Shots In The Dark review: Despite his pomposity, David Kynaston is not without self-deprecation

Shots In The Dark David Kynaston Bloomsbury £16.99 Rating: Here’s something I learned from this book: at an Aldershot Town home game during the 2016-17 football season, the match ball sponsor was the Oriental Belly Dance Performers. What a delicious thought that is, a bunch of Hampshire strippers putting their …...Read More

FAKE ALERT: Old photos shared to claim ‘China has attacked India and injured 158 soldiers’

CLAIM TRUTH VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY Image 1 and 2 Image 3 VERDICT Amid growing military tensions between India and China in Ladakh region, screengrab of a Facebook post is being circulated on WhatsApp. The Facebook post contains three photos shared with a caption that claims that China has attacked India …...Read More

'Reckless' teenager, 19, is fined £10,000 after hosting a house party for more than 50 guests

A 'reckless' teenager has been fined £10,000 after hosting a house party for more than 50 guests. The 19-year-old was 'hostile' when council community protection officers turned up at the event in Lenton, Nottingham, which is close to the university. Police were called a short time later and found around …...Read More

39,000-year-old cave bear is discovered perfectly preserved in Siberia

Russian scientists have discovered a 39,000-year-old perfectly preserved cave bear and cub in Siberia. Until now, only bones have been found of cave bears, a prehistoric species or subspecies that lived in Eurasia from around 300,000 to 15,000 years ago. The two discoveries, found on separate digs, were hailed today …...Read More

Prince Andrew joins the Queen and Prince Philip for lunch at the Balmoral estate

Prince Andrew has joined the Queen and Prince Philip for lunch at the Balmoral estate as the couple prepare to cut short their Scottish holiday for a two-week break at Sandringham. The Queen's second son, 60, appeared alongside his parents as they stopped for the meal at a cottage near …...Read More

Singapore Airlines is planning trips that start and end at the SAME airport to boost business

Singapore Airlines is planning trips that start and end at the same airport in a bid to boost business after passenger traffic drops amid the coronavirus pandemic. The flights 'to nowhere' are set to take off by the end of October and may include staycations at the city's hotels, shopping …...Read More

Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques of Monaco join Prince Albert to cheer on Princess Charlene

Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques of Monaco joined Prince Albert to cheer on their mother Princess Charlene as she launched a grueling charity water bike challenge today. Princess Charlene, 42, donned a red wetsuit as she kicked off The Crossing Calvi Monaco Water Bike Challenge earlier this afternoon. The challenge, …...Read More

NTA NEET exam tomorrow; Check dress code, slot time, barred items

Specific instructions to maintain social distancing and other instructions related to COVID-19 Staggered Time Slot for the candidates reporting at the examination centres – to be printed as “Slot (time)” such as 11.00 A.M. -11.30 A.M. List of items permitted in exam rooms A hyperlink to location of the centre …...Read More

Conor McGregor 'arrested in Corsica for attempted sexual exhibition'

MMA star Conor McGregor has reportedly been taken into custody in Corsica for attempted sexual assault and sexual exhibition. A press release from the prosecution reads: 'Following a complaint filed on September 10 denouncing facts likely to be qualified as attempted sexual assault and sexual exhibition, Mr. Conor Anthony McGregor …...Read More

'Party lad', 23, accused of being behind Bolton's coronavirus case spike was 'always having parties'

A 'party lad' thought to be behind Bolton's coronavirus case spike 'always had parties and people round' after returning from his six-week Ibiza holiday, neighbours say. Construction worker Layton Migas, 23, spent six weeks sunning himself on the Ibiza island Es Vedra before returning to his home in Bolton on …...Read More