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What rumour is that?

Seriously, did they think the rest of the world would just accept these new tariffs without retaliation? Big cry-babies!

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There! Fixed it! So now Nadal is tied with Margaret Court for most singles titles in one of the four majors. Court won 11 titles in Australia.

Three-time Wimbledon champion (1959, 1960, 1964) and four-time US champion (1959, 1963, 1964, 1966) Maria Bueno from Brazil has died, 78 years old. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44422258

Is this what the world has come to? A 17-year old girl being told to "flash a bit of flesh"! Yes, I know there's been an apology since then, but can people please stop and think before writing stuff like that! https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44412405

So it's Nadal vs Thiem for the Men's Title. I'm not holding out much hope, but it would be absolutely delightful if Thiem were to win and finally put an end to the endless row of victories for Nadal in Paris. It's becoming quite tedious.

If I could believe that they would make the subject justice then I would be more intrigued. Hopefully they will prove me wrong. In their favour they have tackled difficult subjects before, so who knows.....

Maria Sharapova couldn't profit from the rest she got after Serena pulled out. She was annihilated today by Garbiñe Muguruza, 2-6, 1-6 https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/44386877

Complaints about Gerry's murder on Emmerdale has been rejected by Ofcom https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44359394

^^ I love that quote: Today, you can get the attention, endorsements and compensation of a legend, without ever actually being one. That is so true, and it doesn't apply only to tennis....

Very much yes to that! I really shouldn't be laughing, but it's a perfect description of why Cain's actions were those of a massive hypocrite. He would have done exactly what Ross did if he had been in his shoes.

^^ I can't believe that the Hotten bypass crash won. It's not even the greatest moment for Emmerdale the past 20 years.....

Emmerdale won two awards at the British Soap Awards last night: Best young actor: Isobel Steele (Liv Flaherty) Greatest moment: Hotten bypass crash (2016) I don't really understand the Greatest moment category. Surely it can't be greatest moment in soap history since all the nominated moments were post-2000. Maybe it was greatest soap moment of the 2000s. But even that seems wrong since there must be bigger moments than the ones nominated..... ETA: Ok, so I just read that the category was for Greatest moment during the 20 years that the British Soap Awards have existed..... All the winners can be found here: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2018-06-02/british-soap-awards-2018-winners-in-full/

^^ You're absolutely right. The Sugdens will never again be featured prominently on this show. It's sad but it's a fact that we all have to face. It shouldn't be hard at all to come up with stories for Victoria and/or Robert. Both of them have been through enough turmoil over the years to provide stories for years. But for some inexplicable reason no writer or producer seem to be interested in giving them that kind of attention. Especially Victoria has been sidelined for years and years, when she should be a centerpiece on the show. On to the current show: I know I shouldn't have been, but I was still surprised over Cain's behaviour towards Ross. He's pure and utter filth, just like his demon seed Debbie. They're both loathsome creatures and the mere sight of them is making me sick. I now wish that Joe had never come back instead of this. I feared it would end this way with him another victim of the Debbie Dingle curse. If the little psycho Lachlan could bump off Cain and/or Debbie before his inevitable downfall then I would forgive him everything!

I think it's frightening. It's a perfect demonstration of how the nazis were able to fool so many for so long before WWII.

I'm pleasantly surprised that ABC was so quick with their response. After everything that's happened since Trump moved into the White House and the direction society in general seems to have taken I have to admit I wasn't completely sure they would actually cancel her show. For once sanity and decency got the upper hand.

Whether Isobel Steele is a strong actor doesn't really matter to me. What does matter however is that Liv, a very recent character, gets story after story while legacy character Victoria Sugden languishes in the background. Same with Belle, she gets story after story after story. But at least she's more of a core character than Liv. Liv's alcoholism story for instance could easily have been given to Victoria. After everything she's been through in her life it wouldn't have been at all unthinkable for her to turn to alcohol after she suffered yet another blow when Adam left the village. But no, let's give another story to Liv instead. I have no proof of course that her being related to a Dingle is the reason for that, but that's my belief. And the Dingle's may not be as dominating as they have been, but they still get the major storylines on the show. If not all then at least the vast majority of the big stories on the show the last decade or so have involved a Dingle, usually Cain, Charity, Debbie or Aaron.