US casino operator MGM ends its 8bn bid for Ladbrokes owner Entain
The betting giant had been fighting off an 8bn offer from MGM Resorts, saying it 'significantly undervalued' Entain. Shares in Entain, formerly known as GVC, fell 11.9 per cent. Read more...
RFU to scrap Premiership relegation this season due to Covid-19 havoc and the fear of clubs suing
EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES AND WILL KELLEHER As a result of the move, the 2021-22 Premiership campaign is set to feature 13 teams, meaning Saracens will almost certainly return. Read more...
Making New Friends During a Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has profoundly disrupted some social circles. Heres what experts and new pals have to say about making, and maintaining, pandemic friends. Read more...
One in four wild bee species worldwide 'haven't been seen since the 1990s'
Argentinian researchers have used a publicly available database on bee specimen collections and observations to reveal a global decline in multiple species observed in the wild. Read more...
Shocking moment Tacoma police cruiser runs over a person at intersection
A police car in Tacoma was filmed mowing down a group of pedestrians at a downtown intersection where a large crowd gathered to watch vehicles do burnouts on Saturday evening. Read more...
DEBORAH ROSS Thrilled by The Sister? NO! Hooked on Hugh Grant? Not yet...
ITV's latest forgettable thriller, spread over four nights, was The Sister , which was so forgettable I'm forgetting it as I'm trying to remember it. Read more...
Anti-Kremlin demonstrations break out across Russia in support of jailed Putin-critic Alexei Navalny
Huge crowds of anti-government protesters joined demonstrations in more than 70 cities in Russia in a show of defiance against the jailing ofthe opposition leader. Read more...
Female prisoner officer lifts lid on what it's like to work in Australia's most notorious jails
Former automotive electrician Liz Cunico, 27, and her dog Alice are among the new breed in the K9 unit of the NSW prison system's Security Operations Group. Read more...
Why the cost of holiday insurance could soon go sky high
Travellers are being encouraged to buy their annual travel insurance policies before the year ends to avoid post-Brexit and Covid-19 related price increases. Read more...
The Year of Buyers Remorse
In 2020 we stocked up on a lot. Maybe some things we didnt need. Read more...
Peter Crouch says Pepe and Willian can have no complaints about losing first-team places at Arsenal
Neither player made any impact upon the game, and as senior squad members Crouch said they have to do more if they want to wrest their starting places back from Mikel Arteta's impressive young guns. Read more...
Investment empire of City grandee Lord Spencer is set for a revival
Spencer saw a 12million loss at his investment vehicle IPGL Holdings in the year to March 31, 2020. However, he is thought to have seen the value of several key investments soar since. Read more...
Voices From China39;s Covid Crisis, One Year After Wuhan Lockdown
One year after China locked down Wuhan, six people describe how they found courage in adversity, calm amid grief, and meaning in chaos. Read more...
How letters nearly put paid to David Lean's version of A Passage To India
It is a film classic that garnered 11 Oscar nominations, but David Lean's adaptation of A Passage To India faced strong opposition from the executors of author E. M. Forster's literary estate. Read more...
Woman, 27, spends an eye-watering 20,000 My Little Pony collection
Beatrice Salt, 27, from Halesowen, West Midlands, leaves her friends stunned when she reveals that her collection, which fills up her entire study, has set her back more than 20,000. Read more...
Kate Ferdinand makes thousands flogging her glamorous TOWIE outfits after selling 800 items on Depop
The former TOWIE star, 29, has already sold 800 items of her unwanted clothings to buyers, which retail on average between 10 and 20 each. Read more...
Tiffany Trump Engaged to Michael Boulos
On the last day of her fathers term as president, she announced her intention to marry Michael Boulos. Read more...
Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush ask Biden to commute sentences of EVERY death rowinmate
On Friday, 35 Democrats led by Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to commute the sentences of all 49 federal inmates on death row. Read more...
Dozens killed, some decapitated, in suspected rebel attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Forty-six people from the ethnic Pygmy group were killed -- some of them decapitated -- on Wednesday in a suspected militant attack in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an NGO official based in the central African country. Read more...
Dr. Fauci says one-shot Johnson Johnson vaccine will be approved in two weeks
Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the United States is 'real close' to approving a third COVID-19 vaccine as data shows declining rates of hospitalizations as well as lower rates of infection in 44 states. Read more...
Preserving Brutal Histories, One Garment at a Time
An expert in conserving garments for museums and collectors finds a new calling in saving the clothes worn by victims of atrocities. Read more...