Mako Vunipola has been named in the Saracens starting side to face Leicester Tigers this weekend despite being stood down from England duty over coronavirus fears.

WILL KELLEHER: Bristol have pulled off another transfer coup by signing young Saracens duo Ben Earl and Max Malins on loan for a year from next season.

England flanker Ben Earl has extended his Saracens stay until 2023 but will spend next season on loan at Bristol.

EXCLUSIVE BY CHRIS FOY: England are likely to face a seven-month wait to finish their Six Nations campaign - with plans taking shape for the postponed match against Italy in Rome.

Five years after mistakenly introducing Idina Menzel as the 'wickedly talented Adele Dazeem' at the Oscars, John Travolta has struck again with another cringe-worthy awards show moment.

She's gearing up for her big performance of the evening. Taylor Swift, 29, stepped onto the red carpet of the VMA's looking red hot in a Versace blazer and thigh-high sparkly boots.

The American superstar, 31, sported blonde curly hair as she appeared on Made in Chelsea: NYC back in 2014, with Lucy Watson, Jamie Laing and pre-baby Binky Felstead in the audience

Missy Elliott misplaced her diamond necklace at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards on Monday, and she's offering a pretty penny to the person who finds it. 

Newly resurfaced pictures show exotic animal handler Dr. Bhagavan Antle - commonly abbreviated to Doc Antle - tending to a chained tiger as Britney prepares to take to the stage.

For veteran attendee Matthew Joseph, it was 13 years ago that he was bitten by the Glastonbury bug. So he decided to captured the magic on camera.

The Beckhams were spotted at Glastonbury Festival however the fashion designer, 45, did not look overly-pleased to be swapping her wedges for wellies as she stood with her husband, 44.

Anais Gallagher stepped out for the first time since her uncle Liam Gallagher apologised to her over a threatening text to estranged brother Noel's wife.

England coach Jones cast a watchful eye over a training session on Wednesday as his forwards were put through their paces ahead of the weekend's Six Nations finale with Scotland.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES AND NIK SIMON: World Rugby are facing possible legal action whatever decision they make regarding Scotland's scheduled Pool A clash with Japan on Sunday.

Saracens' case for their defence fell at La Defense as the besieged Barnet bashers were battered by Racing 92. The reigning Champions Cup holders took their biggest continental loss in two years.

Stuart Hogg admits that if his Exeter Chiefs side win the Premiership, people will believe they triumphed only because of Saracens' hefty points deduction for breaching the salary cap.

GRAEME CROSER AT CELTIC PARK: The past seven days have seen Leigh Griffiths locked in a personal battle with Finn Russell for custody of the back pages.

The Edinburgh flanker missed last week's Six Nations opener with Ireland in Dublin due to a thigh strain and his recall to Gregor Townsend's team is the only change from that defeat.

Holland boss Ronald Koeman has backed wonderkid Matthijs de Ligt to cement himself firmly in the starting XI of Italian giants Juventus.

Ed Sheeran recently made headlines by expanding his £3.7m (AUD $6.5m) 'mini-village' in his hometown of Suffolk by buying the home of a fourth neighbour.

It marks the latest addition to Sheeran's housing empire in Framlingham, Suffolk, which has ballooned in size after the pop star, 28, snapped up four of the surrounding properties.

The teenager, from Portsmouth, has created her own 'smile' bracelets to generate funds for cancer sufferers, and she was thrilled after Sheeran asked to wear one for his entire set.

The actress, 33, and the businessman, 35, couldn't take their hands off each other as they strolled through Rome before taking a selfie at the iconic Trevi Fountain on Sunday.

Dr Paul Dean, 66, admitted three counts of making indecent images of children and will be sentenced next month. Parents at The Dragon School, Oxford, have been told of his conviction.

The South Carolina senator has told multiple donors he'd start his presidential campaign, which he has been testing the waters for since late February, on that day, according to a report.

Rick Santorum will follow Rand Paul's lead and quit the Republican race for the White house today. They failed to make headway in Iowa and had little standing in polls for New Hampshire.

Republican Senator Rand Paul said he was not wearing a face mask because he already had the coronavirus and that immunity meant he couldn't transmit it to anyone else. 

Sunday night's episode of MasterChef ended with contestants Michelle, Metter and Samira in the bottom three after they failed to impress judges with their culinary skills.

MasterChef Australia viewers have called out the competitive cooking show for a long camera product placement on Thursday's episode.

Google and Facebook have told most employees to keep working from home for the rest of the year as part of a response by the tech giants to the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

The PM is expected to recommend people wear them in the office, on public transport and when shopping despite not making them compulsory in England.

Whitehall officials are modelling the plans on rules that already allow new parents to request flexible working. It will make it easier for those who do go in to the office to socially distance.

Boris Johnson's plan to ease the UK's coronavirus lockdown will see people urged to cycle to work, firms told to provide staff with face masks and garden centres allowed to reopen from Wednesday.

From June, all arrivals in the UK - including returning Britons - will be quarantined for two weeks and face £1,000 fines or deportation if they fail to do so.

Kacey Musgraves paid homage to her hometown when she transformed into a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader for her Halloween costume over the weekend.

A student from Milpitas High School in California said former American History educator, David Carter, was imitating the musician Common in his artificial intelligence ad for Microsoft last Thursday.

Mary Coker, a Broward County Public Schools official who got laughs dressed as a flasher at a Halloween party in what appears to be a school office with kids present, is now facing consequences.

Mary Coker of the Broward County Public Schools landed in trouble when social media posts of her barely-there outfit appeared. Complaints claim it was unclear 'if she was really naked'.

Maher - who was canned by ABC over controversial statements he made about 9/11 - felt that Kelly's apology sufficed after she defended the usage of blackface in Halloween costumes.

Freddie Prinze Jr. was spotted wearing a medieval style mask to protect himself from the spread of COVID-19 on Monday while out running errands in Los Angeles.

Ethan Tucker, 18, plunged a blade into the body of 24-year-old Cain Jackson multiple times following an altercation in Rugby, Warwickshire, on October 31.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I cannot wait to see Sam Burgess play for Bath, I’m sure he has everything to succeed in union and all England rugby fans should be grateful to Bath for bringing him into the sport.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster believes the 'fantastic potential' of Henry Slade will drive his challenge for a place in the 2015 rugby World Cup squad.

SARAH VINE: My initial reaction was no - are you mad? Why would I want to have my face yanked around by the surgical equivalent of barbed wire?

With each day that passes, we learn a little bit more about the nature of this ghastly virus. Statistics show that obesity is one of the biggest risk factors for Covid-19.

Brian McDermott could not hide his delight after Toronto completed their fairytale rise by winning promotion to Super League.

The disgraced cross-code star has already proved the most contentious signing in the competition's 25-year history after joining the Dragons on a one-year deal.

Manny Pacquiao has insisted that no deal has been reached for a super-fight against Amir Khan on November 8. The British fighter had previously claimed they would fight in Saudi Arabia.

Johnny Depp's star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame was defaced with profanity on Thursday by a vandal who wrote : 'phoney a** b****.'

Sophie Turner fueled pregnancy rumors on Thursday, when she stepped out in a silhouette obstructing ensemble for a Los Angeles outing with husband Joe Jonas.