Yes, KFC running out of chicken is a tragedy but no, no it isn’t worth phoning the emergency services about So here we are then, close to another 365 day period put behind us on planet earth. We’re all getting another year older and wiser. Other than these people, who are phoning the emergency services […]

7 years ago

Michael Carrick will not be Manchester United caretaker Jose Mourinho has left Manchester United and now the club must turns its sights on appointing his immediate successor. In their statement announcing the news, Manchester United said: “A new caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the current season, while the club conducts a […]

7 years ago

Banks made more than 2.4 billion pounds from overdraft fees last year The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has branded the high-cost credit sector “dysfunctional” and is set to banks from charging excessive unarranged overdraft fees for customers. The main focus will be on ensuring the price for each overdraft will be a simple, single interest […]

7 years ago

Heartwarming news in the world of Fantasy Football You may or may not be aware of Crystal Palace striker Alexander Sørloth, and consequently, you may or may not be aware of his struggles since moving to the Premier League for £9 million last January. He’s scored no goals in the league for the Eagles, and only one […]

7 years ago

Is Pitbull… moving to the ocean? Is he now going to live in the ocean? It sounds as though he is. It sounds as though he is going to live underwater. Does Pitbull know that he cannot, in fact, live underwater? I don’t think he does. I don’t think he understands Before ‘Africa’, there was […]

7 years ago

The club’s supporters have made the headlines again for all the wrong reasons Chelsea supporters have been accused of using anti-semitic chants during their team’s Europa League tie in Hungary on Thursday night, after the blues drew 2-2 against MOL Vidi in Budapest. The news follows a police investigation into alleged racist abuse aimed at Raheem […]

7 years ago

The Cathedral of College Basketball sits at the heart of the University of Pennsylvania’s campus in West Philadelphia. It has stood for over 90 years and hosted more college basketball games than any other venue in America. In 1958 three of the greatest players in NBA history played here in the same summer: Jerry West; […]

7 years ago

Janet Jackson, Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard, and the Zombies also made the cut The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2019 inductees have been announced and truth be told, they’re not too shabby. Radiohead, nominated last year, made it in this time around, along with Robert Smith’s The Cure, a band that were perhaps […]

7 years ago

They believe May has done a good job during a ‘difficult process’ The EU Commission has reiterated its support for Theresa May ahead of a Tory leadership contest this evening, triggered after the 48 letters of no confidence required to trigger a ballot vote within the Tory party was reached today. The prime minister met with Commission […]

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It is the second time in a year the player has landed himself in controversy Dundee United left-back Jamie Robson is under investigation after an image emerged on Instagram of the defender dressed in ‘blackface’ at a party. The 20-year-old was pictured covered in black body paint. He also wore an umbrella hat and a […]

7 years ago

“He talked to me like I was Bruce Wayne so I just went along with it” You can picture it, can’t you? Christian Bale in the grand office of Trump Tower, smirking to himself, as Donald Trump quizzes him about being Batman. Donald Trump wondering about his utility belt. And the Batmobile. Donald Trump offering […]

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Three people have lost their life and 13 more have been injured France has raised its terror alert after a gunman killed three people and injured 13 more, eight who were seriously wounded, at the Strasbourg Christmas market in northeastern part of the country. The attack took place at around 7pm (8pm local time) on […]

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Vladimir Putin was a KGB spy stationed in Dresden between 1985 and 1990 Vladimir Putin’s spy identification has been recovered in Dresden, a city formerly part of East Germany. The Stasi ID pass was found in a secret police archive and was used by the Russian president to enter in and out of facilities there […]

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A confidence vote in Theresa May is set to take place tonight between 6pm and 8pm Theresa May will be subject to a Conservative party vote of confidence after the required 48 letters calling for a leadership contest were delivered. Under party rules, if 15 per cent of Tory members of parliament write to the […]

7 years ago

The reigning Super Bowl champs still have it all to do to reach the playoffs as they face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night The atmosphere didn’t quite seep through the sealed glass press box at Lincoln Financial Field, the home of the Philadelphia Eagles, but it was enough to make you question just how […]

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The Metropolitan Police are also investigating the incident Chelsea Football Club and the Metropolitan Police are both investigating an incident in which alleged racial abuse was shouted at Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling during their 2-0 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening. Several Twitter users, including former Arsenal striker Ian Wright, highlighted […]

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His mate put his number out claiming it was O2 As you were probably aware, O2’s UK users were faced with a mobile data blackout on Thursday that meant many millions of people were unable to use their phones. As a result, the network is liable to compensate users in certain circumstances, which you can […]

