Suffolk Police are close to making arrests following an exhaustive 1,151-year investigation into the murder of Edmund, the last king of East Anglia.
The Martyr King, 28, was attacked by a gang of drunk Danish tourists, who riddled him with arrows before chopping off his head and throwing it in the woods.
But the culprits were never caught and were believed to have fled abroad, probably on a longship back to Denmark.
Police appeals for witnesses were unsuccessful, but new DNA evidence suggests the attackers have family members still living in Copenhagen.
A spokesman for Suffolk Police said: “On Friday, November 20, 869, at 2.34pm, a 28-year-old king was murdered. We are liaising with our Danish colleagues and expect to make arrests in the coming days.”
The news will be a huge relief to residents of Suffolk, Norfolk and parts of Cambridgeshire, who have been without a King of the Angles ever since King Edmund died.
He was savagely attacked by members of the ruthless and violent Viking gang for refusing to renounce his belief in Christ (see startling CCTV picture of poor old Edmund being tied up and shot with arrows).
Once his head was found, it was reunited with his body and eventually buried at Bury St Edmunds abbey – a significant clue to the origin of the West Suffolk town’s name.
Local vicar The Rev Evan Elpuss said Edmund was a brave king. “He stood up for his religion in the face of these drunk louts from Denmark, but it cost him his life. News of arrest is most welcome indeed.”
Edmund was regarded as the patron saint of England in the Middle Ages but has since been usurped by St George, who was known for killing dragons close to his Turkish home.
Blackjack is one of the oldest forms of casino table games still enjoyed today. It is not just one of the most interesting games – it has also paid out some of the highest casino prizes in history.
The good news is, blackjack can still pay out well to lucky players even today. And you can easily find different blackjack games at El Royale casino. All you need to do is master the simple rules and choose a good casino to play at. If you’re lucky enough, you may end up being the next blackjack millionaire.
While you’re still dreaming about the cash you might win from blackjack, let’s discuss the biggest blackjack win in history – 40 million dollars in Las Vegas.
How Kerry Packer won $40 million at the MGM Grand
If you haven’t heard of Kerry Packer yet, we introduce him to you now. Kerry Packer is the biggest winner ever of the blackjack game. Interestingly, Kerry did not only make a one-time huge win from blackjack. He won huge amounts of money more than once. Let’s tell you the story.
Kerry Packer’s first major victory in blackjack took place in 1991. It happened in Las Vegas at the Hilton. He played at a public blackjack table where people watched and cheered. Since then, three decades have passed, and there are no clear details of each of the rounds. What we know is that Packer went home with a huge price of 7 million dollars that night. He was celebrated that night at Hilton and also offered a special suite after that. However, the huge win did not stop him from playing blackjack.
In 1995 at the MGM Grand, Packer got the biggest blackjack win ever. He wagered 250,000 dollars on each round, playing eight hands continuously on that same table. In 40 minutes of playing, Packer won a huge $40 million. This was the biggest win that ever happened at the MGM Grand Casino at the time. That night, Packer was so excited that he tipped the dealers a million dollars.
Even though Packer got the biggest blackjack win, he isn’t considered as one of the most successful players. It is recorded that he once lost more than 27 million dollars within 10 months. However, it still seems clear that he won more than he lost.
Biggest blackjack team win
While Packer is known for taking the biggest win as a single man, a blackjack group also won between $50 to $100 million. This happened sometime between 1980 and 1990 at Atlantic City. It was a team of students. The story of this huge win became popular when it was featured in a blockbuster movie titled ‘21.’ The movie gives a rough idea behind the real story.
It was told that MIT grad students studied the life of Bill Kaplan, a graduate of Harvard who had beaten the blackjack system for many years. The MIT students overheard him discussing how he won $30,000 from a total of $1000 wager. That night, students asked him to teach them, and so they formed a blackjack team.
Some other sources have proven that the students in the team were not from MIT only but also from Yale, Harvard, and other respected universities. However, the movie only focused on students from MIT.
Kaplan led the blackjack team, which consisted of around 80 players, to victory. It is believed that they won an amount between $50 to 100 million, which they distributed among themselves.
Other notable blackjack wins
Here are some other popular big wins:
$1.5 million at Treasure Island Casino by ‘Shoeless’ Joe in 1995
Britain’s military chiefs have already identified where they want to spend the £16 billion extra budget announced by the Prime Minister.
They say the new Norfolk-built Blakeney Bomber will make the RAF the envy of the world.
Each hi-tech jet costs a staggering £400 million but will beef up the country’s military capabilities.
