Month: October 2022

Pablo Mari has said he and his family are “all fine” after the Arsenal defender was a victim in a deadly supermarket stabbing in Milan which left him “lucky” to be alive. The 29-year-old Spaniard, currently on a season-long loan at Monza, will spend around “two or three days” recovering in the Italian city’s Niguarda hospital, the Serie A club said, following successful surgery to reconstruct two damaged back muscles. […]

Known for setting the piano alight, both figuratively and sometimes literally, Jerry Lee Lewis was one of the last remnants of the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll. The world famous US musician – nicknamed The Killer – ran with other historic greats including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Little Richard – though he outlasted them all. Lewis emerged as one of rock music’s early showmen in the 1950s, and was […]

A man has been convicted of murdering his former partner who died 21 years after he doused her with petrol and set her on fire in an attack inspired by a scene in the film Reservoir Dogs. Steven Craig, 58, inflicted horrendous injuries to Jacqueline Kirk in a car park in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in April 1998. Ms Kirk, a mother-of-two, was in hospital for nine months following the attack and […]

Harry Styles stars as a bearded merman with octopus-like tentacles in the surreal music video for his single, Music For A Sushi Restaurant. The three-minute video from director Aube Perrie sees the pop superstar, 28, being discovered by a group of sushi chefs working in a remote town and carried to their kitchen. He initially fears he will be eaten but soon embarks on a career as a singer and […]

A last-ditch effort to restore devolved government at Stormont hours ahead of a deadline to call fresh Assembly elections has failed. MLAs met during a recalled sitting of the Assembly on Thursday, but a bid to elect a new speaker did not proceed as the DUP refused to support the nominations. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said that he will call an Assembly election if the devolved executive is […]

Interim Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil insisted he has no concerns about keeper Mark Travers, who is set to make his first start since the Cherries’ record-breaking 9-0 loss to Liverpool. Travers looked to be Bournemouth’s first-choice man between the posts until that August match, when the Reds equalled the Premier League’s all-time biggest margin of victory. But Travers now has a shot at redemption after O’Neil confirmed Neto is set […]

Conor Benn has relinquished his licence with the British Boxing Board of Control, the governing body has announced. Benn was due to face a BBBofC hearing last Friday at which allegations of misconduct following the cancellation of his fight against Chris Eubank Jr were upheld. It comes after trace amounts of fertility drug clomiphene, which elevates testosterone levels in men, had shown up in a test taken by the Voluntary […]

West Ham’s £30million summer signing Nayef Aguerd is set to make his long-awaited debut against Silkeborg in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night. The Morocco defender was David Moyes’ first big-money recruit when he arrived in June from Rennes, but he promptly suffered an ankle injury in a pre-season friendly which required surgery. There were fears Aguerd could even miss the World Cup, but the 26-year-old is ahead of […]

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou has urged his players to make sure their Champions League lessons do not go to waste. The Scottish champions were consigned to bottom spot in Group F when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night. Postecoglou has been happy with the way his players have approached the tournament and brought their attacking brand of football and feels the experience will […]