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Journalist for @DonnyFreePress . Doncaster Rovers fan. Proud dad of @BurkeLuc and @Alexei90896764 . Send news to darren.burke @nationalworld .com Views my own.

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6 years
@Cleverdics @GreggsOfficial Smashing the system right there, son. Anarchy in the UK. Greggs have already had to close down twenty branches tonight alone.
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Doncaster Conservative MP accused of faking constituency visits - after using same selfie photo three times #Doncaster
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@NileGardiner Imagine political leaders posing for photos with bad people...
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6 years
On this day 15 years ago, the Arctic Monkeys played their first ever gig at a Sheffield pub - listen to it here #arcticmonkeys
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Every Jools Holland Hootenanny always throws up a gem, this year it was Irish teenage singer songwriter Muireann Bradley. Brilliant and one to watch #JoolsHolland #Hootenanny #MuireannBradley
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BREAKING NEWS: Doncaster is to become a city after being granted city status to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee #Doncaster #Doncasterisgreat #DoncasterCity #CityStatus
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Pictures from Labour's clean sweep in Doncaster - Lee Pitcher defeats sitting MP Nick Fletcher to take Doncaster East and Isle of Axholme
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6 years
Doncaster pop star Louis Tomlinson in football shirt pledge for autism charity #Autism #1D #OneDirection
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5 years
Sheffield United fans are among least sexy in Premier League - and rival supporters don't want to have sex with them, new survey says #sufc #twitterblades
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8 months
A story about @RishiSunak visiting Doncaster would get a fair few clicks you'd think? Nope, not even in top 25 most read. People more interested in a Tesco closing, a club where you can smoke cannabis and Gladiators. Shows how unpopular the PM and politics is right now.
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4 years
Louis Tomlinson lists Doncaster as a continent on funny world tour t-shirt #LouisTomlinson #LouisTomlinsonWorldTour #wallstour
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2 years
The very last flight has landed at Doncaster Sheffield Airport...for now. Let's hope Peel see sense and accept the deal on the table and DSA rises again in new hands. #savedsa (Pic courtesy Matthew Gollick)
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These six-letter football hashtags #CRYARS #NEWMCI ... Such a shame Hartlepool and Doncaster Rovers aren't in the same division anymore...
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4 years
Doncaster named greatest place in Yorkshire, beating Sheffield, Leeds and York to lift Twitter Yorkshire World Cup #yorkshireworldcup #Doncaster #Sheffield #Leeds #York
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4 years
Predictably, all the Sheffield Wednesday fans come knocking with their 'banter.' From a mis-managed club deep in a relegation battle, you'd think they'd have more to worry about than trolling me, to be honest.
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My team is still better than yours #drfc
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@theJeremyVine You missed this one Jeremy
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8 years
VIDEO: Professional wrestlers bring Sheffield traffic to standstill with brawl in middle of street
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Doncaster Tory MP Nick Fletcher bleats on about misinformation and then puts out a leaflet with a blatant lie in it. Everyone knows Doncaster Council didn't close the airport. Absolutely desperate from a man and party trying to cling onto power. Lies.
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One for the #twitterblades , digging around in the archives for some Sheffeld retro pix, here's one of an extremely youthful Chris Wilder from 1990 #sufc Whatever happened to him?
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Champions of Europe? Couldn't even beat Doncaster Rovers 😉 #drfc #MCFC #ıstanbul23
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6 months
Great news for Doncaster today from @MayorRos on the lease deal for Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Hopefully an operator announcement to follow next and then the return of planes to the skies in Doncaster #DSA #savedsa
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9 months
When your local MP tells you 'we are full' and 'no one speaks English.'
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2 years
The fact that Fenerbahce have paid €2.5m for Tiago Cukur is far more shocking than anything that's happened in British politics in the last week #drfc
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There is currently a 7hr 30 min wait to see a doctor at A&E at DRI. And the local Tory MP @NickFletcherMP is more concerned about singing the praise of a pub where he had a nice dinner last week. Remember things like this when you vote at the next Election
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Pictures from Labour's clean sweep in Doncaster - Ed Miliband takes Doncaster North for Labour
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And that's its, Labour crosses the winning line, taking all four Doncaster seats along the way, with Conservative Nick Fletcher beaten in Doncaster East and Isle of Axholme
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East Coast of Yorkshire, easily one of my favourite spots in the whole world
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3 years
All the Doncaster Rovers fans saying 'this is one of the worst periods ever in the history of the club' obviously weren't around during the Ken Richardson era. Yes, yesterday was poor, but some perspective please #drfc
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For Doncaster Rovers fans looking for something to lift the gloom, this was exactly 16 years ago today #drfc
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What a difference ten weeks makes. Dare to dream #drfc
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7 years
Doncaster man who dressed as fish finger claims part in Tim Farron's downfall as Lib Dem leader
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9 months
Doncaster trending on X (Twitter) for all the wrong reasons today. And all because of the local Tory MP Nick Fletcher going for his 'Rivers of Blood' moment. Thankfully the good people of Doncaster can see through the hatred being stirred up by this truly awful Government.
