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1950 England 2 Chile 0Goals from Wilf Mannion and Stan Mortensen helped England secure a comfortable victory over Chile in Rio, only for them to lose their next two matches against Spain and the USA before heading home early. 1954 England 4 Belgium 4The match against Belgium in Basel ended in a thrilling draw after extra time. Two goals each for Nat Lofthouse and Ivor Broadis set the tone but…

Will they need a visa?Ordinarily, visitors to Russia from the UK would but football fans who have official tickets for the match won't need one as they will beissued with a fan ID which takes 72 hours to process and should be carried at all times. The Fan ID will expire on 25 July. Visitors will not be able to leave Russia if their Fan ID has expired and they could be made to pay a fine, attend…

The Russia World Cup 2018 is now two weeks away and with the excitement building, you can start planning your summer months of football viewing. Last December's draw put England in Group G with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama and all three of the games have been scheduled at times which will please office workers country-wide. England fans are so underwhelmed with any chance of making it to the…

With all the action kicking off on the BBC & ITV in just over three weeks time, heres a quick giude to every team competing in the World Cup!   Group A RussiaThe biggest talking point has been the exclusion of Igor Denisov, who is arguably Russia’s best defensive midfielder but fell out with manager Stanislav Cherchesov at Dynamo Moscow. Cherchesov became the manager after…

The happy couple will be wed the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday 19th May at 12:00 BST in St George's Chapel before travelling through Windsor in an Ascot Landau carriage. The carriage will leave Castle Hill and travel through Windsor along a route including High Street, Sheet Street, Kings Road, Albert Road and then proceed up the Long Walk all the way back to St George's Hall by…

      Chelsea v Man Utd Emirates FA Cup Final Live on BBC One 5.15pm, Saturday 19 May at Wembley Stadium Winning club to receive £1.8m     Both the BBC and BT Sport will be showing the FA Cup final live. You will be able to watch the game on the BBC iPlayer, or stream it through BT Sport Player if you have an account with them. Watch all of the action from wherever…

    The BBC has announced its presenting line-up for the TV broadcast of the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday 19 May. BBC One live coverage presenters confirmed as Kirsty Young, Huw Edwards, Dermot O'Leary, Tina Daheley, Alex Jones, Ore Oduba and Anita Rani Kicking off the weekend will be live Friday night look-ahead show The Royal Wedding: They’re…

    Eurovision Grand Final LIVE May 12th 20.00 BBC One and iPlayer    Love it or loathe it you have to concede that the Eurovision Song Contest is the greatest all-singing all-dancing all douze point-ing extravaganza on our TV screens, so it’s little wonder viewers tune in in their millions to watch year after year.   The 2018 Song Contest will be no different so…

    Our good friends at Expat Living Magazine have published their Spring 2018 edition. It is by far the best online resource for all the latest news, tips and information on expat life. The Spring edition discusses the continuing attraction of Australia as an expat destination, and looks at the range of visas available to those travelling there to study, work and live.  They…

        Following on from our recent blog post regarding free or paid VPN it has been announced the the free VPN included in the Opera browser is to be withdrawn.   It's been nearly two years since Opera launched a free VPN built into its browser. The key thing about Opera VPN was that it was free, with the company promising it would remain free for all Opera users…