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  2. The Sun (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch 's News Corp. [9] [10] It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner. [11]

  3. List of solar eclipses visible from the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of solar eclipses visible from Britain and Ireland between AD 1 – AD 2091.. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. Below is a complete list of total and annular eclipses visible anywhere within the modern extent of the United Kingdom between AD 1 and AD 2090 and a ...

  4. Coverage of the Hillsborough disaster by The Sun - Wikipedia

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    Coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster by the British tabloid The Sun led to the newspaper's decline in Liverpool and the broader Merseyside region, with organised boycotts against it. The disaster occurred at a football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Ninety-seven Liverpool supporters were crushed to death, and several ...

  5. Depp v News Group Newspapers Ltd - Wikipedia

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    Depp v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2020] EWHC 2911 (QB) was a defamation lawsuit brought in England.The case was initiated by American actor Johnny Depp, who sued News Group Newspapers (NGN) and then-executive editor Dan Wootton for libel after The Sun ran an article that claimed Depp had abused his ex-wife and criticised his casting in the Fantastic Beasts film series.

  6. It's The Sun Wot Won It - Wikipedia

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    Front-page of The Sun from Saturday 11 April 1992. " It's The Sun Wot Won It " was the headline that appeared on the front page of United Kingdom newspaper The Sun on 11 April 1992 in which it claimed credit for the victory of the Conservative Party in the 1992 general election. It is regularly cited in debates on the influence of the press ...

  7. Page 3 - Wikipedia

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    Page 3, or Page Three, was a British newspaper convention of publishing a large image of a topless female glamour model (known as a Page 3 girl) on the third page of mainstream red top tabloids. The Sun introduced the feature in November 1970, which boosted its readership and prompted competing tabloids—including The Daily Mirror, The Sunday ...

  8. Rupert Murdoch - Wikipedia

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    Keith Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG (/ ˈ m ɜːr d ɒ k / MUR-dok; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The ...

  9. Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 - Wikipedia

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    A total solar eclipse occurred on 11 August 1999 with an eclipse magnitude of 1.0286. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between earth and the sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the sun for a viewer on earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon's apparent diameter is larger than the sun's, blocking all direct ...