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#JOHNLAMBIE
Tributes were paid to former Partick Thistle boss John Lambie, who had four spells at the helm at Firhill, where the club announced yesterday that he had died at the age of 77. @Stephencraigan reflected: “Devastated at the news of John Lambie passing away. A man who put his trust in me and gave me a platform to kickstart my career at Thistle. Unorthodox in many ways but knew how to get the best out of his players and looked after them. RIP gaffer, sleep well.” @Comedyray added: “Absolute gutted to hear about John Lambie passing away. An absolute legend of a man and someone whose teams made me fall in love with football as a kid.” @Jaggytooth recalled: “My favourite Lambie story was when the physio told John he thought a player had concussion and said ‘he doesn’t even know who he is’, Lambie replied, ‘tell him he’s Pele and to get on with it’!”
#BRITISHGAS
British Gas sparked fury by announcing bills for dual customers were rising by an average of 5.5 per cent, around £60 a year. @Emilygosden said: “Here we go again... British Gas hikes standard energy bills by 5.5% or £60 a year, blaming higher wholesale and policy costs.” @Peterstefanovi2 tweeted: “One of Theresa May’s flagship election promises was a pledge to cap energy bills for 17 million families. It wasn’t a vague aspiration, it was a manifesto pledge. As pensioners make a choice between a meal & heat for their homes on May 3, remember that.”
#GFA20
Yesterday marked 20 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which was backed by all major political parties in Northern Ireland and the Governments of Ireland and the UK. @Cutdabegs wrote: “It’s 7305 days since the Good Friday Agreement was signed. Each of those days represented opportunities to build peace in the aftermath of conflict. Tomorrow is another day and like all the others we need to keep at it. Peace will not build itself.” @Davidwkerr wrote: “The Belfast Agreement was the hardest of all agreements to negotiate and even harder to implement. Nobody took more risks for it than my colleagues and I in the Ulster Unionist Party. It gave us all a pathway out of conflict and a basis to govern together.”