LIONEL MESSI’S blow to the eye was “significant” and his performance against Manchester United was affected, admitted Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde. The Argentine legend, 31, was clattered by Chris Smalling in a challenge in the middle of the pitch just before the half-hour mark. He required lengthy treatment from the medics on the pitch with […]
EMBRACE the Dark side in Chelmsford’s 3.35. Godolphin’s DARK VISION (nap) could be the forgotten star of this year’s classic crop. Getty Images - Getty Mark Johnston’s impressive Glorious Goodwood winner was talked up as one of the leading juveniles, but he hasn’t been seen since a poor run in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. […]
BUDGET airline JetBlue has announced it will launch daily cheap flights from New York and Boston to London in two years. London will become the first European destination served by the US airline, starting in 2021. JetBlue president Joanna Geraghty said: “Twenty years ago, our founders had a simple formula for choosing a new market, […]
TEMPERATURES will take a battering today as a Nordic blast prepares to sweep across the country this weekend – bringing hail, sleet and snow for some. Thermometers will struggle to get into double figures across the UK throughout Thursday – and may even plummet as low as -5C tonight. The cold weather is set to […]
THE world’s largest square emerald cut diamond is now up for sale – but it’s so expensive that the British jeweller won’t discuss the price. The Graff Lesedi La Rona weighs 302.37 carats and is the “largest, highest clarity, highest colour diamond ever graded”. It was cut and polished over 18 months from the second-largest […]
A TOP detective who snared Levi Bellfield has claimed that Scotland Yard could be sitting on “a real game changer” in the Madeleine McCann mystery. Colin Sutton urged British cops to carry out new tests on the complex DNA samples found in the case that were ruled “inconclusive” in 2007. The former detective, who solved […]
MARRIED At First Sight viewers were left gutted last night as yet another couple who met each other on the aisle revealed they’d split. Jack dumped Verity three months after their wedding – saying that he realised she was not “the one”. Fans had hoped the newlyweds – who tied the knot minutes after meeting […]
AMAZON is listening to customers through Alexa devices – with employees recording thousands of clips including a woman singing in the shower and a sex assault, it emerged last night. Full-time workers and contractors at the online retail giant reportedly sift through as many as 1,000 recordings per shift – and even share “amusing” clips […]
A FEMALE nurse stands accused of raping an elderly patient with dementia after she was found naked in the man’s bathroom at 5am. Nursing home carer Guettie Belizaire, 39, was caught getting dressed as the alleged victim lay in his bed appearing “distraught and confused”, police said. “She jumped on me and raped me,” the […]
Over half of elderly Brits feel their mental health is suffering, because they do not see their grandchildren enough, according to new research. Researchers polled 2,000 British grandparents and discovered as many as 51 percent feel sad or depressed that they do not see their grandchildren as much as they want, with a further 14 […]
A GLAMOROUS thief wearing high heels and a black dress stole a woman’s handbag in a club and traced her address using ID – before pinching her £22,000 Range Rover. CCTV footage shows the blonde crook – dressed for her night out – pull up in a taxi outside a house in Bury, Gtr Manchester. […]
MEL B is to pay her former nanny £1.8million for calling her a prostitute, it was reported last night. The former Spice Girl agreed to the out-of-court settlement to stop Lorraine Gilles’ defamation claim. Had the case gone ahead, embarrassing details of Mel B’s bisexual romps and her troubled relationship with ex-husband Stephen Belafonte would […]
A DISTURBING picture of a skeletal dog chained up in the sun with no food or water has sparked outrage. The image, which was shared by Maranoa Animal Rescue, shows the animal huddling outside a house in Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia, surrounded by rubbish. “Please please can someone save this dog. It has no water and […]
A STUDENT accused of stealing part of a 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic from Pompeii has vowed to clear her name. Cops believe Caprice Arnold, 21, chiselled off 20 floor tiles then put them in her bag. But she claims she only bent down to inspect the “loose” tiles when she was seized by a caretaker. Italian […]
BLOKES who scoff too much meat are a quarter more likely to die young, a study shows. Researchers analysed the diets of more than 2,600 middle-aged men. Fellas who ate more than 200g of meat daily – the equivalent of a large steak – had a 23 per cent higher risk of death over the […]
CRIME has suddenly become the biggest concern among Britons – apart from Brexit. Opinion polls show law and order has shot up the agenda in just the past few weeks. The latest “top issues tracker” for survey experts YouGov found that in the first week of March, 36 per cent of people questioned listed crime. […]
MIDDLE-CLASS Brits are being squeezed as wages fail to keep up with rising prices, a report yesterday revealed. Sky-high house prices and other rising costs are shutting younger Brits out of the middle class lifestyle, the OECD warned. The report, entitled Under Pressure – The Squeezed Middle, looked at the pressures facing the middle class […]
THESE amazing pic capture the scenes at Paris Zoo which opens as it celebrates five years since it closed completely for a much needed refurbishment. The zoological park, which dates back to 1935, had been shut after being so rundown and cramped for the animals. Now five years since it reopened after closing for […]
TORY splitter Heidi Allen has named seven Conservative MPs she is desperately trying to recruit to her new party. The Remainer rebel said she is in talks with ex ministers Justine Greening, Guto Bebb, Sam Gyimah and Philip Lee to join her new group, Change UK. She is also trying to woo Antoinette Sandbach, Huw […]
EVERYWHERE you look, hard-working Sun readers are being hammered by the cost of living. Energy bills, council tax, parking costs, phone bills, food bills — up, up, up. Millions of people work hard day and night, yet come home to brown envelopes with yet more demands to pay. Given all this, you would think the […]
A WOMAN has told how her cruel footballer boyfriend beat her with an iron bar, rubbed glass into her back and forced her to eat paint during a brutal three-day attack. Reece Thompson carried out a horrific campaign of abuse and humiliation against his helpless partner – who was left with devastating bruises, cuts and […]
THE new Brexit postponement is the final confirmation of Theresa May’s failure. She must now accept the game is up. She has done her best. But she had one job and has not delivered on it. Nor can she. She has no workable plan to do so. There is no deal the Prime Minister and […]
I AM constantly finding things I wish I was good at, talents I wish I possessed and skills I’d love to master. It’s so easy to look around and see other people’s strengths and instead perceive them as our own weaknesses. I don’t think I’m the only one to wish I were as strong, as […]
FOUR severely neglected “Mowgli children” have been found in an insanitary flat-from-hell in a Moscow suburb. The three boys and one girl all under nine were fed by food collected from local rubbish bins, according to reports. None of the boys believed to be aged six, four and two had been registered at birth and […]
GET ready for four days of drama from a golfing paradise. The stunning Augusta National plays host to The Masters as the first Major of the year sees Patrick Reed defend his Green Jacket. When is The Masters 2019? THE tournament will take place between Thursday, April 11 and Sunday, April 14. As ever, it […]