The Blakeney Bomber is developed by Spuckler Industries, one of Norfolk’s biggest employers – it has three people.
CEO Bubba Spuckler told the Suffolk Gazette: “Our jet is bootiful. I spoke to that nice Chris Grayling and he said he would recommend to Boris Johnson that the Government buys 15 of them.”
But aviation experts are not sure the Blakeney Bomber is well equipped for modern warfare and defence duties.
“For a start,” said military consultant Lorraine Fisher, 34, “the bloody thing can’t even get off the ground.”
Others believe Boris Johnson’s administration should be trusted to make the right spending choices. Steve Walshe, a conservative councillor, said: “The Blakeney Bomber looks an exciting piece of kit that any nation would be proud of.
“It will be imperious over the skies of Britain, once they develop an engine.”
The Government will generate enough electricity to power greener electric cars by re-opening all of Britain’s coal-fired power stations, it has emerged.
Environment campaigners are delighted that new petrol and diesel cars will be outlawed from 2030, but may not be so pleased about how the pollution-saving scheme will become possible.
In order to provide enough electricity for everyone’s electric cars, pollution-spouting coal-fired power stations will be recommissioned across Britain.
Clouds of smoke and carbon dioxide will then merge together to form a haze and smog, setting planet-saving green initiatives back decades.
A Downing Street insider said: “We got all the positive headlines by announcing all new cars must be electric from 2030. It’s the flagship policy of our green revolution.
“However, we have not told anybody where all the electricity will be coming from tp charge the cars up. Hopefully nobody will ask.”
Experts predict up to ten new power stations will be needed to cope with demand, particularly at rush hour.
But the cheapest option will be burning fossil fuels across Britain once again – generating more pollution than will be saved by scrapping diesel and petrol.
“I’m not sure anyone in the Government has really thought this through,” said motorist Lorraine Fisher, 34. “I suppose we could have a few more nuclear power stations as well, risking an environmental disaster on a global scale.”
According to lobbyists, coal power plants are a country’s top source of carbon dioxide emissions, the primary cause of global warming.
During the holidays, one-way families stay together is by relaxing and watching movies. It isn’t every time you feel like going to the cinema to see a movie. If you want to enjoy movies at home, you will need to build your home theatre environment to improve your viewing pleasure.
To do this, you need to put together several devices and make certain preparations to have a cinema ready environment in your home. You don’t have to spend a fortune to build your home theatre system. You can build one that meets your needs and your budget
The major area where people prefer to install their home theater is in the living room, some people may decide to make a game room where they can build their mini cinema. The rooms you choose to install your home theater system will determine what you need to buy to improve your home theater experience.
Here are some of the steps you need to follow to get a winning home theater setup.
Your living space
If you have a large house, you can dedicate a room for movie nights with family. Choosing the room for your home theater setup is the first step to improving your movie experience. After you make this decision, you will need to look at other changes to be made in the room. The ambient light is one of them, and this is because of the light that is emitted from your TV screen. You should ensure that the room does not produce unwanted lights. If it is your living room, you will need to get shades to blind the lights whenever you want to watch movies. You may also want to consider the space around you, to know where to keep your home theater equipment.
Choose your TV
If you want to enjoy your movies, your TV is also part of your home theater network. You will want to match your viewing experience with your sound. It is preferable to get a large screen high definition TVs. We now have 4k and 8k TVs that produce excellent graphics. You will enjoy it better in a 65 in TV display. When setting up your TV, decide on whether you want it mounted or standing. It is better to have your TV around your eye level.
Home theatre receiver
Your home theatre receiver is the link between your TV, speakers, and AV components. You will be connecting your devices to the receiver, and that is why you need to get a quality one. The receiver will affect the sound quality of your speakers and it will also be useful to transfer videos to your TV. You can get a quality brand like the Sony 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player.
Speakers for surround sound
Extra speakers add to your home theatre experience. Your home theatre setup wouldn’t be as immersive if you only have a standalone loudspeaker. And if you truly want to experience that movie theatre sound quality at home, the experts at The Product Analyst recommend a 5.1 speaker setup to recreate the high-quality soundstage. While you do need to connect multiple speakers around the room to achieve surround sound, a 5.1 speaker setup is perfect for family rooms especially when you watch a lot of movies or play tons of video games. And to keep your setup clean, you can make hidden media cabinets and place them at certain points around the room.
There is a sudden shortage of gammon at Sainsbury stores across Britain, it has emerged.
Ever since the supermarket giant launched its Christmas TV ad featuring a black family, gammons cannot be found anywhere in the aisles.
Retail experts are baffled by the sudden disappearance of gammon, which is normally spotted in large numbers at most UK supermarkets.
