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A primary school in Cheshire was left "really shocked" when they received a pair of signed Mary Earps gloves in a bid to help raise money for a new sports track.
Tarporley Primary School parents are selling raffle tickets to raise over £10,000 for the track, which will be used for "The Daily Mile", where kids run or jog for 15 minutes each day.
Sue Briggs-Harris, who is the vice chairwoman of the school's Parent Teacher Association (PTA), said she asked Manchester United for a prize, but was surprised when the club sent over a pair of gloves worn and signed by England goalkeeper Earps. They also sent a certificate to prove they were real.
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"I was really shocked", said Sue, who is 58 years old, lives in Bunbury, Cheshire, and works as a journalist. "I thought, what are the chances of getting a pair of gloves signed by Mary Earps.
"They also said they get a lot of requests, but don't always get back to them, but responded to us."
Sue's partner Caroline, who is 46 and a criminal barrister, posted about the gloves on a local Facebook group which received hundreds of likes and comments from people expressing their interest in buying tickets for the raffle.
"Her phone was just going 'beep, beep, beep' with people saying they would like to enter," Sue said.
Ms Briggs-Harris, her partner and their two children – Joseph, 12, and Harriet, 10 – watched the Lionesses play against Germany in the Euro 2022 final and said it was a "dream" for them.
She added: "On the way back, everybody was celebrating and Joseph was even interviewed by Newsround. The atmosphere was amazing and it inspired so many girls to get into football, which is incredible to
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“Mary Poppins” movie due to “discriminatory language.”The Disney movie, which came out in 1964, stars Julie Andrews as magical governess Mary Poppins and Dick Van Dyke as her chimney-sweep sidekick, Bert.It snared 13 Oscar nominations — including one for Best Picture — and won five Academy Awards, including one for Andrews as Best Actress. It is being re-released in some movie theaters in the UK next month to celebrate its 60th anniversary.The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) changed the “Mary Poppins” rating from U — meaning that it contained “no material likely to offend or harm” and is suitable for audiences four years and older — to PG, which delineates “discriminatory language,” and that some scenes may be unsuitable for young children, though unaccompanied children of any age may watch, according to The Independent.The offending language in question is the use of the word “hottentots,” which is used in the movie by Admiral Boom (Reginald Owen), including one instance in which he refers to chimney sweeps (like Bert) whose faces are covered in soot.A BBFC spokesperson told Variety that the film “includes two uses of the discriminatory term ‘hottentots.’ While ‘Mary Poppins’ has historical context, the use of discriminatory language is not condemned, and ultimately exceeds our guidelines for acceptable language at U.“We therefore classified the film PG for discriminatory language.”The word is a racially insensitive term for the Khoekhoe, an indigenous group of nomadic herders in South Africa.The slur was adopted by Dutch settlers in South Africa, thought to imitate their language, but was later used to refer to all black people, according to The Independent.
Ellise Shafer The age rating for the 1964 “Mary Poppins” has been increased in the U.K. due to “discriminatory language.” On Friday, the British Board of Film Classification upped the Disney movie’s cinema rating from U, meaning it contained “no material likely to offend or harm,” to PG for “discriminatory language.” Though the BBFC did not disclose the language which caused the reevaluation, the Daily Mail reported that it is due to the use of a racially insensitive term for the Khoekhoe, an indigenous group in South Africa.