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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: the benefits of cashback

With about three clicks of the mouse I have just transferred another free £20 into my bank account. A welcome boost. In total I have accumulated £240 – and it’s taken next to no effort on my part at all.




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Pension tax relief cuts would be another bad intergenerational deal

Moves such as cutting higher rate tax relief are often depicted as hitting the wealthy older generation, but that's disingenuous.




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Airlines don't want to give coronavirus refunds, what can we do?

What is galling for me and many of my fellow Britons due to fly, is quite how awkward airlines are being in allowing us to get our money back.




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Tiger King fans claim 'Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock'

Fans of Tiger King: Murder Mayhem And Madness have come up with a shock theory that suggests Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock.




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From Ricky Gervais' After Life to Defending Jacob and Liar: The best on demand TV this week

On hearing that his dark and, at times, almost unbearably moving comedy had been recommissioned, Ricky Gervais said, 'I have never had a reaction like this before. It's been insane.'




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Ricky Gervais says After Life's success means fans talk to him about grief

The writer and comedian, 58, is promoting the second series of his Netflix show After Life, which shows his character going through the grieving process.




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Tiger King's Jeff Lowe claims the Tasmanian Tiger still exists

Jeff Lowe from the Netflix documentary series Tiger King believes the Tasmanian Tiger still exists.




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'Demonetisation dealt a blow to terrorism' says Army chief

Army chief Bipin Rawat was speaking at the Agenda Aaj Tak news event in Delhi on Sunday and hailed PM MOdi's demonetisation drive in hindering radical groups.




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Efforts to clear Delhi of toxic smog cloud fail

Delhi is being smothered by a blanket of toxic smog as government agencies flounder in their efforts to stop polluting vehicles and construction activity, as well as put out a fire at the Bhalswa landfill site.




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J&K Government ducks the Hindu minority benefits issue

The statement from the Mehbooba Mufti government on Monday comes as a jolt to Hindus who comprise more than 28 per cent of the state's population.




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Matt Damon reflects on being rejected in Hollywood

He's one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars.




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Zac Efron admits he isn't ashamed of his mistakes

He completed a stint in rehab in 2013 and later admitted to drinking 'way too much'.




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Magenta line train crashes into wall days before launch

Six days before Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) Magenta line's take-off, the 'driverless' train crashed through a wall at Kalindi Kunj depot on Tuesday.




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West Bengal Assembly polls: Money power was used, says state Congress chief

West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that there were many reasons for the defeat and the party would review them




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Congress-Left tie-up a blunder: Mamata Banerjee

The West Bengal CM said that there was an attempt to create fear among people but they overcame and voted fearlessly




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Chelsea's interest in Leicester left back Ben Chilwell grows as 'PSG win battle for Alex Telles'

Both Blues left backs Marcos Alonso and Emerson Palmieri were linked to moves away from Stamford Bridge in the January transfer window. Frank Lampard was keen on Telles and Chilwell.




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Arsenal, Man United, Atletico Madrid and Roma would be the big winners of UEFA coefficient plan

UEFA has heard a proposal to allocate next season's Champions League and Europa League spots by their coefficient ranking. But who would gain and who would lose out?




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Chelsea stars to ditch pay-cut proposals after feeling pressured into them and now look at deferrals

The squad and the Blues board had been in talks over a first-team pay cut, with players privately agreeing to accept a 10 per cent reduction after the club initially proposed 30 per cent.




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Cesc Fabregas 'offers to defer entire Monaco salary for four months'

The former Chelsea and Arsenal star will also take a 30 per cent pay cut. Monaco will save £2m and will not have to pay back £500,000 to the midfielder according to the Telegraph.




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Borussia Dortmund 'relaxed' about Jadon Sancho's future as club chief says there are bigger concerns

Dortmund sporting director Michel Zorc insists the club are 'totally relaxed' about the future of coveted youngster Jadon Sancho and that they have bigger concerns at this present time.




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Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger wants Liverpool called champions and football season to end now

Antonio Rudiger feels the season should be ended immediately due to the dangers posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chelsea defender feels that Liverpool must still be crowned champions.




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John Terry practised panenkas before Champions League shootout slip

The 2008 Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester United could've gone very differently if everything had gone according to John Terry's training plan. 




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Frank Lampard insists frontline NHS staff must get coronavirus tests before Premier League stars

Frank Lampard also admitted he understands the burning desire to see Premier League action return but insisted it cannot come at the price of putting people's lives further at risk.




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Pedro remains coy over Chelsea future and refuses to rule out exit to Real Betis

The forward's deal at Stamford Bridge runs out in June and while there have been links of a move to Real Betis, the 32-year-old still has planned talks with the Blues over a potential new deal.




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PFA chief Gordon Taylor claims Premier League matches could be shorter than 90mins

Top-flight officials are considering a number of measures to improve the safety of players and staff amid the coronavirus crisis, including neutral venues and extra substitutes in every game.




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Fiorentina chief prepared to sell £60m rated Manchester United and Chelsea target Federico Chiesa

United have long admired the Italy international and scouted the £60m rated winger as recently as February. However, Chelsea's interests have also grown in recent weeks.




