Exhibition features 1966 World Cup Memorabilia

Memorabilia from the 1966 World Cup including shirts and boots worn by the England team have gone on show at an exhibition at The National Football Museum in Manchester.

Other items include the Jules Rimet Trophy and Pele's training kit.

Dr Kevin Moore, from the museum, said England's victory was about "far more than simply football".

Curator Andy Pearce said: "We have really uncovered some fascinating stories."

Shirts worn by Roger Hunt and hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst are being displayed along with boots worn by Hurst, skipper Bobby Moore and West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer and Uwe Seeler from the final, in which England beat the Germans 4-2.

Winning eleven

Photographs, memories and memorabilia from people including a ball boy to a photographer have also been documented and collected.

The museum has also unveiled its new Walk of Fame of 25 of the game's best players according to a online poll, including England's World Cup winning eleven.

The exhibition runs until April and will be partly displayed at Wembley next month.-read more

Lions to spend life in captivity after eating 3 people in India

NEW DELHI—Three lions identified as having eaten villagers in western India have been caged and will never be released back into the wild, forest officials said Thursday.

The male and two females were among 17 lions rounded up after a 14-year-old boy was dragged away while sleeping outside his house near the lion sanctuary in the Gir National Forest in Gujarat state, the world’s last refuge for wild Asiatic lions.

The boy was the third person killed since April in the area, prompting protests by villagers and local lawmakers who demanded authorities hunt down the man-eaters.

Gujarat’s chief conservator, A.P. Singh, said wildlife officials identified the three lions by analyzing the 17 lions’ excrement and finding human remains for those three.

He said the male had attacked and killed the humans, while the females had eaten the leftovers.

The male lion has been moved to an enclosure at the nearby Junagadh zoo, while the two females will be held in cages at a rescue centre, a zoo official said.

The 14 other lions will be released back into the wild at Gir, a sanctuary that has become overcrowded beyond its 270 lion capacity. While some of India’s remaining 500 or so wild lions have migrated to surrounding wildlife parks in search of territory, other prides have settled near riverbeds or farmlands on the sanctuary’s borders, leading to conflict with nearby villagers-read more

Beloved goose killed as he tried to protect a flock of baby ducklings from a dog

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illagers are in mourning after their beloved goose was killed by a stray dog after trying to protect a flock of ducklings.

Residents were outraged when Gregory the goose, who had become a part of village life, was killed in a "massacre" along with at least 20 other birds.

The gander was often seen chaperoning ducklings around houses in South Creake, Norfolk, and honking outside front doors so the flock would be fed.read more

blessed tiger

in this picture  you can see the pope stroking and blessing a tiger.

world war 1 very decorated soldier

sergeant george frank was decorated 3 times in 6 weeks  before being killed in 1917.among his heroics were picking up a burning enemy grenade and flinging it away to safety ,this came to light after his medals were reunited by a collector .

haunted house

while filming a victorian supernatural thriller -the living and the dead -bbc- stars and production crew were spooked .there herd creepy noises and objects suddenly moved .during filming odd sounds were picked up ,shooting of a ouija scene papers fell from a desk nearby. in a separate take a men was viewed in shot in another room but nobody was there. a phone consistently was erad during night filming .the filming took place at a 16 th century horton court which is said too be haunted by a ghost known as the old lady.

made in rome

branding was a big fascination with the romans as featured in a 2,000 year old artefacts.this civilisation stamped tableware ,plumping pipes,ammlunition .lead projectiles for slingshot s carried the maker's name and insults against enemies.this is part of the trajvan market ,rome also dog tags worn by slave.