Craig Taylor

An Italian aid worker says he was beaten and given dog names by his Islamic State captors in Syria.
BBC News – US & Canada

Didier Drogba believes he can improve the state of the game in Ivory Coast if he becomes the new boss of the country’s football federation.
BBC News – Africa

It’s not often we talk about Brown University (or the Ivy League at all) with regard to the NFL Draft, however, this year one is attracting a bit of interest – E.J. Perry. He will be hoping to become the first […]

The Hertford – the town they named a shire after!

Situated inside Hertfordshire, this town was once so important that it was the county town. The fjord at Hertford has seen use since at least 913AD, with […]

The potential move could be the largest ever release of oil reserves in US history.
BBC News – Business

El Shafee Elsheikh is one of a group of IS militants with UK links accused of beheading hostages in Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

A new report says Mexico’s armed forces hid evidence that could have helped locate the 43 students.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany and Austria have both issued gas supply warnings as a payments row with Russia escalates.
BBC News – Europe

Sajid Javid apologises over the maternity scandal and pledges to hold those responsible to account.
BBC News – UK

The body also says it has initiated “disciplinary proceedings” against Smith for hitting Chris Rock.
BBC News – US & Canada

Eight peacekeepers were on board, including six from Pakistan, one from Russian and one from Serbia.
BBC News – Africa

The University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) is not renowned for having players taken in the NFL draft. It has only happened twice before in the team’s history. David Morgan was the first taken by Minnesota in round […]

The 2022 NFL Draft is less than a month away and now the bulk of the trading is done the order is pretty much set – until the clock starts of course.  As it stands fans of the two long-suffering New York […]

Wally Adeyemo, a top US politician, says the West is committed to issuing more sanctions on Russia.
BBC News – Business

The gunman is said to have shot victims from a motorcycle in the third such attack within a week.
BBC News – Middle East

The number of victims of a deadly shooting at an illegal cockfighting pit in Mexico has risen to 20.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Moscow says it will “drastically reduce” operations around the capital, Kyiv, as well as Chernihiv.
BBC News – Europe

The Duke of Edinburgh’s dedication to duty was praised at a memorial service at Westminster Abbey.
BBC News – UK

The committee investigating the Capitol riots had sought to obtain the presidential records.
BBC News – US & Canada

Gunmen surrounded the carriages and opened fire – an unknown number of people have been abducted.
BBC News – Africa