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Somerset 470 al out. Somerset lead by 110 runs ALL OUT l Somerset's final wicket is that of Jake Ball, trapped lbw for 0 to Dillon Pennington who gets his first Nottinghamshire 5-fer (5-96). Migael Pretorius is unbeaten on 95. All out for 470, the visitors lead by 110. Bonus points to date Somerset 7, Notts 5.

Emma Raducanu wins her first round match at Eastbourne & how.

It's great to learn that Matt is well on the way to feature in the pre season games, and he is confident of making a start for Notts at the beginning of the regular season. For me, when Matt returns, it will be like a new signing for Notts, but the difference is, we know what he is capable of & if he is fully fit, he will be an integral part of the Notts team in their midfield next season. Notts are putting together a very powerful squad & with Matt ready to go too it is going to be a very exciting time for all Notts supporters like myself And congratulations to Matt for getting engaged, & for him being appointed as Club Vice Captain.

Lunch on day 3. Somerset 424/8 They lead Notts by 64 runs.

@Wheelbarrow repair man I would have thought that when amateur boxers wear head guards the guard will only protect from superficial injuries such as cuts and bruises, just like seatbelts in cars do But head guards and seatbelts don't protect the brain from head blows and cars coming to a quick sudden stop at speed in an accident. The blows to the head by punching & car accidents, like a sudden stop causes the brain to move around in the head. That is what can cause the brain injuries as far as I know.

Team news for England v Slovenia via the independent. "Gareth Southgate ruled Luke Shaw out of England’s final Euro 2024 group match against Slovenia, with Conor Gallagher expected to be the only change from the side that started against Denmark". Harry Kane looks set to be leading the attack again. I personally think Kane lacks the pace now and we should be thinking of alternatives. I would go for Ollie Watkins to give England pace upfront. So it looks like we are going to see only one change from England's dissapointing draw against Denmark. If that is true it is just another predictable Southgate decision.

So sorry to hear that, my Mum died of a massive stroke while in hospital after having complications with type 2 diabetes, it was 26 years on June 3rd this year. One never gets over losing a Mum.

@Wheelbarrow repair man yes, we may have qualified because Albania lost, but we are only assured of a best third place finish, so that would have England playing one of the big teams next, & Southgate certainly doesn't want that, you would think. Forget that we have qualified already, that really means nothing at the moment. England need to demonstrate that they are going to be serious contenders to win the Euro 24 trophy, & that means winning big tonight, nothing else will do.

Selling Macca wouldn't make any sense at all now, & as I have said before, you don't sell arguably the best player of your team to a Manager who ran out on Notts & left with Notts having existing defensive problems, then causing so much disruption that Notts failed to make the playoffs Doesn't anyone feel that when Notts were holding negotiations with these new players that they subsequently signed, that those players would ask the question about the elite players futures, and that Notts would have assured them that no essential players were going to be sold in the short term? Some of those players we've signed would have come because of the players we have, if Notts then weaken the team by selling Macca or Jodi, I don't think that would go down well.

I'm not convinced that heading a football directly leads to dementia. There are thousands of people, who are not even connected to football that are getting diagnosed with dementia, 944K people in the UK over 65 have dementia, that includes 1 in 11 people over 65. I think that all the chemicals that the food processors have been putting in the foods over the past 120 years to help preserve them, don't do the body any good over a long period of time. Footballers have been heading balls for a long long time, but over the last 30 years Dementia has been increasing so fast as a cause of death & tens of people are getting diagnosed every day. Something is going on that is causing such a big increase in this disease and I don't think we are getting all the facts from the Government why it's happening, but they probably know.

Today is the day when there will be lots of scrutiny on Gareth Southgate & his England team. Can they get an impressive win today to silence some of the criticism that Manager & Players have been getting since their last match with Denmark? Many of those questions will be answered today, or maybe there will be even more questions asked depending on the performance & result. All supporters want to see an England improved performance, with an impressive big win & a few goals to celebrate too. So CMON England.

I've been reading and liking some of his past posts, but have not seen a response for some time. I do hope he's ok. I just presumed he was taking a break.

Some vital matches in Euro 24 today 25 June including England. D: Netherlands vs Austria (Berlin, 17:00) D: France vs Poland (Dortmund, 17:00) C: England vs Slovenia (Cologne, 20:00) C: Denmark vs Serbia (Munich, 20:00)

The BBC are supposed to verify other news stories but obviously do not verify there own. Typical BBC. I won't go on rant about the BBC but it simply needs defunding & the licence fee abolished in my opinion.

A bright and Sunny start for Tuesday in some areas, mist and low cloud in western areas.