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Drink it in Doncaster Rovers fans #drfc
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4 years
Darren who? #DRFC
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7 months
There have been allegations that I'm politically biased for calling out Doncaster Tory MP Nick Fletcher over this blatant lie on an election leaflet. Happy to be called so if it means exposing electoral misinformation.
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5 years
Boy George and Leeds United both trending on Twitter. Got to say, that's a bold managerial choice.
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7 months
Here's the full statement put out by Peel at the time they announced the closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport. If Doncaster Council had closed it, like Nick Fletcher has falsely claimed, you think they might mention that in any statement. Funnily enough, they don't.
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And more of the same from Doncaster Tory MP Nick Fletcher, peddling more lies in his election literature about who was behind the airport closure. Please don't fall for this. Shameful.
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Sheffield MP blasts Government over 'shambolic' coronavirus testing after hearing no tests available in city for two days with people being told to travel to Dundee and Sunderland #Sheffield #coronavirusuk
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4 years
Someone sign @DannyAmos22 up for permanent commentator! 'We all know Marquis gets mardy' Brilliant.
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9 months
So, tonight Doncaster Conservative MP Nick Fletcher has been compared to Enoch Powell with his latest 'we are full' rant. The man truly appears to have lost the plot, although that suggests he had it in the first place. Shameful.
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Started my @DonnyFreePress full time career on this day 29 years ago today. To say it has been a roller coaster is an understatement. Proud to have provided an important service to the people of Doncaster for nearly three decades.
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8 years
Hillsborough beating Bramall Lane in bid to find Sheffield's best building #swfc #sufc
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2 years
Backing Boris, relief when Boris went, proud to back Badenoch, proud to back Truss, relief when Truss went, sounding out on Boris again, backing Sunak but not backing him first time, it really is hard to keep up with @NickFletcherMP
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4 years
That reminds me, I really must check to see how Grant McCann is getting on with his ambitions to manage at a higher level...
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Sickening way for it all to finish, but to go from 22nd to 5th, 90 minutes from Wembley and the stadium packed and rocking like this, you have to be proud #drfc
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In Andy Butler we trust. The new Doncaster Rovers manager takes charge of his first training session #drfc @butler__andy @drfc_official
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No matter how long Doncaster Rovers play at the Keepmoat, Eco Power, whatever you want to call it, this will always be my #drfc home. That potholed, puddled car park, crumbling terraces, Bovril and Ken Avis on the mic. Miserable but bliss at the same time.
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6 years
@sarajcox May I ask what you expected to see out of an Edinburgh hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically...
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2 years
Who's been at the Eco Power Stadium in Doncaster tonight for an absolutely amazing concert from @thekillers and @BlossomsBand ? #Doncaster #doncasterisgreat #killers #blossoms
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3 years
@theJeremyVine We could send The Beatles and we'd still get zero points. Feel so sorry for James as it was a really good song. If people voted on music and not the politics...
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2 years
This is probably one of the darkest days in the history of Doncaster Rovers. If you know, you know. RIP Gnomey #drfc
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7 years
LIVE REVIEW: OMD light up trip into the past at Sheffield City Hall #OMD
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4 years
Wife of former Doncaster Rovers star given terminal brain cancer diagnosis given hope by new trial drug #Doncaster #drfc
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5 years
Before Doncaster Rovers fans start going mental and sending Grant McCann death threats on Twitter and start talking about a 'club in crisis', this is what a real club in crisis looks like. And if you don't know, research him. Keep calm and carry on. #drfc
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If you're ever looking for a new/old listen, can't recommend James Dean Bradfield's debut (and so far only) solo album enough. Great songs all the way through.
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The Barcelona of League Two #drfc
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🎥 Did someone order a team goal of the season contender? TLT 👉 Woody 👉 Biggo 👉 Ironside 👀 👉 Mols 👉 Haks 👉 Bails 👈 Haks 👉 Mols💥 🔴 #DRFC ⚪️
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Pictures from Labour's clean sweep in Doncaster - Sally Jameson takes Doncaster Central.
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3 months
So Nick Fletcher, who I'm blocked by, appears to be against letting 'foreigners' as he puts it, being able to vote. Absolutely disgraceful. What a stain on Doncaster
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3 years
@ChirpsByJames In fairness, if I had to watch Doncaster Rovers week in, week out, I'd want to take cocaine and smash things up.
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1 year
First time at #drfc in a while today. Absolutely awful. Truly abysmal to watch. More entertainment off the field than on it, it would seem. Sad times, but this club really is on a downward spiral at the moment.
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2 years
@jacknpeat @drfc_official We would love to do something on this for @DonnyFreePress . Can we have a catch up?
