Caoimhin Kelleher made a howling error in the final moments of Ireland’s UEFA Nations League defeat against Greece. The game was finely poised with just a few minutes left after an Anastasios Bakasetas strike put Greece ahead early in the second half. But the three points for the hosts wouldContinue Reading
Mike De Decker pulled off one of the biggest shocks in darts history, defeating world no. 1 Luke Humphires 6-4 to clinch the World Grand Prix final. Humphries, who had established his dominance in the sport by winning this tournament a year ago, seemed on the brink of defeat beforeContinue Reading
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free The Cure frontman Robert Smith has criticized artists who blame ticketing sites for fans experiencingContinue Reading
Lupita Nyong’o has opened up about how filming The Wild Robot made her step out of her comfort zone. The new animated film — based on the 2016 book by Peter Brown — follows a robot named Roz (Nyong’o) who is shipwrecked on a deserted island and must adapt toContinue Reading
Alex Salmond has died having failed to achieve just two of his great ambitions – make Scotland an independent country, and judge the annual Tartan B*****s contest for the worst Scottish political story of the year, held at the strictly private Christmas dinner for Holyrood hacks. The first he almostContinue Reading
Jack Grealish has revealed that he lost a £500 bet with Trent Alexander-Arnold during England‘s win over Finland. It was a comfortable night for the Three Lions, who successfully banished the demons of their surprise defeat to Greece in midweek. Grealish opened the scoring for England after just 18 minutesContinue Reading
At about 2.30pm yesterday James Cleverly was with his entourage talking to representatives of the Girl Guides who had a stall for the day in Portcullis House on the parliamentary estate. He seemed relaxed and confident just a like man destined to go through to the final round of theContinue Reading
Someone’s DNA is simply an instruction manual for who they are and is not generally their “destiny”, an expert has said. Geneticist and ancient DNA specialist Professor Turi King explained that DNA is only one piece of the puzzle, and people have a lot of choice in who they are.Continue Reading
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails JK Rowling has condemned Butlin’s decision to suspend a security officer who has been accusedContinue Reading
Britain’s top pollster has warned that the Conservatives cannot win whether Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch ends up winning the Tory leadership contest. Professor Sir John Curtice described the pair, battling it out in the last stage of the race to succeed Rishi Sunak, as “unknown quantities” who do notContinue Reading
