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  • David Moyes has left his job at West Ham

    David Moyes has left his job at West Ham

    Breaking news David Moyes has left his job at West Ham, it has been confirmed. The 55-year-old Scot took over from Slaven Bilic on a short-term contract in November with the club in the relegation zone. “When David and his team arrived, it was the wish of both parties that the focus be only on […]

    8 years ago

  • Arsenal fans are making a very good point about Wilshere’s World Cup omission

    Arsenal fans are making a very good point about Wilshere’s World Cup omission

    They’re not happy Although the official World Cup squad announcement isn’t until 1pm today, it’s already been all but confirmed that Jack Wilshere will not be on the plane to Russia. In fact, he’s already made summer plans to head to Zante. It was touch and go whether he would be included in Gareth Southgate’s […]

    8 years ago

  • Jack Wilshere just made the most Jack Wilshere plans instead of the World Cup

    Jack Wilshere just made the most Jack Wilshere plans instead of the World Cup

    Looks like he’ll be drinking through the pain Yesterday Jack Wilshere received the news that no England player wants to receive – he, along with former England number one Joe Hart, won’t be on the plane to Russia. But, as we know, the Arsenal midfielder isn’t the sort of guy to dwell on that kind of thing. […]

    8 years ago

  • Everton announce Sam Allardyce has left the club

    Everton announce Sam Allardyce has left the club

    Breaking news Sam Allardyce has left Everton after six months in charge, the club has announced. The 63-year-old signed a contract until June 2019 after taking over in November. Everton, were in 13th in the Premier League when was brought to the Toffees, with the club eventually finishing eighth. It comes after Big Sam blasted […]

    8 years ago

  • Ant and Dec pictured together for the first time since drink driving arrest

    Ant and Dec pictured together for the first time since drink driving arrest

    People are pointing out a potential tattoo on Ant’s arm A fan has captured a selfie with Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, the first time the duo have been photoed together since the former’s arrest for drink driving in March. Christin Maschmann, a vlogger at NiceandSunny, wrote on Instagram: “Pleasure to randomly bump into @antanddecofficial today! Lovely […]

    8 years ago

  • Temperatures will hit 30C in second May Bank Holiday scorcher

    Temperatures will hit 30C in second May Bank Holiday scorcher

    Summer is back, baby So, it’s slipped a bit over the past week or so, hasn’t it, summer. Over the early May Bank Holiday things were looking glorious – beer gardens, suntan lotion, 99s – then it got a bit cooler. It felt a bit more like spring. We went back to thinking we might need […]

    8 years ago

  • It’s likely that Eurovision viewers will have seen the stage invader on TV before

    It’s likely that Eurovision viewers will have seen the stage invader on TV before

    He has previous with this kind of thing. Another year, another Eurovision, another abysmal performance by a Brit. To be fair, though, at least SuRie had something of an excuse, as her song was interrupted by a protestor. After storming the stage and grabbing the mic, the man appeared to shout: “For the Nazis of the UK media […]

    8 years ago

  • Israel’s Eurovision entry receives furious backlash after winning contest

    Israel’s Eurovision entry receives furious backlash after winning contest

    People weren’t happy with an aspect of the Israeli entry’s performance Barzilai’s winning Eurovision Song Contest entry ‘Toy’ has been criticised by users on social media, with people claiming that the performance appropriated Asian culture. Israel’s singer Netta Barzilai won the competition with a total of 529 points. The singer wore a traditional kimono dress with […]

    8 years ago

  • Dame Tessa Jowell has died aged 70

    Dame Tessa Jowell has died aged 70

    She died peacefully at her family home last night Labour politician Dame Tessa Jowell has died at the age of 70 after a year-long battle with cancer. The former cabinet minister was diagnosed with a gliobastoma multiforme brain tumour last May. She served as MP for Dulwich and West Norwood from 1992 to 2015, featuring in both […]

    8 years ago

  • Coronation Street viewers left sobbing at harrowing moment Aidan’s body found

    Coronation Street viewers left sobbing at harrowing moment Aidan’s body found

    A powerful depiction of male mental health struggles Coronation Street viewers have been left in shock at Aidan’s dad Johnny being overwhelmed after discovering his son had taken his own life. The discovery of the body happened off-camera, but viewers heard Johnny break down after he found his son’s suicide note, as the show explored […]