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Jonny Marsh whips up meals for De Bruyne, Gundogan and Pogba... he's the celebrity master chef 

EXCLUSIVE BY JACK GAUGHAN: Marsh was up at 3am on Sunday, busy juggling Tupperware. The Premier League needs feeding and a fair number of its big names are relying on the personal chef.




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Frank Lampard insists his Chelsea stars will need a full pre-season before returning

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has insisted his players will need a proper pre-season as he wrestles with getting his side back to fitness for Project Restart.  




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Chelsea join race for Monaco left-back Bode Fallo-Toure as cheaper alternative to Ben Chilwell

Frank Lampard has highlighted a left-back as a priority signing this summer and has been a long term admirer of Chilwell, but could now move for Monaco's highly-rated left-back instead.




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NASA releases defiant video outlining details of Artemis moon mission

The US national space agency asked for $1.4 billion to create the lunar lander that would take astronauts to the surface of the moon by 2024 - they've been given $600 million.




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NASA's Christina Koch makes history again with the longest single spaceflight by a woman

On Saturday, Christina Koch officially broke the record for the longest single space flight by a woman after 289 days aboard the International Space Station, passing mentor Peggy Whitson.




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Alarming before and after photos reveal the true impact of bushfires across Australia's east coast

The NASA images, taken six months apart, capture the landscape between Seal Rocks and Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast.




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Before and after pics of NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reveal the Red Planet has taken its toll

In images that surfaced online the rover's journey through Mars' landscape is laid bare. One the left is an image taken shortly after Curiosity landed on Mars while the right shows a snapshot from October.




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Photos show the blackened crater left by the ESA's Schiaparelli Lander that crash-landed on Mars 

NASA's HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provides new images of the crash site of the doomed Schiaparelli Lander that hit the Martian surface in 2016.




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NASA video shows Apollo 13 crew's view of the moon before having to abort their mission in 1970

NASA released a stunning video that recreates the Apollo 13 crew's view of the moon before an explosion occurred on the ship that made them abort the mission and return to Earth.




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Boeing skipped a software test on Starliner before its aborted launch in December

According to NASA, the aerospace company didn't perform a full 'end-to-end' integration test of the software designed to automate maneuvers after the craft is launched into space.




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NASA unsure if Boeing has to conduct another Starliner test flight before taking humans to space

NASA has declined to say whether Starliner will be forced to undergo another test flight before being granted permission to bring human astronauts into space even after a botched mission last year.




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Astronaut wrote family members letters from the grave before each flight

Former NASA astronaut Steven Smith, 61, from Arizona, told a new BBC2 documentary that he wrote his family members letters before every mission, telling them he wanted NASA's work to continue.




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Smart patch placed on the throat could determine if you have coronavirus before symptoms arise

About the size of a postage stamp, the soft, flexible patch sits at the base of the throat and uses sensors to measure vitals in order to determine if you have coronavirus before symptoms emerge.




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Jeff Bezos' futuristic vision of self-sustaining habitat that could house a TRILLION people in space

Building off of a concept introduced by physicist Gerard O'Neill - who Bezos himself studied under during his time at Princeton - the Blue Origin founder outlined habitats that could hold cities.




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NASA prepares for Armageddon with a tabletop planetary defence exercise

NASA is investigating how best to respond to the possibility of an asteroid or a comet colliding with Earth in fictional situations.




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Blue Origin is 'going to the MOON': Jeff Bezos unveils giant concept lunar lander

On stage, Bezos took the wraps off a massive model of what will be the firm's first lunar lander, dubbed Blue Moon. The event kicked off at 4 p.m. in Washington D.C, and was not live streamed.




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Coronavirus: Vitamin D deficient are TWICE as likely to die

A study from the US found patients with a severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications, including death.




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Championship round-up: Cardiff fall to opening day defeat at Wigan while QPR beat Stoke

Cardiff lost a topsy-turvy encounter against Wigan 3-2 at the DW Stadium, while there were wins for QPR, newly-promoted Charlton and Sheffield Wednesday on the road.




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Championship round-up: Neil Warnock suffers defeat in second-tier opener for first time in 17 years

Never write off Neil Warnock in the Championship, but there was an early sign that he might not have the magic touch this season. Cardiff went down 3-2 at Wigan.




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Hull City announce defender Angus MacDonald has beaten bowel cancer

The 27-year-old was diagnosed with the early stages of the disease in August but has now completed successful treatment.




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Liverpool 'keeping tabs on former Hull left back Max Clark' with Vitesse Arnhem braced for offers

The English defender moved to Holland in 2018 after rejecting a new deal with Hull City despite breaking into the first team, and a number of scouts have been watching him this season.




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Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Hull City: Jarrod Bowen stars again to sink promotion chasing Owls

Conjecture surrounds Jarrod Bowen's future but he again provided Hull City with a touch of class that proved too good for another Championship defence.




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What EVERY Premier League club wants before January transfer window closes

The January transfer window is entering its final week and managers are scrambling with their chairman to get those final deals over the line. Here's the players every team are looking at.




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CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP: West Brom drop to second after Cardiff loss as Wigan beat Sheffield Wednesday

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP: Slaven Bilic's men have chosen the worst possible time to hit a bad run of form and are now down the second and winless in seven Championship matches.