BUERGBRENNEN PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY -
Preparations are underway for Sunday’s end-of-winter celebration in Bertrange courtesy of the local youth club, Guides and Scouts. Every year, on the first Sunday of Lent, it is tradition in Luxembourg to celebrate the “Buergbrennen” in different municipalities, burning structures or “castles” made of wood in order to symbolically bid farewell to winter and welcome spring.At nightfall, a torchlight procession (known as a “Fakelzuch”) makes its way through the streets of the town before gathering at the structure, made of old wood, and lighting the fire.
CELTICS ESCAPE PACERS IN OVERTIME, NUGGETS AND 76ERS BATTLE TO WINS - NBA conference leaders Boston and Denver were pushed to the limit yesterday, with the Celtics escaping in a 142-138 overtime triumph over Indiana and the Nuggets edging the Cavaliers in Cleveland.
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BROOK, ROOT CENTURIES PUT ENGLAND IN CHARGE OF NEW ZEALAND TEST - Harry Brook made a majestic 184 not out to put England firmly in control against New Zealand in Wellington today in the second Test.
This morning will start off with heavy fog which will gradually clear but leave us with cloud cover for most of the day and the chance of the odd rain showers Morning temperatures will start off chilly at 2-6°C, before rising to 9-11°C in the afternoon, and later falling to around 6-8°C in the evening.
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