    8 years ago

  • Manchester United announce that Sir Alex Ferguson is out of intensive care

    Manchester United announce that Sir Alex Ferguson is out of intensive care

    The club released a statement on social media. Manchester United have released an update on their former manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s condition following his hospitalisation at the weekend. In a statement release on Twitter, the club wrote: “Sir Alex no longer needs intensive care and will continue rehabilitation as an inpatient. “His family have been […]

    8 years ago

  • Davina McCall asks savage question about Piers Morgan on 100k Drop

    Davina McCall asks savage question about Piers Morgan on 100k Drop

    Can you believe they asked this? The thing you’ve got to realise about daytime TV is that, fundamentally, the people it’s devised for are retired. That’s why the 10am to 3pm schedule is full to the brim with affable but bland presenters. People who, at face value at least, are complete and utterly inoffensive – your […]

    8 years ago

  • Record-breaking May Day Bank Holiday temperatures as UK sizzles hotter than Mexico

    Record-breaking May Day Bank Holiday temperatures as UK sizzles hotter than Mexico

    It’s going to be seriously hot. Britain looks set to experience its hottest ever May Day Bank Holiday today, with temperatures rocketing 10C above the average for this time of year. According to forecasters, temperatures in London could reach up to 29C, meanwhile, the highs predicted in Mexico City are just 22C. There's plenty of […]

    8 years ago

  • John Travolta transforms into vicious balding gangster John Gotti for new role

    John Travolta transforms into vicious balding gangster John Gotti for new role

    He looks a lot different in the newly released footage. A new trailer has shown John Travolta as Gambino crime family boss John Gotti ahead of the first screenings of the biopic of the late mafia don, titled GOTTI. Gotti was the head of the Gambino crime family in  1980s and 90s, going through three high-profile […]

    8 years ago

  • James Buckley shares reunion picture teasing new Inbetweeners series

    James Buckley shares reunion picture teasing new Inbetweeners series

    It’s got fans very excited. James Buckley – AKA Jay from The Inbetweeners – shared a picture to social media last night that either made every fan’s dream come true or was a massive, massive troll. Probably the latter. After meeting up with his co-stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison from the classic Channel […]

    8 years ago

  • QUIZ: Can you name the 90s kids TV show from the character or presenter?

    QUIZ: Can you name the 90s kids TV show from the character or presenter?

    If you can get 12/15 it’s a good score. It seems so long ago, doesn’t it, the 90s? A halcyon time when Leeds United were still in the Premier League, a quasar and bowling birthday party made you the most popular kid in class, and nobody – and I mean nobody – had a good […]

    8 years ago

  • BBC host Andrew Marr reveals he has cancer just five years after suffering stroke

    BBC host Andrew Marr reveals he has cancer just five years after suffering stroke

    This is really sad news. BBC politics presenter Andrew Marr has revealed he will go into hospital this week to have a malignant tumour on his kidney removed. The 58-year-old will step down from his weekly Sunday programme The Andrew Marr Show while he recuperates, returning to the programme in September. He told viewers at the […]

    8 years ago

  • The Rock lays the smackdown on DJ Khaled after he admits he doesn’t go down on his wife

    The Rock lays the smackdown on DJ Khaled after he admits he doesn’t go down on his wife

    DJ Khaled made the comments during an on-air interview. Ever since an old interview resurfaced, in which he admitted he doesn’t go down on his wife but expects oral sex from her, DJ Khaled has been getting rinsed on social media. The clip came from radio program ‘The Breakfast Club’ back in 2015. In it, the Grammy-nominated musician […]

    8 years ago

  • Teenager shot dead in broad daylight on south London street

    Teenager shot dead in broad daylight on south London street

    Police were called to reports of gunshots last night. A teenager was pronounced dead last night after suffering gunshot wounds in Kennington, south London. Emergency services were called to Cooks Road at around 6.05pm on Saturday and he was discovered on nearby Warham Street. However, though paramedics battled to save the boy, he died just before 7pm. Officers […]

    8 years ago

  • NSPCC issue harrowing warning about children playing Fortnite

    NSPCC issue harrowing warning about children playing Fortnite

    Parents should all be aware of this. The NSPCC has issued a new warning about children playing games such as Fortnite online. The game allows players to speak to each other using built-in voice and text chat, and they worry that strangers could use this functionality to contact kids whilst they are playing. One in […]

