Football teams with high altitude home ground more likely to win against teams from sea level

Football teams with a home stadium at a high-altitude are more likely to win against a team from sea level as ‘the players are better adapted to low oxygen levels’. Results from more than 2,000 matches in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League between 2008 and 2016 were examined for the study by Ghent … Read more

German far-right extremists ‘plotted New Zealand-style attack’

German far-right extremists arrested last week ‘plotted large-scale mosque attacks similar to Christchurch massacre in New Zealand’ The 12 far-right extremists were arrested in raids across Germany early on Friday They planned to imitate the Christchurch shooter who killed 51 people last year  German investigators had been tracking the group’s meetings and chat activity  By … Read more

Mother-of-three, 46, reveals how she found her home flooded with waist-high water

A mother-of-three told how her house was flooded with devastating waist-high water during severe downpours brought on by Storm Dennis.  The fourth named storm of the season battered the country with 75mph gale-force winds and more than a month’s worth of rainfall in 48 hours. Tracey Newman, 46, woke up in the early hours of Saturday … Read more

Prince Charles is all smiles as he visits a local shirt-making business in Gloucester today

Suited and booted! Prince Charles looks dapper in a dark grey suit as he visits a local shirt-making business in Gloucester Prince Charles, 71, arrived at the Emma Willis LTD factory in Gloucester today Could be smiling and clapping as unveiled commemorative plaque to mark visit Was gifted a present by Emma Willis before being … Read more

Young girl is raped, murdered and dumped in bushes in Pakistan, sparking fury across the country

Young girl is raped, murdered and dumped in bushes in Pakistan, sparking fury across the country Named locally as Madiha she was found on Sunday after vanishing yesterday Locals took to streets of her village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to demand justice #JusticeForMadiha has trended on Twitter in the latest case to rock Pakistan  It comes … Read more

Theresa May reveals she once used the cockpit of an RAF jet as a makeshift CHANGING ROOM

Theresa May reveals she once used the cockpit of an RAF jet as a makeshift CHANGING ROOM in a speech to global women’s organisation in Dubai attended by Ivanka Trump Ex-PM said she had to change into evening clothes behind a make-shift screen Said crew appeared with ‘sticky tape and a sheet, and stuck it … Read more

DJ and Primal Scream producer Andrew Weatherall dies, aged 56

DJ and Primal Scream producer Andrew Weatherall dies, aged 56, in hospital after suffering a pulmonary embolism Weatherall was being treated in Whipps Cross Hospital, London, for blood clot Statement from his publicist said his death this morning was ‘swift and peaceful’ His family are ‘profoundly saddened’ by their tragic loss, the statement read By … Read more

Self-driving electric powered vehicle that changes COLOUR could be on the roads by 2050 

Driving is undergoing its nuggets revolution since the creation of the internal combustion engine and cars are poised to undergo rapid change in the coming decades. Autocar has revealed how it envisions how the future of driving will look like in the year 2050.  It includes an all-electric cabin fitted with 360° panoramic glass windows … Read more

British photographer Mark O’Neill’s incredible pictures of Brutalist monuments

They may look like relics of an alien civilisation, but these structures are actually Brutalist monuments and war memorials found across Central and Southeastern Europe. The architectural jaw-droppers – some of which now lie abandoned – have been captured in a set of stunning photographs by British photographer Mark O’Neill.  The Berkshire-based photographer’s obsession with … Read more