Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win eight Olympic medals as GB claimed three golds and three silver on Day seven in Rio. Wiggins and the cycling pursuit team set a world record beating Australia and put GB third in the medal table after US and China.
Robert Ludlum – novelist, found his Bourne thrillers were part of the big name he made for himself in life. Though he arrived at an unsavoury final chapter in his life and mysteries surround his family too, Ludlum’s Jason Bourne has won hearts and support worldwide as the fifth in the series of features has now…
Donald Trump promised the biggest tax overhaul since Ronald Regan, promising to cut taxes across the board and reduce the load on business to stop the mass exodus of US companies shifting their headquarters outside US. If he becomes president, the Republican nominee pledged that no US business would pay more than 15 per cent…
Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel has spawned epic films in the past and this new one has ground-breaking excitement and awe-inspiring scenes hardly imaginable unless actually seen. Jack Huston stars as Judah Ben-Hur and Toby Kebbell as Messala, Morgan Freeman brings gravitas, aged wisdom, and a very well-known face, and all the actors have been…
Retirement homes come in all shapes and sizes and this one will have £20 million invested in it together with the use of a subterranean link formerly used to lead to storage areas which will now be a traffic and hazard free connection to people from the new home who wish to shop in Harrods.…
Some tourists like to take home their Oyster cards as a memento of London, others pass them on to friends or anyone who might need one. Either way Transport for London has announced it has nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in unused Oyster money. TFL were criticised for not reminding holders they have…
There are seven races in the caste system in India, according to Lady Mohini Kent, writer of this novel. They include Aryan, Dravidian and Aborigine. Some of the system is based on the person’s occupation. Most important to a woman of any caste, though, is finding a good husband and Simi – a lively woman…
Twenty-two-year-old, Grammy Award Winner Justin Drew Bieber, the Canadian singer, and songwriter is worried about his mortality following a string of celebrity deaths of icons like Prince and David Bowie earlier this year and is making plans for his funeral. Bieber’s estimated £180m ($238m) fortune is part of a Will and planned his own memorial services. His…
A hot air balloon, belonged to the Heart of Texas Balloon Rides, has caught fire and crashed at 7:40 (12:40 GMT), in fields near Lockhart about 30 miles (50km) south of the state capital Austin. Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said the basket of the balloon was on fire when emergency crew arrived. It is…
A tourist after an argument decided to get out of the car at a Chinese Safari Park was killed by a tiger.