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SWFC COVID-19 APPEAL Last week Sheffield Wednesday announced the launch of their official COVID-19 donation page.

With football suspended because of the pandemic, the implications and ripples have been widespread and at

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And the Owls fanbase have followed our lead and boosted the pot by over £2,500!

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The Owls extend a big thank you to everyone who has got involved so far!

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WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Smash hit show What’s Love Got To Do With It? has rescheduled its Sheffield date to Wednesday, December 16.

Box office staff at the City Hall are contacting ticket holders so they can transfer their tickets to the new date.

A spokesman for What’s Love Got To Do With It? said: “As everyone is aware, due to Government advice theatres and venues across the UK have had to take the decision to close.

This inevitably affects our shows and therefore What’s Love Got To Do With It? has had to be rescheduled.

“We apologise for any inconvenience this

causes and we hope you can join us on the rescheduled date.”

Launched in 2019, the show has sold out theatres in towns and cities across the UK. Now, What’s Love Got To Do With It? is set to wow fans when it comes to Sheffield City Hall later this year.

Tickets are on sale now from www.cuffeandtaylor.com What’s Love Got To Do With It? is a joyous show celebrating the music and 60-year career of the incredible rock and soul legend that is Tina Turner.

Brought to you by the award-winning producers behind the hugely successful Whitney Queen Of The Night, What’s Love Got To Do With It? is the ultimate tribute concert paying homage to one of the most iconic and much loved musical artists of the 20th Century.

Weekly Wit With...

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I warned my daughter about using her whistle inside and gave her one last chance.

Unfortunately, she blew it.

After all these years, my wife still thinks I’m sexy.

Every time I walk by she says: “What an ass!”

All of my friends have such expansive bucket lists.

But mine is a little pail in comparison.

My son Luke loves that we named our children after Star Wars characters.

My daughter Chewbacca not so much.

I was out with my young daughter and ran into a friend I’d not seen in years. “This is Beth.” I said, introducing my kid. “And what’s Beth short for?” he asked.

“Because she’s only three,” I replied.

People said I’d never get over my obsession with Phil Collins.

But take a look at me now.

Scientists definitively confirmed today that anteaters are incapable of contracting coronavirus.

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Did you hear about the Yacht builder that had to work from home?

His sails went through the roof.

Guess who I bumped into on my way to get my glasses fixed?

Everybody.

My wife said to me: “If you won the lottery, would you still love me?”

I said: “Of course I would. I’d miss you, but I’d still love you.”

THIS WEEK In the News

01/4/1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the “Beer Hall Putsch”. However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes Mein Kampf.

02/4/1912 - The ill fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.

03/4/1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.

04/4/1964 - The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

05/4/1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.

06/4/1199 - King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.

07/4/1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

Born this week...

01/4/1961 – 02/4/1966 – 03/4/1985 – 04/4/1965 – 05/4/1970 – 06/4/1978 – 07/4/1964 –

Susan Boyle Teddy Sheringham Leona Lewis Robert Downey, Jr. Krishnan Guru-Murthy Myleene Klass Russell Crowe

PUB QUIZ 1.

Which novel by Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer prize for fiction in May 1937?

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Whom did António Guterres replace as United Nations Secretary-General in 2017?

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The world’s first jet airliner made its maiden flight from London to Johannesburg in 1952. What model was it?

4.

Which city in South America was founded by the Portugese in March 1565?

5.

The world’s first national park was established in 1862 in which country?

6.

Which British-Italian engineer obtained a patent for radio in London in 1897

7.

In weather, a High pressure system is also known as what? a) Cyclone b) Anticyclone c) Warm Front What was originally created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family, but then restored in the 1990s after it fell into neglect after the first world war?

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The Chukwa is the Hindi version of a legend from many cultures about a giant turtle. What is the turtle’s purpose?

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Im so bored sitting at home that I decided to memorize six pages of the dictionary.

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Looking after your mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 outbreak During this time it’s important to look after others but it’s also important to look after yourself. As we face new changes and challenges everyday it can feel overwhelming and can lead you to feeling anxious.

