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Yeah I use the same and have been trying to fix that issue - should just have been a case of copying one file from the old filesystem across to the new one, but it doesn't seem to want to play ball Trying a different route, but I've got that specific one working now at least.

Yes, you may submit a claim for 0.038p (40 minutes out of 525,600 in a year), enclosing a £10 handling fee

All done

I'll be running a software update this afternoon. It shouldn't take more than half an hour, but the site will be down during that period, so I'm afraid that'll mean some of you will have to do some actual work

The one at Magdeburg (for it was them) worked so well because it was basically 150 people in a stand that holds 4000 and they could move freely throughout the stand to change their position so they were near the action while continuing to point at the goal.

The bit in bold being the key part of that sentence. Innocent until proven guilty, etc.

The state of that jumper This "campaign" has all the hallmarks of Ian Murray, the editor, who's always had an overinflated opinion of his own sense of humour. I would expect the lads on the sports desk are absolutely fuming, they'll be the ones that have to take the abuse from people and then get no post-match interviews tomorrow night, while Murray sits back and admires his handiwork.

BBC's Dan Roan confirms it's Adam Johnson.

I assume I don't need to remind everybody about libel. No wild speculation as to who it might be, thanks

Not getting any favours from Newcastle today then

I've not seen anything about this, what's the detail? Links, forum posts, etc...

I've not really got any issue with vouchers being issued, but they should be for a fair value and redeemable online. Standard Network Rail vouchers are only redeemable at a ticket office.

As a follow-up to this, I put in a claim to Thameslink for the delay on the day when the flooding at Farringdon started. I have an Oyster monthly travelcard (zones 1-5), rather than a season ticket specifically with Thameslink (for a whole variety of reasons), and as a result didn't get any sort of "enhanced" compensation. The "Anytime" single fare from East Croydon to Farringdon is £6, but I received a voucher from Thameslink for the princely sum of £2.39

It sold out pretty quickly last season IIRC, and that was a Sunday game as well. At £40, it's a much more attractive price - I think that's what we charge for Cat A games now!

Seems a slightly weird policy to subsidise them but then only take half the available allocation.

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This is how the cash was distributed last season: Based on that distribution model, and on the assumption that the overseas rights increase in line with the domestic ones (a conservative estimate, as they have increased at a much faster rate in the last decade), that means the "equal share" part of the deal would see EVERY Premier League club guaranteed £88.83m every season, plus a guaranteed £13m for 10 "facility fee" payments.

That theory was always based on any competition with Sky being led by a company with limited resources. BT weren't ever considered as a broadcaster until three years ago, and it's changed everything.

Sky has packages A, C, D, E and G. BT has packages B and F. Total value £5.136bn

Sky retains 4pm "Super Sunday" games.

Subscriptions. If you are a Sky subscriber with the most basic package, you would have to pay £24.50 a month to add Sky Sports. Over a year (and it's a minimum 12-month contract, of course), that's £294. Throw in the fact that many Sky Sports subscribers will also be paying for other bits of the Sky TV package (up to around £70 for the "everything" package now, I think), plus phone and broadband services which cost the square root of **** all to provide but rake in a fortune, PLUS advertising revenue, and they still turn a very tidy profit.

The only "surprise" will be the amount paid, I suspect. It'll be Sky and BT divvying it up between them, just depends how desperate Sky are to keep hold of their Super Sunday monopoly.

Most likely divided between BT and Sky again, as it sounds as though Discovery (who own Eurosport) decided against bidding in the end. There are 14 additional games in the new contract, meaning 168 of the 380 Premier League matches will be televised live in the UK from the 2016/17 season to the 2018/19 season. This is how the current deal is divided up: As you can see, the extra games are spread evenly across all 7 packages. The only rules are that no single broadcaster is allowed to show more than 126 games (a combination of 4 of the 28-game packages and one of the 14-game ones). New to this deal is a Friday night slot, with up to 10 matches to be shown on Friday nights - these games are in the same package as Monday nights. At least 18 of the 28 games must be shown on Mondays, with the remainder on Fridays. It's entirely possible that there might be NO Friday games at all, depending on what the winning broadcaster wants to do. The most interesting thing of note in that particular package is that there aren't even any SECOND-choice matches in it, it's only third- and fourth-choice games. In the current deal, 12 of the games in that package are second-choice. The first-choice picks have been spread out much more than the current deal, which could be seen as a bit of a blow to BT if they were aiming to keep what they already have. You would assume Sky will go all-in to ensure they keep their "Super Sunday" package (package D, with 18 first-choice games, and probably C as well, with 15 second-choice games), but the Saturday lunchtime slot which BT has at the moment has had the number of first picks cut from 13 to 6, so they'll almost certainly be throwing their weight in with a few of the other packages as well. With this ****-waving contest between the two broadcasters, the ultimate winners are the clubs, who will see another massive hike in broadcasting revenue and prize money. The existing deal is worth just over £3bn, it's not too far-fetched to think it'll be another 50% on top of that for the next deal. The losers, of course, are the fans who actually go to the games and have more games rearranged for TV, and paying subscribers who will presumably have to foot the bill for the increased price of acquiring the rights.

New domestic TV deal details to be revealed at 5pm today. Sounds like Discovery (who own Eurosport) haven't entered the race in the end, despite many suggestions they would.

Liverpool fans now know why everyone else laughed at Rafa Benitez after his "facts" press conference