East-Ham born dame Vera Lynn is 100 years today. Wartime singer Dame Vera Lynne will be the first singer to release an album at 100-years-old and also marks 93 years in the industry. Born on 20 March 1917, Vera Welch is the first British artist to ever to have a number one in America in…
UK-based Vodafone is merging with India telecom Idea Cellular, creating India’s biggest telecom company, by revenue and 400 million subscribers replacing Bharti Airtel, and will have 43% revenue share in the market by 2019 against 33% held by Airtel and 13 per cent by Reliance Jio. It was Jio, owned by India’s richest man Mukesh…
Chuck Berry died aged 90, was the man who defied Rock’n’Roll and it’s first guitar poet, who helped to define the music, by fusing distinctive lyrics with tunes specially made for 19503 US teen consumerism. Born Charles Edward Anderson Berry on Oct 18, 1926, in St. Louis, he grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood there.…
Professional golfer Cody Gribble came face to face with a alligator lying in the grass on Bay Hll Lake golf course in Florida and instead of panicking he simply gave the reptile a little shove back into the water. 24 hours later to his surprise the alligator was lying in the same spot.
Peru floods kill 67 and mudslides over the past three days following a series of storms have destroyed 12,000 homes so far this year. Torrential rain triggered flash floods in the Peruvian capital Lima. The intense rain caused by the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean to continue for another couple of…
A 32-year-old man was fatally electrocuted after charging his iPhone while taking a bath, on December 11, 2016, Ealing London. His wife discovered im with severe burns to his chest, arm and hand. He is believed to have plugged the charger into an extension cord from a nearby corridor and placed the phone on his…
The Hinduja Group, one of the largest diversified groups in the world, including 67,000 Sq ft heritage mansion at Carlton House Terrace, London near Buckingham Palace, worth an estimated $500m according to Forbes magazine. The group has their presence in 37 countries and trades in all products, commodities, owns a national hospital and medical Research Centre in Mumbai and…
Lizzie Kelly (23) becomes the first woman to ride in the Cheltenham Gold Cup for 33 years since Linda Sheedy partnered 500-1 chance Foxbury in 1984. She also became the first female rider to win a Grade One over jumps in Britain when Tea for Two claimed the Kauto Star Novices’ Chase at Kempton last…
St. Patrick’s Day, a cultural and religious celebration held around the world, on 17th March, the traditional Christian feast day in the early 17th century and death date of Ireland’s foremost patron Saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick (385-451 AD). Since 1961, St Patrick has also been regarded as a patron saint of Nigeria, who has…
Manchester United 1-0 FC Rostov (Agg 2-1) FT Manchester United overcame Russian minnows FC Rostov at Old Trafford to reacb the Europa League quarter-finals with a 2-1 aggregate victory. Juan Mata got the decisive goal for Untied when he zoomed in from Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s flick, as Rostov threatened to take the game to extra time…