George Blake, one of cold war’s notorious double agents has died aged 98, according to RIA Novosti. The former MI6 officer, was also the Soviet spy for 9 years handing over information that led to the betrayal of 40 MI6 agents in Eastern Europe. He was jailed in 1960, but escaped in 1966 and…
South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Supersport Park, Centurion . Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat. Sri Lanka 396-98 off 96 ov Chandimal 85 off 161, 11 fours, Dhananjaya 79 off 106, 11 fours, 1 six, Shanaka 66 off 87, 3 fours, 5 sixes, Sipamal 4-76, Mulder 3-69 South Africa 317-4 off…
New Zealand vs Pakistan at Bay Oval, Tauranga, New Zealand. New Zealand 431 ao 155 ov, Williamson 129 off 297, 12 fours, 1 six, Taylor 70 off 151, 10 fours, 1 six, watling 73 off 145, 8 fours, Shaheen 4-109, Yasir 3-113. Pakistan 30-1 off 20 ov, Abid 19no off 64, 3 fours, Jameson 1-5.…
Second Test Australia vs India at Melbourne. Australia 195ao 72.3ov, Labuschagne 48, 4 fours, Head 38, 4 fours, Burmrah 4-56, Ashwin 3-35 India 227-5 off 91.3ov, S Rahane 104 no, 12 fours, Gill 45, 8 fours, Starc 2-61, Cummins 2-71 India lead by 82 Stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane’s unbeaten century of 104 not out…
Heavy rain and high winds lashed parts of UK by 106 mph Storm Bella. The Met Office issued yellow warnings for snow and ice for parts of Wales, North-west England, Scotland and the entire Northern Ireland. The Ports of Dover and Calais have warned Channel crossings were also being affected by weather, with strong head…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been awarded stock options worth $27.5bn since May, on the same month SpaceX launched America’s first manned orbital mission since 2011. In November Tesla hit the $500bn mark after soaring 547 per cent this year. Jeff Bezos the CEO of Amazon who holds the title of the richest man…
Harold Bloom the scared monster of the American Academy, literary critic and Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University, who died in October 2019 aged ninety left behind a abundant literary criticism and cultural commentary which is indeed Erudite and charismatic. Harold Bloom often cited Paul Valery’s bon mot that poem was never finished,…
Pope Francis in a Christmas Day address delivered online for the first time from a lectern in a chamber inside the Vatican, the pontiff warned against putting up walls to treatments by calling on world leaders to ensure unfettered access to coronavirus vaccines for everyone. The pandemic meant this year the annual Urbi et Orbi…
The Queen’s Christmas Speech 2020 said what many people want “ for Christmas is a simple hung or a squeeze of the hand but even on the darkest nights there is hope in the new dawn”. The 834-year-old praised acts of kindness, saying the pandemic “brought us closer” despite causing hardship. The Queen, is spending…
The UK and the EU signed a long-awaited trade deal treaty effective from 1st January 2021 and take over from the arrangements under the transition period which has been the UK continue to follow most EU rules since Brexit day. A comprehensive free trade, free movement Canada style £750bn deal has been agreed. We are…