    8 years ago

  • Sky Sports News reports Arsenal’s pick to replace Arsene Wenger

    Sky Sports News reports Arsenal’s pick to replace Arsene Wenger

    This would be a bold move. It is being reported that Arsenal’s head of recruitment Sven Mislintat wants Liverpool’s assistant manager Zeljko Buvac to replace Arsene Wenger. Mislintat is a former colleague of Buvac at Borussia Dortmund and Sky report he would like to implement a three-man structure incorporating himself, Buvac as head coach and Raul Sanllehi, […]

    8 years ago

  • Plan B: ‘The 2011 London Riots were not about Mark Duggan’

    Plan B: ‘The 2011 London Riots were not about Mark Duggan’

    The singer has described his tough working class childhood and the environmental factors that caused youngsters from a similar background to be involved in the widespread violence seven years ago. BRIT Award winning musician Plan B – real name Ben Drew – has opened up about his experiences growing up in London’s East End and offered his […]

    8 years ago

  • Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer just dropped and it looks gorgeous

    Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer just dropped and it looks gorgeous

    Rockstar Games put it out on social media. A trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 just dropped and, needless to say, the graphics are lush. The game will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on 26 October after a number of delays during production. Its release will come nearly a decade since the first game in the […]

    8 years ago

  • Britain to sizzle in Bank Holiday heatwave as thermometer bubbles into thirties

    Britain to sizzle in Bank Holiday heatwave as thermometer bubbles into thirties

    Looks like summer is back on. Having been faced with cold temperatures and a ‘return to winter’ last week, it looks like things are going to be on the up over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Express reports that – while it’s likely temperatures will be around the mid-20s – they could reach up to […]

    8 years ago

  • Kate Middleton video explains correct way to pronounce royal baby Prince Louis’ name

    Kate Middleton video explains correct way to pronounce royal baby Prince Louis’ name

    We now know how to say Prince Louis. Last week Duchess Kate gave birth to her and Prince William’s third child, Louis. Relative to past royal hysterias, it was a relatively low-key affair. A C+ on the ‘Rule Britania’ chart – nothing compared the gushing for third in line, Prince George, but definitely something your […]

    8 years ago

  • Jackie Chan’s daughter and her partner have been living under a bridge for a month

    Jackie Chan’s daughter and her partner have been living under a bridge for a month

    She claims her situation is due to her family’s ‘homophobia’. Jackie Chan’s estranged daughter has claimed that her and her partner have been left homeless and sleeping under a bridge “due to homophobic parents.” Etta Ng, 19, and her girlfriend Andi Autumn posted a video to YouTube last week in which they declared that they were homeless, with […]

    8 years ago

  • Chris Hemsworth’s wife got a Thor tattoo at just 15-years-old

    Chris Hemsworth’s wife got a Thor tattoo at just 15-years-old

    You couldn’t make it up. Chris Hemsworth’s wife, Elsa Pataky, has revealed that she got a tattoo representing the Norse God Thor when she was a teenager, years before she ever met her future husband who plays the superhero of the same name. The 41-year-old actor and model made the revelation during an interview with Vogue Australia, […]

    8 years ago

  • Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary over Windrush generation scandal

    Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary over Windrush generation scandal

    Theresa May accepted Amber Rudd’s resignation this evening. Amber Rudd has resigned as home secretary following her repeated failure to explain her role in the Windrush scandal that has seen immigrants living in Britain for decades and their children threatened with deportation. Theresa May accepted the cabinet minister’s resignation this evening. It comes following two […]

    8 years ago

  • Everyone has same suggestion for Asda and Sainsbury’s name after potential merger

    Everyone has same suggestion for Asda and Sainsbury’s name after potential merger

    How could they choose anything else? As we reported yesterday, it’s looking increasingly likely that two will soon become one between retail giants Asda and Sainsbury’s. In recent years, both businesses have seen their market share squeezed by stiff competition from budget outlets Aldi and Lidl, however, the proposed move would see Britain’s second and third […]

    8 years ago

  • Man, 18, arrested after car ‘ploughs through crowd outside nightclub’ in Newport

