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George Caulkin @georgecaulkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It has taken a while, but #NUFC finally have a structure built the right way round and, they hope, with everyone pulling in the same direction again. Free to read … www.nytimes.com/athletic/760...
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Newcastle are now ‘One Club’ – could this be what helps them become bigger and better? (Gift Article)
As the dust settles on another summer of transition, something different is taking shape at Newcastle United
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage honks his mouth off about ongoing police investigations, when told not to. His Welsh leader is in prison for taking bribes from Russia. He whips up riots. He’s in bed with Trump, foreign money, crooks and crypto billionaires…. A massive problem with national security is Farage himself.
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'We have a massive problem with national security': Farage challenged on Fairford speculation
Reform UK leader told his social media followers the five men arrested after an RAF Fairford situation were "Iranian nationals". Sky's Rob Powell spoke to him after it was confirmed the men arrested are British nationals.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We'll be analysing more bad budget proposals in the run-up to the Budget, and some good ones too. You can subscribe to our free newsletter here - buff.ly/oYtdk9C No VAT will be refunded.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread:
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 27/09/2026
⚠️ How many more will there be...
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Two Essex Reform councillors suspended in a week, party says
The two councillors are suspended for different reasons, the party says.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mind-blowing story in Private Eye about how the Telegraph's chief reporter reached out to James Orr (or meant to) after the Channel 4 donation revelations


...within hours of journalists on either the *Guardian* or *Sunday Times* contacting Reform for comment on the same stories ahead of them publishing their own investigations. Reform deputy leader Richard Tice and his fiancée, supposed journalist Isabel Oakeshott, even crowed online about their spoiler tactics.

Not that the *Telegraph* doesn't do its own leg work when reporting on Reform. After James Orr, the party's head of policy, had to resign after a sting by *Channel 4 News* (see "*Right Orr Wrong*, p14"), *Telegraph* chief reporter Rob Mendick texted Orr: "I was hoping to talk to you entirely on background," he schmoozed. "You must be feeling very bruised and I totally Appreciate [sic] the sensitivities. I suspect you deserve better and I wanted to see how I can put the record straight in some way." Alas, instead of the Reformer and Cambridge theologian, Mendick messaged someone else, who shared it with the *Eye*!
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Why have we reached a stage where people call in to @natashadevon.bsky.social and say they want people to drown? Well headlines like this don’t help. Let’s forget that numbers are way down on years previous and just keep stoking fear and division. This is why the RNLI is under attack.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy at the UN: "Ukrainians understand that this winter could be very harsh for us, but in response we will have no choice but to make it harsh for Russia too"
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘We’ll eradicate the state pension’ would be quite the proposal for Reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 23/09/2026
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation with HOPE not hate has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer him to HMRC for investigation. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is preparing to sanction the ICC as a whole and cut it off from everyday financial transactions, insurance providers and IT services and products, which would leave the court unable to operate, Reuters reports.
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Trump administration prepares sanctions against International Criminal Court, sources say
President ‌Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that ...
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Steve H. @chazzstock.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Takes less than a minute - so, a no-brainer. Come on... take the survey.
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🦋 Mark Edgerton @mark-edgerton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m one of those 950 people who have taken part so far. Let’s add a zero or two to that figure 👇🏻
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 17/09/2026
"I don't like to use expletives on this podcast, but what the actual f**k?" says Jon Sopel, who uses expletives quite often on this podcast, says. How will Trump and MAGA "wiggle out" of scrutiny over why Putin's best mate paid for Don Jr's wedding? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why did Putin’s mega-rich mate spend so much on Don Jr’s wedding? | The News Agents
A senior Republican has told Miles Taylor he is “very concerned” about Umar Kremlev, a close friend of Vladimir Putin, giving a huge amount to Donald Trump Jr and his second wife, Bettina Anderson.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 15/09/2026
The Vladimir Putin ally who secretly bankrolled much of Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding had apparently met him only once in public — at an event where they bonded over a MAGA outrage.
