Four Sri Lankan athletes were stopped by police after cycling down the M74 motorway on Wednesday. The cyclists were pulled over near the exit for Motherwell and Hamilton and advised to ‘get off the road’.

Prominent Paralympians have criticised champion Australian hurdler Sally Pearson for an 'offensive' and 'silly' remark she made following a traumatic fall that left her screaming in agony.

Jessica Mauboy put on an energetic performance at the sold-out Fire Fight Australia bushfire relief concert in Sydney on Sunday.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The big screen version of Take That musical The Band is being actively developed during the lockdown, with 'high calibre' film stars being sought to appear in it.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: The first day at the season finale DP World Tour Championship was about as far removed from a humdrum opening round as it would be possible to find.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN LOS ANGELES: A couple of firecrackers from Rory McIlroy in his first round back as world number one, and an opening statement from Tiger Woods.

Spain's Jon Rahm fired a career-best 61 - which included a hole-in-one - to charge up the leaderboard at the WGC-Mexico Championship, where Justin Thomas has a one-shot lead.

Environmentalists have warned that the scale of the blazes, across central and east Russia, could accelerate global warming, aside from any immediate effects on the health of inhabitants.

In a phone call between the leaders, Trump is said to have offered American assistance to help stem the blaze, which has now engulfed in excess of 7 million acres of Siberian woodland.

President Donald Trump said Thursday Vladimir Putin 'appreciated' his offer to help with forest fires raging in Siberia, and that the two men did not discuss Russia's election interference.

Russian media has reported that the mole extracted in 2017 may be Oleg Smolenkov, an aide of senior diplomat and former ambassador to the U.S. Yury Ushakov (pictured).

The TV personalities sparked outrage for having open-air fires, following pleas that residents refrain from doing so, as such activity would diminish the quality of the air.

Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies.

More clashes erupted on Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies.

President Donald Trump said he's studied history and "learned a lot from Richard Nixon," including not to "fire people." Trump claimed there are two main differences between his situation and Nixon's: the former president "may have been guilty" and he had tapes incriminating himself. Trump's decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey prompted the Justice Department to appoint another former FBI Director, Robert Mueller, as special counsel. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.During a Friday morning phone interview on Fox News' morning show, "Fox and Friends," President Donald Trump said he's studied history and "learned a lot from Richard Nixon," while reflecting on the federal investigation into his 2016 campaign's ties to Russia.The president said one of his key lessons

Rick Bright, the Department of Health and Human Services scientist who was reassigned last month and then filed a whistleblower complaint, disputed the White House's characterization that he was "disgruntled.""I am frustrated at a lack of urgency to get a head-start on developing life-saving tools for Americans," he said in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview."I was thinking that we could have done more to get those masks and supplies to them sooner, and if we had, would they still be alive today," Bright added. "It's a horrible thought to think about the time that past when we could have done something and we didn't."Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Rick Bright, the Department of Health and Human Services scientist who was fired in April and then filed a whistleblower complaint

Amjad Bashir will no longer be able to fight the Leeds North East constituency - a blow to Boris Johnson's chances of securing a majority on December 12.

John Farnham reunited with Olivia Newton-John at the Fire Fight Australia bushfire relief concert in Sydney on Sunday.

Paytm First Games has launched into another esports parternship with Garena.PFG will be hosting its very first Free Fire India Solos (FFIS) tournament in May and June.The platform has been adding nearly 75,000 players on its gaming arm on a daily basis during the lockdown period.If you’re a fan of multiple battle royale games that you can win by being the last man standing, then you’ve probably heard of Garena’s Free Fire. Paytm First Games (PFG) is now going to host its first Free Fire India Solos (FFIS) tournament on its platform in May and June.“The action-packed tournament is going to be a tremendous opportunity for Indian gamers to compete at a national level,” said Sudhanshu Gupta, the chief operating officer (COO) of PFG.Known for being the gaming avenue where you can play games and

For Premiership chief executives during the coronavirus pandemic it is not so much that the management text-book has been thrown out the window.

The trailer for Pete Davidson's new comedy "The King of Staten Island" was released on Thursday.It contains numerous references to the comedian's real-life upbringing in the New York City borough. Scott, a mid-20s slacker played by Davidson, tries to find himself and work out his lingering trauma over his father's death.Steve Buscemi, Maude Apatow, and Marisa Tomei also appear as Scott's mentor, ambitious little sister, and mother, respectively. Bill Burr, Moises Arias, and Bel Powley round out the cast. Much like Davidson, Scott's father was a firefighter who died when he was young, and the trailer shows him following in his dad's footsteps and becoming a firefighter himself — with some hilarious setbacks and speed bumps along the way. "The King of Staten Island" premieres June 12 on demand,

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A shootout erupted on Saturday at a protest in western Afghanistan by residents demanding economic assistance, leading to the...