To help you feel more balanced here is some advice and guidance on how you can look after your mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 outbreak, including some tips on what to do when staying at home for an extended period Get the facts – avoid fake news and speculation by only looking up information from reputable sources such as our website and gov.uk Keep in touch – At times of stress, we work better together. With social isolation encouraged during this time it can be tricky so keep in touch with your friends and family remotely, on social platforms, by phone or using skype. Or you can look at support if you are an older person feeling anxious at Age UK or for general help contact a helpline for emotional support

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Involve children and family – helping others understand the facts by talking about them can help dispel unnecessary worry and fear. It can be helpful to keep informed and educate yourself but try to avoid watching or listening to continual media updates on the virus throughout the day. Constant exposure to repeated information can cause distress.

at www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mindmatters/

Get active for a healthy mind and body – It’s important to remember to take care of your mind as well as your body at this time and to get support if and when you need it. Think about things you can do during your time away from a work environment.

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Urgent Appeal: Corona Virus Food Boxes Age UK Sheffield COVID-19 Food and medication delivery service for older people most at risk.

Age UK Sheffield has launched an urgent campaign to raise £50,000 to ensure older people who are isolated during the coronavirus outbreak receive all the food and medication they need to survive.

Sheffielders are urged to donate whatever they can to the appeal, following the first donation of £10,000, which has come from Westfield Health’s charitable trust.

Age UK Sheffield Chief Executive, Steve Chu, said: “We are already getting reports of older people who are unable to receive their food and medication, and have started some emergency support. But it seems that older people may be asked to stay indoors for weeks or months, and we need to ensure they get the food and medication they need to

survive through this frightening period.

“I am so grateful to Westfield Health for their generosity in getting this campaign under way.

Now I am urging local people to donate whatever they can to help us meet people’s needs over the coming months.”

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Anglers never write about blank sessions do they?

Of all the popular anglers who contribute to the many publications, a dull visit to the bank is never described, yet we all have them, so why not admit it once in a while? Those visits are just as much a part and parcel of fishing as the red letter days…

After hanging up my pike rods last week, I’ve started to think about my spring tench and bream campaign which I enjoy on a Stoke-on-Trent Angling Society estate lake. It’s a tricky water, shallow, silty, full of bloodworm and with only one third of one bank accessible to fish, but it’s a challenge I love, so I rolled the barrow out of the van and slipped silently through the gate to set up in a peg offering a little bit of shelter from a cool wind which skated up the lake.

Peg 4 sits surrounded by rhododendron, sheltered by ancient oaks and offers a view of much of the lake, and although it’s pleasant, for some reason, I rarely fish it so decided to kick things of here for a change. I opted for a single rod, opened my box of feeders and selected a cage feeder to spread the bait quickly whilst picking out a size 16 hook on which to mount two red maggots; nothing complicated, and much more fun than waiting for an alarm to warble. I made five quick casts to the clip just to get some bait in and then attached the hooklink and cast out for the first ‘proper’ attempt of the day. The sun was creeping over the trees on the far bank, and the lake was slowly illuminated in the golden glow of morning; perfect!

In the first hour, four casts had been made without so much as a twitch, so I changed the hooklink length and sat for another hour staring at a motionless quivertip. Regular casting helps to build a bed of bait, so every fifteen minutes, the bait was refreshed and returned to the spot, hoping for an indication as fish moved in. As I watched, I noted a pike in the margins, sullenly watching me watching it, and spent a few minutes flicking maggots at it to provoke movement, but to no avail. After two hours, the tip never moved…

I changed to a method feeder, clamped on some pellets and tried corn on the hook. It went back out to the same spot, landing in a cloud of silt, and I tightened the line and poured some more tea as I

mused over the issues of the day. As the hot drink warmed me, over on the far side of the water, I watched a pair of grebe engage in a fantastic mating ritual, rubbing necks and excitedly bobbing heads as they flirted, each trying to impress the other as they paraded before me, but as another hour passed, from the corner of my eye, the tip never moved…

A maggot feeder went up the line next, the method hadn’t bought result, so it was all down to maggots and a smaller size 20 hook. Packed with gentiles, the feeder was lobbed back out and a gentle curve tensioned the tip. I saw nothing to indicate any interest for the next fifteen minutes, so was disappointed to retrieve crushed maggots, obviously the result of a delicate roach which had given no inkling of its presence. I shortened the hook link once more and recast the feeder… I spied a mouse. A furry nose poked out of a hole in the bank and raced across the peg to snaffle some crumbs from spilled groundbait. A pretty little thing, for the next thirty minutes I tried a variety of tactics to get a decent photograph of my little friend, but he was much too wise and quick for me. Despite a remote camera release, he escaped every single frame! Meanwhile, out of the corner of my eye, the tip never moved…