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1 year
What a pitiful, miserable, shambolic and inept season that was. Finally over. #DRFC
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4 years
Spent a lifetime bringing you the news, so here's a little bit of my own - from today it's all back to Doncaster. Returning to my @DonnyFreePress roots as part of a strong new news team. Email me your Doncaster news at darren.burke @jpimedia .co.uk
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7 years
Tomorrow is International Ruby Turner Day 2017 so that must mean tonight is International Ruby Turner Day's Eve! Let's get #RubyTurnerDay trending!
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7 months
Superb win for Doncaster Rovers today. Adelakun truly has transformed this team. Happy bunny tonight #drfc
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4 years
Covid rates going through the roof in Doncaster, ambulances queueing outside DRI, another national lockdown looming and, excuse my French, there's still twats pretending it doesn't exist and grumbling about masks. Shut up and stop being so bloody selfish.
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7 years
@timdodd87 @cricketbetting It has proved one of our most popular stories of the day, so people are obviously interested. Provokes debate.
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When Nick Fletcher eventually leaves Parliament, his legacy will be little more than most amount of constituents blocked and most amount of posts about how much transgender people upset him. And removing a shed. And that's about it
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'Immigrants welcome:' Doncaster Brexit Party HQ daubed with anti-Brexit graffiti #Brexit #BrexitParty
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4 years
Doncaster World Cup - THE FINAL! Vote now #doncasterworldcup
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7 months
Hang on a second Nick, I thought you said Doncaster Council closed it? Make your mind up.
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The campaign to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport has become very murky and bogged down in accusations, fake profiles and mischief making in recent months. Time to purely focus on the sole aim of getting the airport back instead of blame and smoke and mirrors?
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5 years
All sympathies to fans of Bolton Wanderers and Bury for the way their clubs are being destroyed. Those who lived through the darkest days of Doncaster Rovers will tell you there is light at the end of the tunnel - and clubs will live on, whatever happens. #drfc #bwfc #buryfc
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Imagine the Rt Hon Member for Don Valley trotting out the same old politicial blame game nonsense, week after week. Like a stuck record and quite frankly, tiresome while his useless Govt sits by and does erm, precisely nothing.
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4 years
What an absolute legend this man is @Coppinger26 @drfc_official Get in you beauty! #DRFC #DONHUL
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They think it's all over - it is now! Tickhill win the Doncaster World Cup 2020! #doncasterworldcup
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2 years
Opinion: When will Nick Fletcher realise his Conservative pals really don't give a toss about helping to save Doncaster Sheffield Airport?
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7 years
Ladies and gentlemen, Channel 5 is just about to screen the greatest 90 minutes of television in the entire history of the universe. Admit it, you have always wanted to know what Joe Swash makes of a nice custard cream. #BritainsFavouriteBiscuit
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Jailed rail worker who smashed into high speed train while drunk is named as Doncaster Rovers fan filmed abusing severely disabled Rotherham United fan #drfc #rufc #Doncaster
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Why is the local Conservative MP for Doncaster so obsessed with transgender issues and not actual stuff about cost of living, rising prices, NHS waiting lists, you know,the stuff that people are actually concerned about?
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"Utter rubbish:" Angry Chuckle Brothers blast feud claims as 'lies'
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Mark Albrighton had the right idea what to do with Joey Barton all those years ago #drfc
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2 years
Solidarity and support to @theJeremyVine for standing up to his accused stalker Alex Belfield in court today. More action needs to be taken in the fight against online abuse and trolling and downright unpleasant individuals.
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2 years
Telling words on Kyle Knoyle's departure from #drfc . What is happening at the club?
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9 years
Ooosh, this is bang tidy Keith Lemon @lemontwittor is in @doncaster_uk today!
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Today marks my 30th anniversary of starting at the @DonnyFreePress . Since July 4, 1994, I've told the stories of thousands of people - and it has (mostly!) been a pleasure to do so. On a day that's expected to bring change, I'll be doing just the same - keeping Donny informed!
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2/2 for the @butler__andy era. I'm liking this #drfc
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1 year
Former Doncaster Rovers chairman John Ryan fuels speculation of return to his beloved club after teasing details of 'major event' where he will meet and talk to fans #DRFC
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When you spend your time hanging around with and defending liars, suppose it will be bound to rub off and you just end up being a liar yourself.
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Disabled Rotherham United supporter abused by Doncaster Rovers fans to be given 'VIP experience' as yobs face club ban #Doncaster #drfc #rufc
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Sad week in @DonnyFreePress land as editor @liamhoden and colleagues @BarbaraNMSY @SYTKevinRogers and @LauraAndrew95 all move on to new ventures after in some cases, more than 30 years' service. Best wishes to all. Myself @StephDonnyStar and @paulgoodwinJPI still here #Doncaster
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The absolute irony of being accused of misinformation by the former Conservative MP for Doncaster. The man's made a career out of it for the last five years!
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2 years
Down at the Eco Power for @thekillers and @BlossomsBand for the @DonnyFreePress . Share your photos and thoughts of tonight's show on our DFP Facebook page #Doncaster #doncasterisgreat #killers #blossoms
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