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SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION* *Don’t be ridiculous. How could I make this a special Christmas edition? It’s just football players. It’s just the Wikipedia page of various football players. You know the drill by now. If you fancy going back through the archives you can find all of the golden oldies here. In terms of this […]

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The dreaded agent press statement José Mourinho’s troubled tenure at Manchester United has officially entered the murkiest of murky waters with the news that his agent, Jorge Mendes, has issued a statement declaring that his client is still “fully committed” to the club. Mourinho is winless in four games after Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal […]

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The Pogues frontman has responded to the criticism of ‘Fairytale of New York’ Shane MacGowan, lead singer of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, has defended the use of a homophobic slur in the band’s famous Christmastime anthem ‘Fairytale of New York’. MacGowan has stated that the line ‘you scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy f****t’, […]

7 years ago

Better than Mario Kart, don’t @ me (Please do @ me) Hold your loved ones close; the greatest kart game of all time is being remastered. That’s right folks, the iconic Crash Team Racing from the PlayStation 1 era is coming back in the form of Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, a gorgeous remastering of the original we […]

7 years ago

The actor was only announced as the host on Tuesday but after three days of criticism has stepped down Kevin Hart has stepped down as host of the next year’s Academy Awards ceremony after facing a backlash over homophobic jokes the comedian has made in the past. Hart announced the decision to withdraw from the […]

7 years ago

In partnership with Penguin Random House “People think it’s a treadmill and it’s really hard but come on! It’s one book a year. It’s a total piece of cake. But don’t tell anyone that.” Lee Child is the now ubiquitous penname of Jim Grant, a former television producer born in Coventry. He started writing after […]

7 years ago

In a dark room in central London two men sit down to play a board game. 19 days later, they are still there. Nobody has won a match. Something like the clinical definition of insanity springs to mind. And then the levee breaks. Magnus Carlsen is thinking. He has been thinking for a while. Since […]

7 years ago

Shocking, shocking scenes A woman has been jailed for causing criminal damage to a €1.30 (£1.50) tube of Pringles in a Tesco in Cork. According to BBC News, the eternal provider of all sorts of serious, day-to-day crises, and, well, this, the woman had been banned from entering the store previous to what must now […]

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It is not photoshopped, it is just really, really big Say hello to Knickers, a 6 foot 4, 220 stone cow from Western Australia. Say hello to the news story of the year. Knickers is so big, in fact, that he has managed to avoid the slaughterhouse and will spend the rest of his gigantic […]

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He was a vocal critic of austerity and used Twitter as a platform that few people his age could Harry Leslie Smith has died age 95 in Canada, according to his son. Smith was a survivor of the Great Depression and a Royal Air Force veteran who became an activist and political commentator in his […]

7 years ago

No more will children have to run around the playground looking like they’ve got a mini-fridge on their back The Indian government has told schools to stop giving pupils homework and heavy textbooks in an attempt to prevent spinal damage in its students, many of whom have to walk long distances to school. Teachers for […]

7 years ago

“What happened in the Second World War? Cut this for a second. What did we do in the Second World War?” Boris Johnson, whatever you may think of him, has made much of his political career off the back of a self-perpetuated loveable buffoon image, demonstrated by the now infamous anecdote of him purposefully messing […]

7 years ago

¡Baile Jefe, baile! Dance chief, dance. It has become clear that on Sunday night Diego Maradona was on one. And that, my friends, is a glorious thing, whenever and wherever it occurs. Not content with dishing out the greatest post-match interview of all time, Don Diego stepped it up a notch in the changing room […]

7 years ago

So, Diego, what do you think of the Mexican first division? I don’t really know how else to frame this, other than by reiterating that what we are about to watch is surely the greatest post-match interview ever conducted. It belongs in the Louvre. Maradona, you may or may not be aware, is currently managing in […]

7 years ago

What? Exactly. The football stat gods have blessed us once again with a fantastic peculiarity regarding the form of Chesterfield, who currently sit 19th in the relegation zone of the National League. Somehow, they have managed to draw all eight of their most recent fixtures in the league, which has equalled the club’s record of […]

7 years ago

How do you do, fellow Georgian period political assassins? You probably won’t remember Spencer Perceval, British prime minister, as he was only in office for three years. And those three years occurred at the beginning of the 1800s. Still, you should be aware of his existence, if only because he is – to date – the […]

7 years ago

The French PM has accused Brexiteers of lying to the public French President Emmanuel Macron accused the Leave campaign of lying to the British public during a speech he gave in Brussels on Sunday. Mr Macron stated in no uncertain terms that he believed the Brexiteers that campaigned for Britain to leave the EU were […]

