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@cleanupbritain @PowysCC Shock Men with beards 😳

One of our cameras has picked up this couple fly-tipping in Powys. Photos will be sent to @PowysCC for prosecution.

@henrywinter We’ve watched every tournament for decades and come away thinking “if only”…. We were closer than ever this time. If we’d gone out like Germany or Brazil then I’d take the criticism you gave. We didn’t. If only we had sports writers with a little good sense. If only eh?

ENGLISH LESSONS FROM THE 2026 WORLD CUP... RISK/REWARD. Be bold. England left the tournament with bronze medals and a skipful of regrets. The tournament was ultimately a disappointment. They wanted to reach the final, they have plenty of talent, a front six now traded for more than £600m and heaven knows what Jude Bellingham is now worth? £200m? Thomas Tuchel’s defensive response against Argentina – no outlet, no pace - cost England the golden shot of the final. Wasted opportunity to end the years of hurt. England’s defence is not strong enough to hold out – especially against elite opponents - so go on the front foot more. No pressure existed in the bronze match but imagine if Tuchel had been so attacking against Argentina, continually, including with his subs. The frustration of the underused Bukayo Saka was understandable. Boldness includes squad selection. England’s most creative right-back, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and one of their most creative midfielders in Adam Wharton ignored. So wrong by Tuchel, indicative of negativity. Tuchel lamented England’s “passive” mindset – well, he contributed to it. STARS OF THE SHOW. 1. Jude Bellingham. Wants to be James Bond one day. Scored 007 goals. For now, a real all-action hero for his country. Became the England international to score most at a finals. Constant force for England: goal against Croatia; broke deadlock against Panama; diving header then 1-2 with Kane in the Azteca; led comeback against Norway with equaliser and winner; calmed nerves with brilliant run and finish against France. Leader, creator, goalscorer. England’s next captain. Class act - consoled Mexicans after full-time. KEEP TUCHEL BUT HOLD THE PRIDE. Players like Thomas Tuchel, whatever the understandable frustrations some feel over his defensive response against Argentina. Expensive for FA to pay off, especially after naïve decision to extend contract. No obvious successor. Dan Ashworth working on trying to find/develop potential home-grown successors. For now, they have Tuchel. He’s an A-list coach who had a deeply costly aberration against Argentina, the negative subs and the failure to use Saka. He’ll surely learn from that. He’s engaging, open in press conferences, but he really needs to dial down his huge pride and acknowledge shortcomings. STARS OF THE SHOW. 2. Elliot Anderson. Tireless in midfield. £116m is a huge fee but he’ll continue to mature and add to his game. Manchester City fans will be excited. ELITE DEBT TO EFL. Look at where the stars were shaped. Morgan Rogers in West Brom’s academy, also on the field at Middlesborough, Lincoln and Blackpool. Anderson at Bristol Rovers. Harry Kane at Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester. On it goes, Bellingham started out at Birmingham City before going abroad. Jordan Pickford learned at Burton, Carlisle, Bradford and Preston. Ezri Konsa started at Charlton. The Premier League (and La Liga and Bundesliga) needs the EFL. Support them. STARS OF THE SHOW. 3. Djed Spence. The pick of England defenders, just ahead of Marc Guehi and Ezri Konsa. Spence’s selection was criticised (including by me) but the full-back vindicated Tuchel’s faith, playing both left and right, getting forward exuberantly and even winning a penalty against France. INJURY-PRONE. Don’t take those with suspect injury records. Sadly, nobody was surprised when Reece James’ hamstring went and he missed three games. Ditto Tino Livramento, terrific full-back but needs a clear run of games going into a tournament (he was replaced). STARS OF THE SHOW. 4. Anthony Gordon. Two assists against DR Congo, won the pen against Mexico, assist against Norway, scored against Argentina. Removing Gordon proved one of Tuchel’s more calamitous decisions in that fateful second half in Atlanta. Performances will have excited Barcelona fans. DRAFT IN ASHLEY COLE. There is nobody on Tuchel’s staff who truly understands the emotion wrapped up in the Three Lions. Tuchel’s trusted No 2, Anthony Barry, delivered a heartfelt message about the players playing with “broken hearts” against France. Cole, an England centurion, is a highly respected coach who’s worked successfully with Lee Carsley and might bring an important dimension and perspective to England. Tuchel effectively brought Jordan Henderson in in the role. Why not Cole? STARS OF THE SHOW. 5. Harry Kane. Harry Houdini. Scorer of six goals, setter of standards on and off the field. Dropped too deep against Argentina but was simply trying to help out. FANFARE. As usual, England fans turned up in their 10s of thousands. Many were locals, ex-pats, but the many of the traditional faithful reported for duty, those who support England in qualifying, home and away, friendlies too, the Top Cappers and Block 109ers. They are there despite the costs, logistical demands, and likelihood of a long time away from home, especially with a week extra because of the warm-up games in Florida. Behaviour levels deserve relief-filled applause. Gone are the days when a section of England’s support embarrassed themselves, the team and the country. The trip to the baseball in Atlanta and adoption of Braves' Michael Harris II won them even more friends. So did their camaraderie with Mexicans during that epic trip to the Azteca. Now a credit to England. THE FUTURE. Euros are two years away. Nations League games against Spain are no time for experimentation but the Jordan Pickford succession has to be considered at some point. That means game-time for James Trafford but in a big qualifier? Pickford is 32, had the occasional moment of uncertainty in the tournament, but will still back himself to make Euro 2028 at least. The Harry Kane succession is less pressing as he will doubtless play the Euros at 34, but more worrying as there simply doesn’t appear any obvious successor. Elsewhere Rio Ngumoah and Max Dowman need more minutes in the age-groups before their inevitable immersion (Ngumoah already has a cap). England have talent present and future. They have a shot at the Euros on home soil in two years if Tuchel has truly learned from the World Cup. But England players and fans will be watching the final with an element of envy and feeling of "if only". #ENG #FIFAWorldCup

