DONNY VAN DE BEEK has a reputation for boasting the same box-to-box drive that made Bryan Robson a legend. But it is the midfielder’s personality which has convinced Captain Marvel he will become a crucial member of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s culture club at Manchester United. Robson reckons boss Solskjaer is putting together a squad that […]
WHEN the rest of the world blinked as coronavirus took hold, ice-cool Swede Anders Tegnell refused to lock down his nation. As Sweden’s death count spiralled last spring at one of the highest global rates, this once faceless scientist was accused of creating a “pariah state”. Yet when I met Tegnell, 64, in the capital […]
THERE are only 14 road bridges across the Thames in central London, and now one of them is shut. Indefinitely. The sludge green Hammersmith Bridge is apparently so weak that not even a mouse is allowed to cross it. And because it may collapse at any moment, not even a stickleback is allowed to swim […]
BAYERN MUNICH showed no signs of a Champions League hangover as they started their Bundesliga title defence with a resounding 8-0 win over Schalke. Leroy Sane, a £55million summer arrival from Manchester City, punished his old side with a debut goal and two assists as ex-Arsenal wonderkid Serge Gnabry bagged a hat-trick. And there was […]
EUROCRATS have been accused of “acting like clowns” after splurging £23million on circus acts in the last six years. Brussels sent cash to troupes in Palestine and Ethiopia to promote free speech and diversity, leaked documents show. Huge payouts also went to big tops across Europe, including £182,000 teaching tightrope-walking in Belgium, Ireland and Romania. […]
KATIE Price’s vacant mucky mansion has become a paradise for sex-mad swingers looking for somewhere risky to romp, according to reports. The Sussex home has been empty for months after Katie moved into a rented house close to ex Peter Andre for a fresh start. While she’s been away, doggers have paid land near her […]
MANCHESTER UNITED begin their 2020/21 Premier League campaign with a home clash against Crystal Palace. The Red Devils were given the first weekend of the season off after a gruelling European fixture list, but will be hoping for a better performance than they put in during a friendly defeat to Aston Villa. Palace meanwhile are […]
IT is a sight to make your skin crawl – a bloodied man gasps for breath after being buried alive. Towering over him, gun-wielding thugs prepare to shoot him. This moment of horror is a now-iconic scene from Netflix crime drama series Top Boy, feted for showing what London’s gang wars are really like. The […]