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Coronavirus UK: Tottenham shut down their player recruitment operations amid Covid-19 crisis

Tottenham's recruitment team, led by chief scout Steve Hitchen have followed Newcastle by effectively shutting down their scouting department until further notice




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'I wouldn't shake Rafa Benitez's hand': Marco Materazzi takes swipe at his former Inter Milan boss

Marco Materazzi has revealed he would often refuse to shake the hand of former Inter Milan manager Rafael Benitez after matches, questioning the purpose of the post-match ritual. 




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Desperate South African farmers who rushed for refugee status in Australia have claims rejected

A surge of South Africans seeking protection in Australia have been disappointed as no visas have yet been approved.




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Messi eager to lead next generation of Argentine talent after Copa America defeat by Brazil

Argentina and Lionel Messi remain optimistic about their future despite another year without a trophy. There is some hope despite the team's 2-0 loss to Brazil.




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Edu closing in on Arsenal technical director job as Brazilian federation replace him with Juninho

Edu is closing in on the technical director job at Arsenal after Brazil appointed Juninho to replace him as their general coordinator.




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Liverpool news: Reds confirm veteran ex-Preston and Leeds keeper Andy Lonergan will go on US tour

With Alisson yet to return following his involvement with Brazil's triumph in the Copa America, the club announced on Tuesday that Lonergan will travel and train with the squad for their three-match tour.




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Holocaust survivor says Kate Middleton 'wiped her eyes several times' at Nazi death camp in 2017

Manfred Goldberg, 89, born in Kassel, Germany, accompanied the Cambridges on their tour of the Stutthof concentration camp in July 2017, and told People Kate was emotional.




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Viewers SLAM Channel Nine's red carpet coverage of the Logies branding it 'boring' and 'awkward'

Despite claims of it being Australian TV's night of nights, many viewers were left underwhelmed by Channel Nine's red carpet coverage of the Logies on Sunday, voicing their disappointment on Twitter.




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Guy Sebastian 'barely interacted with The Voice co-stars at the Logies

The celebrity superstars sit in close proximity in their red swivel chairs on The Voice Australia.




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Britons spending record amounts on lotto tickets as operator Camelot reports best-ever results

Both ticket sales and returns to good causes have risen, according to half-yearly results for the National Lottery. Prizes to players increased by 13.4 per cent - a total of £2.2 billion.




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Royal Navy veteran, 85, and his wife of 61 years scoop £1million

Ron and Joan Brumhill from Waterlooville in Hampshire scooped the life-changing prize after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw on December 21 last year.




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The National Lottery will divert £300m to support Britain's most vulnerable amid coronavirus crisis

The National Lottery is set to join the fight against coronavirus by distributing up to £300million in funds to support the most vulnerable across the UK during the crisis.




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Dunkirk veteran who did not collect his medals finally receives them... on his 100th birthday 

Dunkirk veteran Doug Jones has finally received his medals on his 100th birthday after refusing to collect them because he wanted to avoid 'glorifying' the conflict. He was evacuated on a ferry.




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D-Day veteran who was honoured for helping to liberate French families in WWII dies aged 94

Daniel Lyons (pictured) from the Isle of Wight who was one of the last surviving Normandy landing veterans, passed away at the age of 94.




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World War II veteran who died alone with no next of kin farewelled by strangers in Brisbane

Brian Stanley William Fortune, 95, fought in Palestine in 1944-45 as a member of the Durham Light Infantry, but nothing else is known about his service.




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Marco Rubio blasts Veterans Administration employees for not coming to work

Sen. Marco Rubio, who has the worst attendance record in the US Senate, proposed a bill on Tuesday to authorize the firing of delinquent Veterans Administration employees




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Marco Rubio swats at Ted Cruz's 'desperation' in airing new attack ads in Iowa

Marco Rubio had a response for Ted Cruz who has been labeling him the 'Republican Obama' in new attacks ads – a shrug and a smile.




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Jared Kushner claims federal response to coronavirus is a 'success story'

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner argued the federal response to the coronavirus has been a 'success story' as economic growth plunged.




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McConnell plans to confirm Donald Trump's nominations for federal judges when Senate returns

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be back to prioritizing President Trump's judicial nominations when the Senate returns to Washington on Monday.




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Trump steps up threat to link federal bailout to states ending sanctuary city status

President Trump again tied state aid to ridding the country of so-called 'sanctuary cities,' where local jurisdictions don't play ball with federal immigration enforcement.




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Trump retweets 'baseless' claim Obama ran intelligence operation into administrations Russia ties

President Trump retweeted a podcaster's claim on Sunday that 'Evidence has surfaced that indicates Barack Obama was the one running the Russian hoax.'




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Radio star Ryan Fitzgerald appears to get a RETWEET from President Donald Trump

Nova FM Ryan Fitzgerald is known for his love of a prank or two. 




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Trump slams Kellyanne Conway's husband as a 'deranged loser' and 'moonface'

Trump took aim at the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump PAC led by Conway, and referred to the group as 'RINO Republicans'.




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Greenhouses, bedding plants, mowers – they were all born in the Victorian era

British gardening expert Monty Don grew up in a home with a Victorian garden which had circular borders filled with bedding plants and a coke-fired greenhouse.




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How the killer coronavirus compares to SARS, swine flu and Ebola: Interactive map

The map tracks the lethal flu-like infection, which has killed more than 1,300 people and infected 60,000 - mostly in China - and pits it against SARS in 2003, swine flu in 2009 and Ebola in 2014.




