshoe Falls and about one-tenth of a mile from Canadian shores, according to the agency. That is, until the night of Halloween, 2019. Overnight severe weather and heavy currents resulted in the boat being "turned and twisted," according to Jim Hill, Senior Manager of Heritage for Niagara Parks Commission. He said the boat had also flipped on its side. “We think it’s about 50 meters downriver from its original location," he said. The boat had been deteriorating badly, he said. The commission extensively documented it last year to mark the 100th anniversary of the rescue and grounding of the scow. As for how long the boat will remain in its new location: “It’s anyone’s guess,” Hill said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/boat-trapped-for-101-years-near-edge-of-niagara-falls-moves-after-halloween-night-storm/ar-AAJLa6T?li=AAnZ9Ug

Sounds like he is listening too much to his agent as per normal, his agent is more than likely pumping his games telling him he is the next Maradona.

The agent for 19-year-old Dutch winger Tahith Chong has warned Manchester United they will consider offers from elsewhere if the club does not present suitable contract terms before his current deal expires next summer. (Manchester Evening News)

@Stan@Dan, your thoughts? It's early days yet but Rogers worked well with Celtic and he does have that Scottish title and cup success in his blood and he would like more I reckon, plain Alex Ferguson arrived at OT and also had success in Scotland with Aberdeen and then at United, could Rogers do the same? Leicester City: Are Rodgers' side better than Ranieri's title winners? Leicester near the top of the Premier League table. Where have we heard that one before? Brendan Rodgers' Foxes have had a flying start to the season - sitting third after 10 games - and it is bringing back memories of their famous title-winning season under Claudio Ranieri in 2015-16. By most metrics, they are better now than they were at the same stage that season. So how do the two teams compare? And could Leicester actually challenge for this year's title? A better start than their title-winning season FULL REPORT

Early morning hangover.

Hidden 4,000-year-old monument discovered in Forest of Dean VIDEO A 4,000-year-old ritual monument has been discovered hidden in the Forest of Dean. The Bronze Age ring cairn is made up of ten small standing stones on top of a raised bank in a woodland enclosure near Tidenham in Gloucestershire. It is believed to be the only site of its type in the area, according to Jon Hoyle, an archaeologist working for the county council. He first spotted the ring when examining the results of a survey of the forest using an airborne laser scan in 2006. The technique uses a computer algorithm to strip away the trees and vegetation covering the forest floor to create a 3D impression of the surface. It revealed a 25-metre-wide raised circle around a seven-metre-wide central mound, which Mr Hoyle initially thought may have been a gun emplacement from World War Two. However, when he went to see the area for himself in 2010, he realised it could date back to around 2,000BC. The circular mound was first spotted using a laser scan of woodland near Tidenham (Forestry Commission/ Gloucestershire County Council) Of particular interest were the one-metre-high standing stones protruding from the ring, consistent with early or middle Bronze Age ring cairns found in Wales. “Nobody knows precisely what they were used for,” Mr Hoyle told the BBC. “Some have been found in association with burials, and often there appear to be residues of charcoal in places like this, suggesting rituals that involved fire.” The same survey also uncovered more than 100 possible burial mounds which have not yet been properly investigated. Another Bronze Age monument, a round cairn burial mound made up of limestone slabs, was found in nearby Tidenham Chase in the 1960s. Mr Hoyle published details of his discovery in a book for Historic England, Hidden Landscapes of the Forest of Dean, last month. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/hidden-4000-year-old-monument-discovered-in-forest-of-dean/ar-AAJCZnh?ocid=chromentp

Hoard of golden treasure stumbled upon by metal detectorist revealed to be most important Anglo-Saxon find in history Britain’s most spectacular Anglo-Saxon treasures may well have been captured on a series of Dark Age battlefields – during bitter conflicts between rival English kingdoms. Archaeologists, who have just completed a major study of the finds, now believe that they were captured in several big mid-seventh century battles. It is likely that the treasures, now known as the Staffordshire Hoard, were seized (in perhaps between three and six substantial military encounters) by the English midlands kingdom of Mercia from the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia and possibly Wessex. FULL REPORT