    Man, 18, arrested after car ‘ploughs through crowd outside nightclub’ in Newport

    Two girls have reportedly been left with ‘potentially life-changing injuries’ after the incident overnight. An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing injury by dangerous driving after four pedestrians were hit by a car outside a nightclub in Newport, South Wales at around 5.30am today. Footage has emerged from the incident that shows the […]

    8 years ago

  • Leaked on-set funeral pics give away massive EastEnders death spoiler

    Leaked on-set funeral pics give away massive EastEnders death spoiler

    It looks like a major character is about to be killed off. New photos have shown that another death is coming to Albert Square. Jessie Wallace and Davood Ghadami, who play Kat Slater and Kush Kazemi, were spotted on set wearing funeral clobber and it looks like the victim will be Shakil Kazemi. The storyline that sees his […]

    8 years ago

  • PewDiePie just got engaged to his long-term girlfriend

    PewDiePie just got engaged to his long-term girlfriend

    His fiance made the announcement on Instagram. YouTuber PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, has got engaged to his long-term girlfriend Marzia Bisognin. The pair – who have been dating for around seven years – have been travelling in Japan, so it is believed the proposal happened there. PewDiePie is the most subscribed YouTuber, with 62 million people […]

    8 years ago

  • Asda and Sainsbury’s in talks to merge into ‘super-supermarket’ in £10 billion deal

    Asda and Sainsbury’s in talks to merge into ‘super-supermarket’ in £10 billion deal

    This would be absolutely huge. Asda and Sainsbury’s could be set for a Super Saiyan-esque fusion which could Kamehameha the retail industry as we currently know it. In the move, announced by Sky News, Britain’s second and third largest food retailers would form a tag-team to take on their largest rival Tesco – with the deal reportedly already in advanced […]

    8 years ago

  • Gangster makes sickening boast before being executed for killing child and grandma

    Gangster makes sickening boast before being executed for killing child and grandma

    Faced with the death penalty he took the opportunity to make one final brag. A gangster who killed a five-year-old girl and her grandmother boasted he was ‘still a soldier’ as he was put to death by lethal injection. Erick Davila, 31, who shot the pair dead at a children’s birthday party, was executed at Texas’ […]

    8 years ago

  • Fortnite developers are suing a 14-year-old player for cheating

    Fortnite developers are suing a 14-year-old player for cheating

    His mother is trying to stop the lawsuit. Epic Games is continuing to pursue a lawsuit against a teenager who uploaded videos of himself cheating at Fortnite to YouTube – despite his mum trying to have the case dismissed. The company said they would be suing two Fortnite players for cheating last year, as their actions violated terms of service […]

    8 years ago

  • Young Jared Leto looked exactly like Zac Efron and it’s weirding people out

    Young Jared Leto looked exactly like Zac Efron and it’s weirding people out

    Photos have emerged that show he used to be the spitting image of the High School Musical actor in his early 20s. Jared Leto’s a true Renaissance man, isn’t he? On one hand, he’s a Hollywood actor – famous for playing roles in Requiem for a Dream, Dallas Buyers Club and Blade Runner 2049 – on the other, a […]

    8 years ago

  • Ronnie Pickering speaks out after being attacked by thug in pub

    Ronnie Pickering speaks out after being attacked by thug in pub

    The incident was captured on CCTV with the viral star getting up and finishing his pint after the attack. Ronnie Pickering, who you probably know from the infamous viral road video, has spoken out after being attacked in a Hull pub. Pickering went viral in 2015 after he clashed with somebody driving past him on […]

    8 years ago

  • Tesco is selling massive boxes of 100 Jaffa Cakes for £1

    Tesco is selling massive boxes of 100 Jaffa Cakes for £1

    That’s just 1p per cake. Look, so whether or not it’s officially a biscuit – we all know that interesting factoid about the court case, don’t we – a Jaffa Cake has the aura of a biscuit. It’s in the biscuit tin. It’s in every sense, besides the technical sense, a biscuit. And it’s a […]

    8 years ago

  • The heartbreaking reason the Queen has stopped breeding corgis

    The heartbreaking reason the Queen has stopped breeding corgis

    Her last corgi was put to sleep last week. Last week the Queen’s final corgi Willow passed away, bringing to an end Her Majesty’s eight-decade-long love affair with the animals. Willow had a special place in the Queen’s heart because she was a descendant of the dog Susan, who the then Princess Elizabeth received as an 18th birthday […]

    8 years ago