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Oscar Pistorius's life is in danger if he goes to prison after 'death threat' from prison gang leader 'The General', claims defence

Oscar Pistorius's defence lawyer has repeated claims that a ruthless prison gang leader has threatened to 'take out' the Olympian if he is given preferential treatment in prison.




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Oscar Pistorius's parole is being DELIBERATELY delayed amid backlash fears

The failure of a review board to rule yesterday on the athlete's parole comes just weeks before an appeal court considers whether to convict him of murdering Reeva Steenkamp.




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Oscar Pistorius to be freed for grandmother's funeral

It will be the second time Oscar Pistorius will have been allowed to join his loved ones to mourn since he was sentenced for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp a year ago.




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Oscar Pistorius let out of jail for funeral of his grandfather 

Convicted murderer and former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was seen arriving in a white marked Department of Correctional Services car, flanked by two prison guards.




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Bill Beaumont receives a stark warning on future alterations from NZ Rugby boss Brent Impey

WILL KELLEHER: While Beaumont was backed by all 18 of the Six Nations votes for a second term in charge, he was warned by those in the southern hemisphere that drastic alterations are needed.




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Pasta becomes a vegetable under Trump administration - hacks away at Obama-era school lunch rules 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposals will continue to erode Michelle Obama's legacy by easing restrictions on the types and quantities on fruit and vegetables put on the table.




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Michelle Obama reveals she went to couples therapy with Barack to work through 'tough times'

Michelle Obama admitted to Oprah Winfrey that she needed to 'make herself happy' if she wanted an equal partnership with Barack Obama. Obama spoke at an event in Brooklyn, New York.




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Michelle Obama enjoys Christina Aguilera's Las Vegas concert

The former First Lady of the United States attended Christina Aguilera's The Xperience concert at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater in Las Vegas where a male dancer twerked near her.




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Barcelona coach Victor Valdes jokes about Neymar with Brazilian desperate for Nou Camp return

The Brazilian forward, 27, has been linked with a return to his former side this summer, two years after leaving the Catalan club for a world-record fee of £198million.




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Labour MPs warn of 'Operation Stop Keir Starmer' by hard-Left

MPs have warned of 'Operation Stop Keir' after a poll of members showed the centrist shadow Brexit secretary well ahead of Corbynista candidates such as Rebecca Long Bailey and Ian Lavery.




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Jeremy Corbyn condemns 'US assassination' of Iranian general

Mr Corbyn accused the US president of carrying out 'an extremely serious and dangerous escalation of conflict' after the rocket strike which killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.




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Jeremy Corbyn refuses to call assassinated Iranian general Qassem Soleimani a terrorist FOUR TIMES

Jeremy Corbyn last night refused four times to say Qassem Soleimani was a terrorist - and also described the Iranian general's killing by the US as 'illegal' . 




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Labour membership 'surges by 60,000 since general election defeat'

Labour's membership has reportedly grown by 60,000 people since the party's devastating general election defeat.




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Labour membership 'surges by 100,000 as moderates flood the party'

Labour's membership has grown by more than 100,000 since the party's devastating general election loss.




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Jeremy Corbyn 'nominates John Bercow for peerage'

Labour is believed to have stepped in after the PM ripped up the convention that former Speakers like John Bercow go to the House of Lords after stepping down from the chair.




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Rebecca Long Bailey offers an olive branch to Labour moderate MPs

The leadership candidate said there are 'really experienced, amazing people' in the parliamentary Labour party and that 'we've got to have that good mix of talent in there'.




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John Bercow's wife Sally personally lobbied Jeremy Corbyn to offer her husband a peerage 

Mrs Bercow, a Labour supporter, privately urged Mr Corbyn to send her husband to the Lords because the Tories would refuse, Commons sources said.




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Len McCluskey issues Labour leadership warning to moderate MPs

The Unite the union boss said critics of the shadow business secretary 'would be better to clear out now' amid reports some are planning to quit Labour if she wins the contest.




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Lord Janner's son demands Jeremy Corbyn withdraws the offer of a peerage to Tom Watson

Daniel Janner, whose father Greville was caught up in the false claims, has told Mr Corbyn that honouring the ex-Labour deputy leader would be 'wrong and inappropriate'.




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Former Black Rod DAVID LEAKEY explains why he believes John Bercow does NOT deserve a peerage 

DAVID LEAKEY: I believe it is my public duty to say it would be a scandal if Baron 'Bully' Bercow were ever to take a taxpayer-funded seat for life on the red benches of the House of Lords.




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Jeremy Corbyn's Lords nomination are delayed amid peerage outcry

A special Lords vetting committee is set to meet on Tuesday over a raft of peers proposed by the Labour leader and Boris Johnson.




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Jeremy Corbyn joins the pick-it line: Labour leader caught on camera with his finger up his NOSE

The outgoing Labour leader, whose public appearances have been limited since he lost the election in December, was in the chamber for an update on the impact of Storm Ciara.




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Does she deserve a peerage? The claims that could cost Karie Murphy the ermine, writes ANDREW PIERCE

Four men and two women, will today sit in judgment in an anonymous office in the Whitehall edifice that houses the Treasury on the most contentious set of peerage nominations for a generation.




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Operation stop Corbyn: More than half of Labour 'defect

A survey of more than 10,000 people found that more than half of traditional Labour voters who defected to other parties in December did so to prevent the opposition leader becoming PM.




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Tom Watson must be denied a peerage says falsely accused ex-Tory MP Harvey Proctor 

Harvey Proctor has lodged a formal request that the former deputy Labour leader be prevented from entering the House of Lords over his role in the botched Operation Midland.