@henrywinter Oh stop going on about it ffs. It’s done. Gone. Onwards!!!

Players swapping shirts in the tunnel at half-time sums up the exhibition feel. But still. Magnificent half from England, full of confidence and precise counters. Free from fear. England have good players. That's why the muddled subs in Atlanta was so frustrating.

@henrywinter Just leave the guy alone. One minute he’s the darling of the tabloids, the next you go after him. So he leaves. Who else is there? Seriously? No one. He got it wrong, as soooo many have before. The difference is, he will come good if we allow him.

Thomas Tuchel talks. No regrets but plenty of pain, a plea for perspective, insistence he will not quit and belief that players hit by intensity of schedule. It's draining men. 48 hours after defeat to Argentina, England’s embattled head coach tried to answer his critics when talking last night on arrival here in Miami in advance of today’s World Cup third-place play-off against France. Tuchel refused to say whether Atlanta was “the most painful experience” of his football career. “I don't know. I had a lot of painful ones and it wouldn't be the last one.” Report from Miami. Main lines of questioning and TT answers… RESPONSIBLE. Who was responsible for England dropping off and for the defeat? Players or coach? “Listen, if it's easier, if someone takes the blame, I take the blame. No problem. This is the deal that you signed up for, as I understand it. "You have every right to do so (criticise), but I will not engage in this kind of game. For me, there's no one to blame. If you need someone to blame, I'll take the responsibility. I’m the head coach. If ‘drama’ is needed, if a blame game needs to be played, OK, we can do that, but I have the right to not engage with that.” SCAR. The pain remained. It’s a scar. “It’s a shock in the beginning. It's becoming more, more painful every single day. It will be a scar for us. Unfortunately, not the first one, and very likely, not the last one. This is what it is in high-level sports. We have to live with this. It’s our pain, my pain, the players’ pain, we feel the most pain of all. It is our scar that we carry. We have to live with this defeat, not the critics, not the experts, not our family members who suffer with us, and want only the best for us, but it's basically us.” NO REGRETS. Any regrets on his defensive substitutions when England were 1-0 up against Argentina? “I don't regret my decisions, because I felt that we become too passive, the momentum switches and I try to help my team. I took several decisions, trusting my instinct, my intuition, my experience, my trust in my competitiveness, and I took the decision to help the team and get the results. "We didn't get the result. So I take the responsibility for all these decisions. But the decisions are made under stress, the decisions are made in-game. I would regret if I didn't help, I would regret if we didn't react. But I have no regrets over the decisions.” PERSPECTIVE. A plea for perspective. “It's not so long ago that we were in front of 1000s and 1000s of fans in America, singing Wonderwall, right? What these players built in the last six-and-a-half weeks was just on the highest level in terms of togetherness, in terms of skill. This represents me and my values. We have to take the next step and play better football under pressure of the football in tournaments. We have another level to reach. “Maybe it's worth to put it into context. We lost the first official match together since 14 matches. We played in the semi-final against the world champions. We were (at) 85 minutes, 1-0 up. We played against the best player in the world. We are one of the top-four nations. France, Spain and Argentina expect to win the title. We were hoping, we would dream. We are not there yet. There is still a gap to close. And this is what we will do.” REACTION. What will England’s reaction be, starting against France? “I am competitive. Every player is competitive. We will have a reaction, and it starts from tomorrow. We will not stop chasing, hunting, challenging. If we win, we (England) have the best results of the World Cups in 60 years. That's the perspective, yes. We will show that the mentality is real, the spirit is real, and the togetherness that we have built is not to be questioned." PASSIVE. So what went wrong against Argentina? “We became too passive in the last 30 minutes. We could not get hold of the ball, we could not find duels anymore. Argentina had a lot of offensive changes and a lot of offensive positions. They were chasing a goal, the substitutes became more and more offensive. We could not stop the crosses and we could not stop the runners into the box. Argentina found another gear, another momentum, another belief. They built something over several years (together).” THREAT. His response to the growing Argentina threat? “We decided to play a back-five to have more width, (and) closer to the (Argentina) guys who cross. We did excellent after some minutes. We just became too passive, and Argentina found another gear.” SAKA. Why didn’t Bukayo Saka play against Argentina. “We decided for a more physical approach with Morgan Rogers. I felt like after the game against Norway, Morgan has something special in him. I'm glad he proved to us right with his assist (for Anthony Gordon’s goal).” DRAINED. Did England suffer a loss of intensity because their players were drained? “Even if we don't want to admit it, because it always feels like an excuse, I feel the game with 10 men in Mexico, the altitude, the travelling, we lost a complete night of sleep, and the game in the heat against Norway and in extra time cost us more than we maybe thought. The players gave everything physically every single match. If you see the intensity drop there must be a reason for it because the motivation was through the roof. We could not reach these kind of intensities.” BACKING. Tuchel enjoys FA backing, and he wants to stay on. “I can never change my thinking if I would like to carry on.” And so to the game with France. “There will be changes (to the line-up).” #FRAENG #ENG #FIFAWorldCup

