Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A woman who pulled a sickie to travel from her home in Bradford to Wembley stadium to watch the England vs Denmark game has been sacked.
She was caught after being seen live on TV and was even featured on Stacey Dooley's Instagram story. Nina Farooqi told the Daily Telegraph: "It’s mixed emotions: we’re through to the final, I’m still on that high, but I’ve also lost my job. "My friend won the ticket in her work ballot, and knew I'd do anything to get to the game - there was no way I was going to turn it down. "This hasn’t come around since 1996, I vividly remember crying on my mum's sofa when Gareth Southgate missed his penalty, and the football fan in me
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