Juventus are watching Manchester United's Netherlands Under-21 winger Tahith Chong, who is out of contract at Old Trafford next summer. (Mail) Roma wants to complete the permanent signing of United's 29-year-old England defender Chris Smalling, who is on loan at the Serie A side this season, for £18m. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian) Inter Milan are monitoring Parma's Italian right-back Matteo Darmian, 29. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian) Two Italian senators have said they will bring forward a political debate to reassure fans of Serie A's "impartiality" following two controversial penalty decisions in games involving Napoli and Juventus. (ESPN)

I can just imagine you showing a photo of yourself @MUFC

'Alarming' loss of insects and spiders recorded Insects and spiders are declining in forests and grasslands across Germany, according to new research. Scientists have described the findings as "alarming", saying the losses are driven by intensive agriculture. They are calling for a "paradigm shift" in land-use policy to preserve habitat for the likes of butterflies, bugs and flying insects Recent studies have reported widespread declines in insect populations around the world. The latest analysis, published in the journal, Nature, confirms that some insect species are being pushed down the path to extinction. It is becoming clearer and clearer that the drivers of insect decline are related to farming practices, said Dr Sebastian Seibold of the Technical University of Munich in Freising, Germany. "Our study confirms that insect decline is real - it might be even more widespread than previously thought considering, for example, that also forests are experiencing declines in insect populations," he told BBC News. "I think it's alarming to see that such a decline happens not only in intensively-managed areas but also in protected areas - so the sites that we think are safeguarding our biodiversity are not really working anymore." The research team recorded data on more than a million individual insects and spiders (2,700 different species) at hundreds of grassland and forest sites in three regions of Germany between 2008 and 2017. They found that a marked decline in abundance and the number of species in both grasslands and forests, with the main drivers (at least for grasslands) associated with intensive agriculture. Many other studies in recent years have shown that individual species of insects, such as bees, have suffered huge declines, particularly in developed economies. However, some insect species, such as houseflies and cockroaches, appear to be on the up. Insect decline may see 'plague of pests' Alarm over decline in flying insects Pesticides put bees at risk, says watchdog The general insect decline is linked to intensive agriculture, pesticides and climate change. The loss of insects has far-reaching consequences for entire ecosystems. Insects provide a food source for many birds, amphibians, bats and reptiles, while plants rely on insects for pollination. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50226367

Wreck of an 18th-century ship that sank 'in dubious circumstances' discovered after a 40-year search Divers in Norway have discovered the wreck of an 18th-century Dutch merchant ship that has eluded searchers for decades. Members of the Sogne Diving Club in southern Norway found the undisturbed wreck of the Juffrau Elisabeth, according to a statement released by Norway’s Directorate for Cultural Heritage on Oct. 25. "This discovery is important because no one has been robbing this wreck for items," Karl Klungland, head of the Sogne Diving Club told Fox News, via email, noting that the ship's artefacts are still on the seabed. The diving club hopes that some objects can be recovered from the wreck site and exhibited in a local museum. "We are also hoping that remaining objects can be kept at sea bottom so that other divers can get the same feeling as we got when we discovered this untouched wreck," Klungland added. The ship sank on March 21, 1760, off the Sogne archipelago. “The vessel sank under dubious circumstances and the Dutch Captain Pitter Eelkesh later received criticism during the inquiry,” said Norway’s Directorate for Cultural Heritage in the statement. With all of her sails up, Juffrau Elisabeth struck several skerries, or small rocky islands, according to the Directorate. “The recent discovery is significant, and it will be an incredible source of information for scientists,” it added. “There are very few preserved shipwrecks from this period in Norway.” Hanna Geiran, director-general of the directorate, described the discovery as an “incredible find” in the statement. The Directorate said that Sogne Diving Club will receive “a record-breaking finder’s reward” for discovering the shipwreck. NRK reports that the Sogne Diving Club has been searching for the wreck of the Juffrau Elisabeth for 40 years. The wreck was found on March 10, 2019, according to NRK. Klungland told Fox News that the diving club was founded in 1979. Divers who subsequently became members of the club were already searching for the wreck at that time, he explained. The Norwegian Maritime Museum will now document the wreck site. Photogrammetry will be used to create a 3D-model of the wreck and an underwater drone will take photos of the wreck. Some artefacts will also be retrieved from the ship’s final resting place, according to officials. In a separate project, experts have harnessed virtual reality to create a stunning virtual dive of a 17th-century shipwreck. The Dutch merchant ship Melckmeyt or “Milkmaid” was wrecked off a remote Icelandic island on Oct. 16, 1659. The ship was on a secret trading mission when it sank during a sudden storm. Digital archaeology specialists from Australia’s Flinders University have worked with maritime archaeologists at the University of Iceland to create a 360-degree virtual view of the wreck, which was discovered in 1992. Earlier this year, archaeologists in South Africa announced the discovery of the long-lost wreck of a Dutch merchant ship that played a crucial role in the country’s colonial history. The Dutch East India Company vessel “Haarlem,” or “Nieuw Haarlem,” became stranded in Table Bay on the evening of March 25, 1647. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/wreck-of-18th-century-ship-that-sank-in-dubious-circumstances-discovered-after-40-year-search/ar-AAJzNg6