According to a Variety report published on Wednesday, Union was let go from the program along with fellow judge, Julianne Hough, after they complained about a toxic work environment.

Britain's Got Talent is set to return, having filmed auditions before the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Simon Cowell explains why the series has to be about escapism more now than ever.

The second-hottest day in UK history is causing chaos for commuters up and down the country as they face being stranded on sweltering services while they struggle to get home from work. 

Lutalo Muhammad is relishing the prospect of renewing one of the biggest rivalries in his sport when he takes to the mat for the men's -80kg taekwondo competition at the European Games.

Anna Krytska, 16, grabbed her father's arm after he came home drunk and tried to hit his wife Natalia, and shouted at him: 'You are not going to hurt her anymore!'

Donald Trump has been caught on tape appearing to order the firing of then-Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. 'Get rid of her!' he appears to say.

'I am not a fan of that ambassador,' Trump said in an interview with Fox News defending his actions on Friday. 'She wouldn't put my picture up, she was an Obama appointee I believe.'

The video was made during a fundraiser dinner on April 30, 2018 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC and released on Saturday by an attorney for Lev Parnas,

Ukraine's emergency services ministry scrambled 130 firefighters and two planes to tackle the blaze which ignited yesterday.

Rhodes hit a hat-trick as Norwich City won a 4-3 thriller away at Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday night. The Canaries raced into the lead with two of Rhodes' goals coming in the first 15 minutes.

NEIL POINTON AT EWOOD PARK: Pukki was Norwich City's hero yet again as he swept home a late winner to send the Canaries flying to the top of the Championship on Saturday night.

The 22-year-old pop star missed out on the VMAs and instead partied alone at a bar in Studio City where he stunned regulars with a karaoke turn after a few neat whiskeys/

Disney fired the 52-year-old filmmaker in July after offensive tweets he wrote between 2008-2012 joking about rape, child abuse, and pedophilia resurfaced

Disney fired the 52-year-old filmmaker in July after offensive tweets he wrote between 2008-2012 joking about rape, child abuse, and pedophilia

Pompeo said the US-Australian alliance was unbreakable and American firefighters had flown to Australia to help.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the strike which saw 22 ballistic missiles fired at two US bases in Iraq was 'not enough' to punish the US while vowing to kick all American forces out of the Middle East.

Gordon Sondland has become the second impeachment witness to be fired by President Trump, less than 48 hours after the Commander-in-chief was acquitted by the Senate on two charges.

'The president (left) this morning made a series of obviously false statements concerning Lt Col Vindman (right),' Vindman's lawyer, Ambassador David Pressman, said.

Five-month-old baby Jay-Natalie La Santa, the daughter of FDNY firefighter Jerel La Santa and his wife Lindsey, passed away from COVID-19 on Monday.

Leading Jewish civil rights group The Lawfare Project has filed a freedom of information request against the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio regarding a Jewish funeral on April 28.

Former US President Barack Obama has publicly praised a Melbourne activist for her work in preserving food for bushfire victims.

Tory MP Sir Mike Penning, who was a firefighter before he entered politics, said Dany Cotton must carry the can for the fatal advice to residents to 'stay put' in their homes as the blaze took hold.

Andy Roe revoked the 'stay put' policy within minutes of becoming incident commander at the blaze in west London which killed 72 people after residents were told to remain in their homes.

In London, the familiar ring of Big Ben ushered in 2020 amid what Mayor Sadiq Khan promised would be the 'best fireworks the city has ever seen' to ring in the new decade.

MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: French Open organisers were under fire on Friday night after seeming to call off play prematurely with Novak Djokovic in trouble against Dominic Thiem.

Social media users compared a picture appearing to show Trump with strong fake tan lines with everything from the movie Cats to Mrs. Doubtfire to Justin Trudeau in blackface.

Property developer Jeffrey Hobby, who donated £10,000 to Mr Farage's party ahead of the European Parliament elections in May, said he believed Mr Johnson was doing a 'fantastic job'.

Leonardo DiCaprio has weighed in on Australia's bushfire crisis and has called for a 'radical overhaul' of the country's conservation efforts, in an Instagram post.