7 years ago

Welcome to the Superclásico The Copa Libertadores final between historic rivals from Argentina, Boca Juniors and River Plate, was never going to be smooth sailing. After a 2-2 draw in the first leg, the second was due to be played at 8pm GMT (5pm local time) at River’s home, Estadio Monumental. However, in the build-up to one of […]

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Just incredible, on so many different levels Those of you familiar with American sports will no doubt be aware of the mini-gameshows they host at halftime, plucking unsuspecting fans from the audience to take part in a challenge to win something from a sponsor. This is the context, as David, a huge Los Angeles Lakers […]

7 years ago

Or, alternatively, just enough to salt the giant slug Boris Johnson once and for all Do you remember the Beast from the East? You do don’t you? That period of a few weeks we had around February and March time last year that caused absolute unbridled chaos. What was the Beast from the East exactly? […]

7 years ago

The rapper was being held at the Federal Prison of Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center Tekashi 6ix9ine, the rapper that was arrested on federal charges earlier in the week, has reportedly been moved from prison. He was arrested and charged following the findings of a federal investigation spanning five years. He also spent a period in prison after […]

7 years ago

A second-year student was found dead on Sunday morning Bertram Crawford, a second-year English student at the University of Bristol, died on Saturday night. The news follows a recent increase in the number of reported student suicides at British universities. Between 2007 and 2015 the number in the UK increased by 79 per cent, from […]

7 years ago

Sickening It is, quite frankly, sickening how nice a bloke N’Golo Kante is. Just last week he rocked up at my Mom’s house to wash her car. Before that, I once caught him rearranging my bookshelf to make it look more aesthetically pleasing. I told him to stop, but then he just started making me a […]

7 years ago

The Chelsea legend was ready to move back to Marseille after only one season in the Premier League Didier Drogba retired from football for good today after a remarkable career that included four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups and of course, one unforgettable Champions League. It’s easy to forget that it […]

7 years ago

I don’t think they have thought this through WhatsApp, the now ubiquitous messaging service that rules the world in the form of group chats, has announced that it is working on a new software update. WhatsApp’s latest software update that they are working on is actually very bad news, ladies and gentlemen. Let me explain […]

7 years ago

wReStLiNg Is sO fAkE Not in Mexico pal. A professional wrestler fighting in the Luche Libre Boom show on Monday shocked the wrestling community after dragging a concrete block out from the backstage area and using it as a weapon during his fight. Angel o Demonio (Angel or Demon) was fighting Puerto Rican star Cuervo […]

7 years ago

Not ideal behaviour from your national team’s captain Wales skipper Ashley Williams has landed himself in some mildly temperate water after being filmed calling Cardiff supporters ‘mugs’ in a video that was originally tweeted by the UEFA Nations League account. Since deleted, the footage shows the Stoke City defender, on loan from Everton, turning to […]

7 years ago

Some people will have excuses for everything Hans Peter Briegel is convinced that Pep Guardiola is to blame for the country’s relegation to UEFA Nations League B. That’s right, the Pep Guardiola that took Bayern Munich to three consecutive cakewalk Bundesliga titles between 2013 and 2016. You know, the same period of time that saw […]

7 years ago

Eternal voice of reason Danny Dyer is at it again You might remember a time roughly four months ago when Danny Dyer took on the lofty mantle of, simply, ‘Voice of Britain’ and eviscerated pork boi David Cameron it what will eventually become known as the finest moment of oratory brilliance in the entire history of […]

7 years ago

Alvaro Morata is currently playing like his shoelaces are tied together It’s every striker’s dream. A goalkeeper parrying a low shot straight into your feet a few yards out from goal. All you have to do is take a deep breath, keep your head over the ball, and tuck away the finish. That is unless you […]

7 years ago

The body of a suspected migrant has been found trapped underneath a bus at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone Kent Police force was called shortly after 11:10 GMT to the terminal, where the person was declared dead at the scene. The body is believed to be that of a migrant and efforts have been made […]

7 years ago

Arsene Wenger has finally opened up about the inability to do his coat up You can picture the scene, can’t you? Arsene Wenger on the Emirates touchline sometime in December, in a coat as long as a giraffe’s neck, huffing and puffing in frustration. He’s stuck with the zip again. Once again he is left […]

7 years ago

This is one of those crashes that has to be seen to be believed Sophia Florsch, a talented Formula 3 driver, suffered a horrific crash during the Macau Grand Prix on Sunday. Just before turning into a bend, the 17-year-old German lost control of her car which then flew up into the air, spinning, and […]

7 years ago