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Exclusive: Putin ally bonded with Trump Jr over MAGA outrage before bankrolling wedding
The Vladimir Putin ally who secretly bankrolled much of Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding had apparently met him only once in public — at an event where they bonded over a MAGA outrage.In what appears to be the only recorded meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, Trump Jr. ran...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh dear.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And you can join our free newsletter here, so you receive our reports literally minutes before everybody else: buff.ly/Z00czNX
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Russian businessman bankrolled the after-party to Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas, raising questions about the relationship between a figure with reported ties to Vladimir Putin and the US president’s eldest son www.ft.com/content/3de6...
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Russian businessman bankrolls Donald Trump Jr’s Bahamas wedding after-party
President’s son and his wife confirm Umar Kremlev, who is reportedly close to Vladimir Putin, paid for part of celebration
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Another Don Jr. wedding guest was a Russian linked to the country's security services, according to a Russian investigative journalism outfit: www.agents.media/top-executiv...
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Top executive from companies linked to Russian security services attended Trump son’s wedding • «Агентство»
Русский язык The wedding of Donald Trump Jr. was partly financed by Umar Kremlev, the head of the International Boxing Association (IBA) and a friend of the chief of the Russian president’s security s...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
There's always a new grift www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
📉 UK goods exports to the EU have fallen by £27 billion since Brexit. ⬇️ Exports remain roughly 18% below pre-2019 levels. ❌ Around one in seven UK businesses have stopped trading with the EU altogether.
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The impact of Brexit on trade uncertainty 
The UK’s trade ambitions are clear: open new markets, reduce border friction, and make it genuinely easier for small bus
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s not just the scale of the money. It’s also the character of the people making the donations which is extremely worrying - as I argued in this thread over the summer ⬇️
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals. “If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
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BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you think donations don’t buy influence, it says a lot more about you than me ;)
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Breaking: Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 09/09/2026
EXC: Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, the first time a major model withheld from AISI Move has prompted fears in UK govt that tech firms are falling into line with Trump admin’s AI protectionism www.ft.com/content/560e...
ft.com
Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agency
Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 06/09/2026
Patriot Platform, the far-right group whose black-clad masked members caused hours of disruption in Dover yesterday, calls itself a Christian “army of patriots” dedicated to protecting women and children. There’s a problem with that story.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Incredible war crimes, Incredible assassinations.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/09/2026
🕐 Pete Wishart MP: "It's 10 years since we embarked upon what has turned out to be one of the most self-defeating exercises in political and economic self-harm ever self-inflicted." ⚠️ "A destructive and economically illiterate project that has made everybody in this country so much worse off."
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Half an hour after publish this, get an email from Reform saying can’t come to this year’s conference 🤔
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Pod on the Tyne @podonthetyne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🎙️ ⚽️ Fresh PotT⚽️🎙️ “Nico Time” 🇪🇸 Spanish ‘metronome’ signs 🔀 More transfers? 🏹 Barnes sinks Baggies 🇮🇹Headline puns hit new low Also on YouTube: youtube.com/@podonthetyn... pod.fo/e/589188
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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: Nico Time: Gonzalez joins Jaissle's NUFC 2.0
Here we are then, the first* epic-length Pod on the Tyne of the Youtube era.Newcastle United beat West Bromwich Albion in the Carabao Cup 2nd Round on Wednesday night in a game that was, ULTIMATELY...
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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🔲 From tears 🥺 to c-bombs 🤬 🔳 SJP at its best - in different ways 🏟️ 🔲 Wissa reborn 🤯 🔳 Dedic & Miley 🤩 🔲 Isak, rats & hilarity 😅 🔳 Late heartbreak 💔 🔲 But Jaissle-ball signs 🤞 🎧 New free Matchday @podonthetyne.bsky.social for #NUFC 2-2 #LFC, w/ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social:
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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: Matchday: Liverpool (h), King Kev and ****s
Sunday afternoon at St James's Park, it's the return of the Premier League, it's the return of football, it's the return of George's literary diversions; this time, the duality of man. Wor Flags tr...
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Newcastle United Supporters Trust - NUST @nufctrust.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thank you to all our members that helped @worflags.org.uk this week with the display. Great to see some of you yesterday Today is going to be emotional as we honour King Kev. If you’re at the match please get to your seat in plenty of time before kick off to play your part in the display 🤍🖤🥺 #NUFC
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/08/2026
Reform UK wants power. But it's haemorrhaging recruits - resigning, suspended, or quitting Farage's outfit - then mopping up failed Tories to fill the gaps. The pattern is the story. But no one's keeping track. Until now. 👇 bestforbritain.org/reform-uk-defect…
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Professor Jason Stanley - ex-Yale, now Toronto - is also a leading authority on fascism. He busted Nathan Cofnas back in 2020 BEFORE his appointment at Cambridge. This entire story has been reported without any meaningful expertise of the context. spectator.com/article/acad...
