The University of Glasgow welcomed its first Russian students (the first Russian students to study at any University in Britain) in 1761.

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Darvel produced arguably the biggest upset in 149 years of Scottish Cup history as the sixth-tier outfit defeated top-flight Aberdeen.

Jordan Kirkpatrick's first-half shot on the spin at Recreation Park deflected past Joe Lewis to put Darvel on course for a last-16 home tie with Falkirk.

Chris Truesdale made three great close-range saves from Aberdeen forwards Ryan Duncan and Luis Lopes.

But, remarkably, the West of Scotland Premier Division leaders held on.

The embarrassing exit - Aberdeen's seventh defeat in nine games - piles further pressure on Pittodrie manager Jim Goodwin.

Aberdeen forward Duncan - starting in place of top scorer Bojan Miovski - was involved in four attacks in the first seven minutes, letting Darvel defender Chris McGowan know he would be in for a busy evening.

Lopes received Duncan's cross on the penalty spot but his effort on the turn was blocked, then the 19-year-old attacker hit a shot into the side-netting, won a corner with Aberdeen's next attack and curled an effort wide.

Darvel soon settled, though, thanks to Craig Truesdale changing the momentum. He registered The Vale's first shot on target, a low drive gathered comfortably by Lewis and soon after hit a 25-yard piledriver slightly off target.

Truesdale's next contribution was telling. He weighted a lovely cross to the back post that Hayden Coulson headed only partially clear. Willie Robertson quickly played in Kirkpatrick who spun and cracked a low shot into the net to send the home fans in the 3,500 crowd wild.

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Swedish music-streaming giant Spotify says it will cut 6% of its about 10,000 employees, citing a need to improve efficiency.

"In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth," boss Daniel Ek wrote on the company's blog.

Spotify has never posted a full-year net profit, despite its popularity in the online music market.

It follows last week's announcements of losses at Microsoft and Alphabet.

Alphabet, which owns Google, said it would shed 12,000 jobs, while Microsoft said up to 10,000 employees would lose their jobs.

"I take full accountability for the moves that got us here today," Mr Ek added.

The company also said its chief content and advertising business officer, Dawn Ostroff, would depart as part of a broader reorganisation.

Aidan Brosnan is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Sean Maguire between 14 January and 28 December 1993. A popular character, Aidan is involved in storylines about homelessness, drug-abuse and suicide. His relationship with the character Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton) is a dominant storyline in the serial throughout 1993.

Tuesday's League Two games at AFC Wimbledon, Crawley and Swindon have been postponed due to frozen pitches.

Wimbledon were due to play Walsall, Crawley were hosting Grimsby and Swindon were scheduled to welcome Stevenage on the fixture panel.

The National League game between Maidenhead and Southend has also been called off.

No new dates have yet been arranged for the games to be played, with tickets to remain valid for the rescheduled time.

Nine of Saturday's League Two games were postponed, while three of Tuesday's games remain on.

Everton: Marcelo Bielsa? Sean Dyche? Wayne Rooney? - What next after Frank Lampard sacking?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64381377

The Championship hopefully.

Warning that thousands of firms face collapse

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64303338

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Cheese is an excellent source of protein and it has 11 times more protein than avocado - cheese has 23.5g of protein per 100 grams and avocado has 2g of protein.

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Webb telescope hunts life's icy chemical origins

Kent is really good at mini golf, a real exceptional ability

Bales you need to go back a bit and see the post I made about cheese.

Antonio Valencia's £16 million sale to Manchester United in 2009 is the largest transfer involving Wigan Athletic.

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Nine-time champion Novak Djokovic has reached the Australian Open semi-finals, sweeping aside fifth seed Andrey Rublev in a devastating display.

Serbia's Djokovic, 35, cut a frustrated figure at times but channelled his emotions into a ruthless 6-1 6-2 6-4 win over Russia's Rublev in Melbourne.

The fourth seed, who again had his left thigh strapped, will play American Tommy Paul in the last four on Friday.

Paul, 25, ended Ben Shelton's surprise run to reach a first major semi-final.

American world number 35 Paul won 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 5-7 6-4 against 20-year-old compatriot Shelton on Rod Laver Arena.

Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet Russian Karen Khachanov in Friday's other semi-final.

US TV channel Adult Swim has dropped Rick and Morty co-creator and voice actor Justin Roiland, as he prepares to defend himself over charges of domestic violence against an ex-girlfriend.

Mr Roiland voiced the title characters in the Emmy-winning animated sitcom about a scientist and his grandson.

Adult Swim said the show would go on without him for its seventh season, with his roles reportedly to be recast.

Mr Roiland denies the charges. A trial date has not yet been set.

Spain have been drawn against Italy in the Nations League semi-finals, while hosts the Netherlands will face Croatia.

The ties will be played 14-15 June and the third-place play-off and final on 18 June, with all matches in Rotterdam or Enschede.

Spain beat Italy 2-1 in the semi-finals of the 2021 edition of the competition, before losing to France in the final.

The Netherlands were beaten finalists in 2019, hosts Portugal winning 1-0.

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Today is Captain Edward Smith’s birthday. He would be 169 years old today.

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