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Two sets of congratulations today.

Dave Cole, a contributor to the Wardman Wire, has became engaged to Alice.

Iain Dale and John Simmons celebrated their marriage on Saturday 15th at Wadhurst Castle.

I have a “Clueless Correspondents” category waiting to start - for highlighting howlers in the mainstream press, but Rumbold over at Pickled Politics has forced me to introduce a “Blogger Blooper” category first.

Statements that would not be heard in Great Britain:

Construction work for mudroom/verandah is on slow-down for a couple of weeks. Carpenter has gone to hunt bear.

Source:Jen on Twitter. Blog Link: Wildapricot.

I was scathing about the England performance this morning. Well - it has turned around and it is now anybody’s game.

I have a pair of tickets for the 5th Day of the next Test Match at Trent Bridge (Monday 9th June) available, and I’ll be starting a meme with those as the prize.

I have updated my Eurovision Song Contest live blog to include audio, video and pictures - including a long-dead of photo of Anthea “giving Brucie a twirl”, and this photo of the Greek entry doing the Birdie Song. The updated version is here.

The Crewe ad Nantwich result ahs just been announced:

Tamsin Dunwoody, Labour 12679.
Elisabeth Shenton, Liberal Democrat 6040.
Edward Timpson, Conservative, 20539.
Mike Nattress, UKIP 922.
Greens, 359.

Several smaller parties not included.

Rejected Ballot Papers: 67.