The Fantasy Football Blog Week 23 – is attack the best form of defence?
Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here, Week 2 transfers & preview here, Week 3 preview here, Week 4 preview here, Week 5 preview here, Week 6 preview here, Week 7 preview here, Week 8 preview here, Week 9 preview here, Week 10 preview here, Week 11 preview here. Week 12 preview here. Week 13 preview here. Week 14 preview here. Week 15 here. Week 16 here. Week 17 here. Week 18 here. Week 19 here. Week 20 here. Week 21 here. Week...
Strangers help cancer patient after bank threatens to repossess her home
Former nurse Mandy Orton, 55, received a letter from solicitors demanding she pay £6,000 in arrears or have her home in Northampton repossessed
Kylie Jenner wipes £1 billion off Snapchat’s stock market value with one tweet
Kylie Jenner inadvertently wiped a billion pounds off Snapchat's stock market value yesterday after she tweeted that she doesn't use the app anymore. The reality TV star is followed by 24.5 million people on Twitter, and added to the unease around Snapchat's re-design when she tweeted: "sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad." A petition on Change.org has already been signed by 1.2 million people calling for Snap Inc. to...
Mobile app revolutionises the lives of vulnerable people in Kenya
By Jack Granard An app is revolutionising the lives of vulnerable people in Kenya by helping them manage the burden of unexpected medical costs. Single mums and elderly people are signing up to the mobile health wallet service M-TIBA, which allows individuals to send, save and spend funds for their medical treatments. Prior to its development, the severe lack of access to financial planning tools and saving services had been problematic for residents who would often pay in cash or...
Rape victim told court she wants to ‘burn her skin off’ to rid herself of abuser’s touch
The woman had crashed out on a sofa at a party and Mark Marchant raped her as she slept.
Wheeler dealer sentenced for selling fake AIRBAGS
They could be deadly
Two-year-old killed in hit-and-run
The siblings were mown down on MacDonald Road, in Stoke, Coventry, at 2pm
Worcester named the “smile capital” of the UK
Worcester is the smile capital of the UK, it has emerged. Researchers who carried out a detailed study found folk in the city grin 27 times a week on average. That’s 10 more times than the national average of 17 times a week, and 15 more than Edinburgh, who manage just 12 smiles a week. Coventry emerged as 'frown town' with residents pulling an angry face 11 times a week – five more times than the average Brit. However, residents...
Film Review: I, Tonya
It is a testament to Margot Robbie’s impressive acting talent that from the moment you set eyes on her in I, Tonya, that you instantly know that you are in a pair safe hands. Directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, United States of Tara) the film recounts the extraordinary story of how one of the most talented American figure skaters of all time suddenly found herself at the centre of one the biggest scandals to ever hit...