I persisted with maggots, varying the distance between feeder and bait, but still couldn’t illicit a response. Five hours in, and aside from a duo of badly damaged maggots, I hadn’t had a sniff of a fish which was perplexing, as this place usually gives you a chance at least. As I sat with yet more tea beneath my brolly, a blue flash whistled towards me and I heard a fluttering of wings grabbing the air as the kingfisher arrested his flight to alight on the branch just behind my umbrella. I’d seen him in the same area before and suspected a preferred perch, but to be so close was exciting! I couldn’t actually see him though, so quietly picked up my camera, inched forward on my chair and bought the camera up to my eye as he came into view less than six feet away! As the lens whirred and brought the resplendent colours into sharp focus, in that fraction of a second before I could frame him perfectly, he flew off! Meanwhile, out of the corner of my eye, the tip never moved…

Nine hours in and not a tremble had been seen. I doggedly kept casting to the same spot, earnestly believing that a roach or bream would eventually slip up and drank even more tea. I’d tried the age old anglers trick of having something to eat to instigate a guaranteed bite, my mess tin of beans and sausages

bubbled into warmth atop my stove before I’d sat back to savour it beneath the trees, but by now, my chances were slipping away as the daylight faded.

Other anglers hadn’t caught either, so my focus was waning too, but my attention was caught by movement behind me, a rustling in the undergrowth which needed further investigation! Crawling quietly forward, I sneaked towards the back of the peg from where the sound came. Pushing aside a few twigs and branches I came to a thicket of dogwood, and saw movement within… I kept looking… As I moved the final branch to one side, I came face to face with a magnificent pheasant, inches away, hunched low in the debris trying to avoid my sight.

Once our eyes met however, he instantly exploded aloft in flapping terror, a loud squawk making my heart leap and my loins clench as he escaped me!

Meanwhile, out of the corner of my eye, the rod tip was straight, the line slack… I knew I’d just missed my only bite of the day…

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Ollie Norwood insists the players are working hard at home, despite Covid19 seeing United’s Shirecliffe training based closed for the foreseeable future.

The former Northern Ireland international has revealed each individual has to submit video evidence of their sessions, despite the Premier League being suspended until the end of April at the earliest.

Norwood remarked: “We were sent back home with programmes, heartrate monitors, watt bikes, treadmills and basically we have to check-in three times a day.

“All the stuff is recorded on your mobile, you set it all up, it goes straight to the fitness coach and if you don’t do a session, it’s a fine. So everybody’s doing it at the moment.

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is sure all his teammates will comply with the rules of training from home.

He added: “I don’t know how long this continues, but we are only three days in, so you know what it’s going to be like, in

10-15 days, the lads will have had enough of the sight of four walls.

“But it’s quite a hefty fine if you don’t so you are probably better off doing it to be honest.”

Rovers supporters have voted manager Darren Moore into the Hall of Fame as the standout player of the 1990s.

As part of our 140 year celebrations, supporters have been having their say as to who should be inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame.

The 1990s was the closest vote to date and manager Darren Moore finished just ahead of the pack.

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“There’s runs, bike sessions and upper body sessions. We obviously don’t have access to a gym so it’s using what we’ve got at home and to the park for a run within the guidelines set for everyone.”

The whole country is understandably finding the current lockdown tough, but Fox reiterates that it’s vital we do everything we can to help the NHS through these incredibly difficult times.

He added: “It’s important that we keep our distance and isolate ourselves.

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“This time is all about helping the NHS and the wider community, so we’ve all got to do our bit to get through this.”

made him the club’s third-top scorer behind Colin Cramb and Jon Schofield.

Find out more about Moore’s playing days by visiting www. doncasterroversfc. co.uk/club/clubhistory.

Moore said: “It’s an absolute honour to be included in the

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“I want to thank all who voted and to extend my gratitude to past supporters who are no longer with us but remain here in spirit and to the present supporters.”

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