Shopping expert Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: “After it launched its adorable TV ad featuring a father waxing lyrical about how good his Christmas gravy is, there has been a shortage of gammon in Sainsbury.
“However, most people are grateful because it means they can shop in peace without bumping into any pink-fleshed, salty characters.”
But shopper Steve Walshe, 44, from Little England, was fuming. “I am going to be doing my shopping at Aldi from now on, because at least I can relate to Kevin the carrot.”
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Following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s explosive rant at football administrators over poorly scheduled fixtures, the ex-player, along with his Liverpool and Manchester City counterparts – Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola – are now strongly considering stepping in to fill in as their squads’ knees buckle under the pressure of injuries and packed match fixtures.
After a critical 3-1 win over Everton at Goodison Park, a victory which may have saved Ole’s job, the subject was at the core of the manager’s comments after the midday Saturday fixture. He might have had a point.
Manchester United hats
Encore for Ole?
Solskjaer and the United team were aboard a plane flying back from a disappointing Champions League appearance in their visit to Istanbul.
Allegedly only touching down on English soil at around 4 a.m on Thursday morning, the squad had about a day and a half to prepare for their next game. Injuries are starting to pile up and so the decision for the managers, despite all being in the forties and fifties, to take to the field once again might be the only option left to some of these sides.
Liverpool are currently in dire straits, having already had to find solutions to a number of major injuries to key players including Virgil van Dijk, Thiago Alcantara, Fabinho and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Van Dijk’s, a result of a poorly-timed challenge from Everton keeper Pickford marked the start of a bizarre run of injuries, now leaving Liverpool with one fit senior centre-back.
Solskjaer explained in a recent interview: “We have to find solutions because it’s so tough this year. This intensity is really difficult. We get it, we want to play football 100 per cent with all we have – we need to play football, it’s great for the people, it’s great for us, everything is fine. But [playing on] Wednesday night and 12:30 [Saturday] should not be allowed.”
Klopp played in a variety of positions as a player and at an impressive 6’3, he could prove handy meeting corners and physically dominating smaller attackers. If his imposing frame doesn’t do the trick, his startling, blindingly white teeth could also be used as a distraction technique.
Klopp could play in front of the Kop at Anfield
Return of the king
Meanwhile, over in the Etihad Stadium, manager Pep Guardiola, once a technical defensive midfielder, may be forced to also step in to offer some composure in his midfield diamond if the pressure of numerous fixtures in the week, plus international fixtures, start to take their toll. The Spaniard is a strong supporter of introducing five substitutes over three, to better protect his players.
Currently, the three sides are all strong contenders for the title, despite the expanding injury lists. According to the latest football betting odds, Man City are currently the 6/4 favourites to defend their Premier League title, with Liverpool second at 13/8. Chelsea, after a strong run of form, are now 8/1 winners. That said, those odds can widen when the starting line-up starts to suffer.
All three managers are reportedly very excited to rejoin the players on the field, with the expectation that they will also take captain’s armband and all set pieces for the foreseeable future.
It’s unclear if the scheduling issues will be remediated given the criticism angled at the current situation, but for now, football fans may have to make do with a lot of football in a short space of time, a lot of injuries and possible sightings of Klopp, Guardiola and Solskjaer in full-kit for the foreseeable future.
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A butcher’s dog has angrily told Boris Johnson to stop claiming he is as fit as him.
Jack Russell Steve Walshe, four, said while he is a super-fit dog, the Prime Minister is an overweight buffoon who couldn’t run 100 yards without breaking into a sweat.
Mr Johnson is self-isolating after being exposed to coronavirus again – but claimed he was feeling “as fit as a butcher’s dog”.
“To be honest,” said Steve while munching on a bone, “that bloke is like a tub of lard.
“Look at him – he’s the most unfit specimen you are likely to see today.
“He’s also had COVID and now has to hide away because he’s gone and exposed himself to it for a second time.
“It’s no good him currying favour with you lot by saying he’s as fit as a butcher’s dog.
“It gives us a bad name. I don’t spend my days munching on the choicest cuts of meat and bones tossed at me from the back of the shop for nothing.
“It gives me a lean, powerful figure. I can run for miles; I won’t ever stop. Don’t let overweight, pale-faced men like the Prime Minister fool you into thinking he is like me.”
Owner and butcher’s wife Lorraine Fisher, 34, speaking from the Galloping Gammon butcher’s shop in Ipswich said: “Steve gets quite defensive when the Prime Minister claims to be as fit as him.
“Then again, he thinks the whole Cabinet is barking.”
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