Revealed: The final journey of the 5,300-year-old iceman The corpse was found in the Alps The final journey of a mountaineer has been charted more than 5,000 years after he died in the Alps. Hikers found the mummified remains of a man now known as Otzi back in 1991, with his corpse having melted out from the ice some 3,210m above sea level. Almost 30 years on from the discovery, the last trek of the 5,300-year-old body has been revealed by plants that were frozen with him at the time of his death. Researchers have identified preserved moss and liverwort fragments in his gut and clothing which represent at least 75 different species - only 30% of which appear to be local to the area. The remaining 70% have helped scientists come to the conclusion that Otzi, who was about 45 when he died, found his way up the mountain via the lower Schnalstal valley in modern South Tyrol, Italy. The key find was a woodland species called Flat Neckera, which along with other mosses was found to be as "near proof as it is possible" to show the Copper Age iceman climbed from south to north up Schnalstal. Clothing and gear was found alongside the remains Until now it was thought possible that he may have ascended other adjacent valleys. Jim Dickson, of the University of Glasgow's Institute of Biodiversity, said the mosses were "recovered as mostly small scraps from the ice" around Otzi. He said they were "important investigative clues" that proved crucial in mapping "the precise route" of his last trek. Gallery: What the World Was Like a Million Years Ago (24/7 Tempo) SLIDES - 1/34 Schnalstal is now a popular skiing location and several of the identified moss types still thrive there. Otzi himself is housed in a specially designed cold cell in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, which has simulated glacier conditions to preserve his remains since he arrived in 1998. When he was alive, Otzi was about 5ft 2in, is believed to have weighed 50kg, and had dark, medium-length hair with brown eyes and a beard. His estimated age of 45 was considered healthy for the time. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/revealed-the-final-journey-of-the-5300-year-old-iceman/ar-AAJBIVx#image=2

Juventus sent scouts to Anfield on Sunday to watch Liverpool's Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, Tottenham Hotspurs' South Korea forward Son Heung-min, 27, and Spurs' Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen, all 27. (Tuttosport - in Italian)

Great Orme copper mine 'traded widely in Bronze Age' North Wales was Britain's main source of copper for about 200 years during the Bronze Age, new research has found. Scientists analysed metal from the Great Orme, Conwy, and found it was made into tools and weapons, and traded across what is today's Europe. Historians once thought the Orme's copper mine - now a museum - had been a small-scale operation. Experts now believe there was a bonanza from 1600-1400 BC, with artefacts found in Sweden, France and Germany. The research, by scientists from the University of Liverpool, involved sampling copper ore from the old mine and a nearby smelting site. It allowed experts like Dr Alan Williams, the geoarchaeologist who co-wrote the study published in the journal Antiquity, to create a "fingerprint" of the metal-based on chemical impurities and isotopic properties. New reptile species identified from quarry fossil Big roundhouse uncovered at Iron Age hillfort dig Crop marks reveal 200 new ancient sites "Remarkably, this metal is also found in bronze artefacts across Europe stretching from Brittany to the Baltic," he said. Geological estimates suggest "several hundred tonnes of copper metal was produced, enough to produce thousands of bronze tools or weapons every year, equivalent to at least half a million objects in the 200-year bonanza period". "This very extensive distribution suggests a large-scale mining operation [in Bronze Age terms], with a full-time mining community," he said. Today, the copper mine is open to tourists after being uncovered in 1987 during landscaping on the Great Orme, itself a popular attraction. It is now regarded as one of the largest prehistoric copper mines in the world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50213846

I like that Captain Buzz Woodward the cartoon prick.

Because Fergie ruled the roost then. As @Dr. Gonzo said they have a prick named Woody Woodpecker there that they seem to think the sun shines out of the back of his arse.

True but whoever comes in if the Glazers go might help...I hope.