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Academics are trying to get my paper retracted — and some of them haven’t even read it
Philosophy is ultimately about questioning orthodoxies and challenging taboos
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The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation @sbrfoundation.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Next to join Sir Bobby's Team is our foundation patron, @georgecaulkin.bsky.social. From admiring Sir Bobby to working with him in his later life, George has supported us over the years and now towards building our new institute 💙. Want to be next? Learn more: shorturl.at/XQf3F%22
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Newcastle United Supporters Trust - NUST @nufctrust.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🚨 NUST Members - Prize Giveaway Head to our WhatsApp community for full details. #NUFC If you are not a member join here: member.thrive4.com#/app/joinin/...
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 18/08/2026
This seems like another #Trump rant. But it is dangerous. There is no evidence that the mines have been recovered or removed or that the area is safe to transit. A vessel was hit this morning and a sailor died in the Straits. #TheHormuzCrisis isn’t over because he says it is without evidence.
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Lee Raye @leafyhistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The sturgeon is Britain's biggest native fish. It's extinct in our rivers today, but once upon a time it was a regular visitor, possibly returning here to breed. Here's a thread with some of the wild stories which were told when it was still found here. #envhist #animalhist 🧵🐟
Francis Willughby's (1686) plate of a sturgeon. This is a long fish with a pointy nose and tail. It has armoured scutes all along the sides of its body. Under its long nose it has some curly barbels coming out like downwards-pointing whiskers.
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
⚫Are Wilson/Hopkinson being bypassed & PIF calling the shots? 🔎 ⚪Bruno sale effect on SCR? 🤑 ⚫SJP slope reduced? ⛷️ ⚪Dedic & midfielders? 👀 ⚫Why didn't PIF just let #NUFC take Jaissle from Al Ahli for free? 🤔 ⁉️ 'Inside #NUFC'- your Qs answered:
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Inside Newcastle Q&A: Transfer latest, SCR position, are PIF calling the shots? (Gift Article)
Genuine excitement at a fresh start under Matthias Jaissle, or real concern with the lack of experience within the first XI?
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
TONIGHT !
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Reform donor Arron Banks urged to set out extent of surveillance of journalists www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Reform donor Arron Banks urged to set out extent of surveillance of journalists
Industry body says use of private investigators against reporters is ‘attack on our democracy’ after Banks apparently admitted doing so
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Your regular reminder that there is an elections bill before parliament that is currently pretty thin but which could actually legislate to stop this happening in the U.K…..
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We need to talk about Richard Tice In May 2024, Tice told me he didn't expect to fund Reform through his companies any more. So why did £1m from 'Posh' George Cottrell's mother move through a company he controls, then to Reform weeks later? New by me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/richard-ti...
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Richard Tice and Reform’s money - the new unanswered question
Before the 2024 election, Farage's deputy told me he'd stop donating to Reform - so why did £1m from George Cottrell's mother go to one of his companies weeks later?
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 05/08/2026
‘Tice said, however, that it was “not surprising no one reads the FT”, adding: “it’s so boring”.’ www.ft.com/content/4abf...
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Reform repaid Tice loan on same day £1mn donated by mother of Farage aide Cottrell
Transactions fuel criticism of the party’s lack of transparency over its financing
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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🔲 Jaissle Boogie 🕺 🔳 Why & what do #NUFC see in him? 🔍 🔲 The launch of "Newcastle United 2.0" 👀 🔳 Bruno-go - why? & what next? 🔮 🔲 All eyes on La Manga 🕵️ 🔳 YouTube virgins 🎦 🎧 New free-to-listen @podonthetyne.bsky.social w/ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social @taylorpayne.bsky.social:
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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: Jaissle and Hornicek in, Bruno out: 'Newcastle 2.0'
Matthias Jaissle is the new broom at Newcastle United; following Eddie Howe will be a tough gig, but the German is no shrinking violet and has a shining recommendation from the top. CEO David Hopki...
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