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Dame Mary Berry moved to tears by William’s 90th birthday wishes

Dame Mary Berry is celebrating her 90th birthday on Monday, with the Prince of Wales among those marking the milestone by sending messages to the “true national treasure”. Prince William’s birthday wishes to the TV chef will be shown on a special pre-recorded episode of BBC One’s The One Show later. The One Show host

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Sports

Phelan Bucknor of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame collects six hits

Phelan Bucknor of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High had a career day at the plate on Wednesday. He had six hits and five RBIs by the end of the fifth inning in a 24-3 Mission League win over host Chaminade. The game started with Bucknor, the leadoff hitter who came into the game with a

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Sports

Prep talk: Former Notre Dame standout Ella Parker leads Oklahoma in hitting

Former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame softball standout Ella Parker is off to a great start in her sophomore year at Oklahoma. She entered this week leading the team in hitting with a .574 average, including four home runs and 24 RBIs. Parker, the niece of Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, was equally dominant during her high

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Sherman Oaks Notre Dame upsets Harvard-Westlake in playoffs

Moments after an emphatic two-handed jam in the closing seconds that sealed Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s 68-61 upset of Harvard-Westlake on Friday night in Studio City, Tyran Stokes clenched both fists, turned toward his teammates and screamed at the top of his lungs. It was a deserving victory cry for the fifth-seeded Knights (26-6), who

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Prep baseball: JSerra goes with bunts in win over Notre Dame

Brett Kay doesn’t care that bunting in Major League Baseball has gone the way of the rotary telephone. Yes, it occasionally shows up in MLB games, but Kay, the baseball coach at JSerra, continues to believe it has a place in high school baseball. His team bunted five times in five innings on Tuesday in

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Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry says no one should quit on his players

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry went on a fiery rant on Sunday defending the team following a 15-point loss to the Louisville Cardinals. Shrewsberry vowed to turn the program around and even hit the microphone at the podium after the Fighting Irish fell to 11-14 overall and 5-9 against ACC opponents. 

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Entertainment

Barry Humphries’ Dame Edna’s glasses auctioned for £37,800

A pair of Barry Humphries’ Dame Edna Everage glasses have sold at auction for more than 25 times their estimated value. The glasses – which were expected to go for between £1,000 and £1,500 – sold for £37,800, according to Christie’s auction house. Humphries died in 2023 of complications from hip surgery, aged 89. A

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Volleyball star Zana Muno to be inducted into Notre Dame High Hall of Fame

Zana Muno, a standout volleyball player at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High who won consecutive NCAA titles playing beach volleyball for UCLA, will be among those inducted in the high school’s sports Hall of Fame on March 29 at the gym. At Notre Dame, she was a three-sport athlete, graduating in 2015. Her brother, JJ,

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World

‘She phones me all the time’ – Sir Billy Connolly reveals close bond he and Dame Judi Dench formed during film

By NORMAN SILVESTER FOR THE SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL Published: 14:06 EST, 2 February 2025 | Updated: 14:07 EST, 2 February 2025 It was the movie hit that depicted the controversial relationship between Queen Victoria and her trusted Scottish servant John Brown. Now Sir Billy Connolly, who played the Highland ghillie in Mrs Brown, has revealed

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Sierra Canyon boys’ basketball outlasts Sherman Oaks Notre Dame

As the final seconds ticked off the clock and with the victory secured, Sierra Canyon forward Maximo Adams leaped and rejected a shot by Sherman Oaks Notre Dame guard NaVorro Bowman Jr. rather than concede a meaningless layup. The play exemplified the Trailblazers’ defensive intensity all game — a collective effort that produced a 63-54

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