Sad day for Fernando Alonso Fans
It's been a difficult couple of years for Fernando Alonso in Formula 1. Since his move to McLaren in the run up to the 2015 season, he has yet to finish on the podium and has endured yet another frustrating season. Alonso is a two-time Formula One champion having won back-to-back titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006....
Kazakh politicians want to rename capital after president
If Kazakh politicians get their wish, the capital city will be renamed to honour the country’s first and only president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The suggestion to rename Astana was buried in a declaration unanimously passed by both chambers of parliament on Wednesday. On the surface, the declaration was to mark the...
Obama administration rushes to protect public lands before Trump takes office
Barack Obama’s administration is rushing through conservation safeguards for large areas of public land ahead of Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House, presenting a conundrum for the new president’s goal of opening up more places for oil and gas drilling. On Monday, the US Department of the Interior banned...
Pupils made to stand in rain for 20 minutes as punishment
Parents have hit out at a school where a teacher allegedly forced an entire class to stand outside in the rain for 20 minutes during Storm Angus. Children as young as 11 returned home from Landau Forte Academy in Tamworth, Staffordshire, in soaking wet uniforms. They told their parents it was because their teacher had made them...
The most expensive cheese in the world is here and it’s made from donkey milk
If you’re into your cheese (and let’s face it, who isn’t?), you might think you’ve tasted all that the dairy world has to offer. You know your goats cheese from your ricotta. Your feta from your halloumi. Which is why you’ll be interested to hear that the world’s most expensive cheese is the...
Two police officers attacked by mob of 30 schoolchildren
Two police officers were beaten up by a mob of 30 children after they went to search a boy they believed to have a knife. They went to search one of the boys after they saw him hide a knife in Lewisham on November 9 shortly after the end of school. A union spokesman has claimed that ëFeudalism is alive and...
Man arrested for deliberately infecting people with HIV goes on the run
A man suspected of deliberately infecting people with HIV has gone on the run, police have said. Daryll Rowe, now 26, failed to answer bail following his arrest for grievous bodily harm and now there is a nationwide hunt for him. He is accused of deliberately tampering with condoms, butting multiple men at risk of HIV Newborn...
Finally: Conor McGregor Is Getting Married
At least we think… You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to put this one together. In the past few weeks the world became very aware of Conor McGregor’s personal life and his “Big Announcement” for the world. The two division UFC champion is expecting his first child with his longtime girlfriend...
Jill Stein raises over $2m to request US election recounts in battleground states
Jill Stein, the Green party’s presidential candidate, is prepared to request recounts of the election result in several key battleground states, her campaign said on Wednesday. Stein launched an online fundraising page seeking donations toward a a multimillion-dollar fund she said was needed to request reviews of the...
Mars lander smashed into ground at 540km/h after misjudging its altitude
A tiny lander that crashed on Mars last month flew into the red planet at 540km/h (335mph) instead of gently gliding to a stop, after a computer misjudged its altitude, the European Space Agency has said. Schiaparelli was on a test-run for a future rover meant to seek out evidence of life, past or present, but it fell silent...
Barcelona forward Neymar ‘facing two-year jail term’
Spanish prosecutors have recommended that Neymar is handed a two-year prison sentence for his part in a corruption case surrounding his move to Barcelona. The Spanish High Court called on the 24-year-old to stand trial over his controversial switch from Santos to Camp Nou in 2013, as Brazilian investment group DIS argued that...
PHOTOS: CHRISSY TEIGEN SKIPS UNDERWEAR ON THE RED CARPET
Chrissy Teigen decided to skip underwear on the red carpet. The 30-year-old swimsuit model wore a black dress with a slit that was higher than her bellybutton when she was on the red carpet at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. It was quite the look....