Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018
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On this day 50 YEARS AGO (1968)
Our front page picture story covered Manchester United’s historic 4-1 European Cup final win – the first by an English club – over Portugal’s Benfica.
28 YEARS AGO (1990)
France banned imports of British beef due to fears about BSE. Several days later Italy and Germany followed suit.
46 YEARS AGO (1972)
The official IRA declared a ceasefire in Northern Ireland. However, the Provisional IRA denounced it and vowed to fight on.
Birthdays
Ex-liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard is 38. Singer Ceelo Green is 44. Author Colm Toibin is 63.
And many happy returns to Mirror readers Peter Lincoln, from Durham, who is 71 and Kevin Read, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, who turns 70 today.
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Today’s events
10am Manchester and Liverpool Mayors, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, play in a charity football match for the homeless in both cities at Leigh Sports Village.
11am Launch of Chichester Cathedral’s annual Festival of Flowers.
11.30am Ofsted’s Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman speaks at Hay Festival, Hay-on-wye.
Today’s giggle
“I stand corrected,” said the man in the orthopaedic shoes.