The Far Corner: A Mazy Dribble through North-East Football by Harry Pearson Published by Little, Brown and Company October 1994 ISBN: 978-0-316-91189-4 Harry Pearson is a Billy Bragg lookalike and Guardian journalist with the misfortune to have been born in a village near Middlesbrough called Great Ayrton, whose most well-known son is the explorer Captain James Cook.

Hillsborough petition reaches 100,000 signatures

Campaign to open files on Margaret Thatcher's discussions about the 1989 tragedy was boosted by high-profile names A petition calling for the release of cabinet documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster has reached the 100,000 names it needs to be considered for a Commons debate.

Hillsborough petition hits enough signatures to trigger Commons debate

• Joey Barton led Twitter campaign to encourage names • Backbenchers must consider allotting time for debate An online petition calling for ministers to release cabinet papers about the Hillsborough disaster has reached over 100,000 signatures – enough to trigger a debate in parliament.

Billy Bragg releases ‘Never Buy The Sun' as a free download

Billy Bragg has written, rehearsed, recorded and released a single in the space of a few days and it's now available as a free download. The song is called "Never buy The Sun" and was written in the midst of the current scandal at tabloid and its sister tabloid, the now closed-down News of the

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Striking A Chord: On Spurs, Modric and the line is a post from: Just Football

I wrestled with my conscience on June 30th. Despite my writing pretensions, my profession is that of an educator and I took the decision to not join my colleagues in taking industrial action against an unfair policy by a government determined to destroy any last vestiges of communal brotherhood left in this country.