@AlisonMoyet You all look fabulous

Forgot to share from the last night of the N.A Generations Tour recently home from. Marc & I both on the bill for The Human League & all a joy to work with. I do so love a special guest slot. No pressure or promo, just the playing. How Lush :-) My clever team make it splendid ❤️

@EthanHawkes8 @OasisMania @liamgallagher @NoelGallagher My choice too Kasabian supported them years ago and it was a great warm up.

@OasisMania @liamgallagher @NoelGallagher Kasabian, Miles Kane

You can only pick two support acts for Oasis in 2027. Who are you choosing?

@RolandOrzabal_ Bought Mad World for a then girlfriend. I’d never heard it. Played it and never gave her the single. Still have it.

How long have you been with the band? Drop the year in the comments. Were you there at the beginning, or did you stumble across us somewhere along the way? Either way, we're glad you stayed.

@RolandOrzabal_ Some UK live dates would be nice @RolandOrzabal_ 🙏🏻

2,000 followers already. Not bad for starting over. Thank you for finding your way back here after the old account was suspended. I'm grateful for every message, memory, and conversation we've shared. Your support over the years has meant more than you know. Here's to the music.

@derbyshire_live What is wrong with people? Why would you?

The latest derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-new…

@CrimeLdn Shock….

Heavy Police Presence in Peckham yesterday. ​A reported robbery at a local store has led to active stop-and-search in Peckham

@biggeorgewrig Sending hugs. What a boy 🐾🐾

Had to say goodbye to George yesterday, I’m bereft, it’s been my privilege to be your Dad son, I’ll love & miss you forever, go & swim up there.❤️❤️

@Chris_Mr_T @maxandpaddyline I’m getting the word, nonce…

Meanwhile, an Andrew Ridgeley look alike’s stealing car stereos in the car park @maxandpaddyline

@piersmorgan Lovely words. 👍🏼

RIP Ann Widdecombe, 78. A wonderfully no-nonsense, straight-talking, highly-opinionated British battle-axe. Ann was always a very feisty, combative interviewee, but always great fun too. Amid so many dreary politicians, she was a charismatic, combative gem.

@MicrodotCreativ Congratulations!!

The Doctor will see you now... I am delighted to announce I was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University Of The West of Scotland today in a ceremony at Paisley Abbey for my services to graphic design and British Culture.

@TheCleanCarClub St Maarten

Tourists get blown away by a plane

@chris_kammy Did you take in the view from @EdgeNYC

🎶I’m an English Man in New York 🎶 with a Scotsman 🤣😂

@00julesj Katrina and the waves - Walking on sunshine. Appalling. Boo Radleys - wake up Boo 😡

What is a song you always turn off and why is it Have a nice day by Stereophonics?

@PaulHeatonSolo @riannedowney_ @spendals @AndyHylton Pure joy. Great start to the weekend. 🍺🍺

You can now watch Paul’s brand new video for his current single ‘Favourite Kind Of Idiot’ featuring @riannedowney_ & the band + one of Paul’s favourite comedians, the brilliant Spencer Jones @spendals! Directed by @AndyHylton, watch the full video here: youtu.be/kzlct5wynF4?is…

@jomickane Dirty black cunt.

This is absolutely disgusting 🤬🤬

@AngelaRayner @AndyBurnhamGM @andy4makerfield @sarahsackman The state of it.

A glorious day with the team in Makerfield supporting @AndyBurnhamGM @andy4makerfield 🌹☀️