Craig Taylor

Nearly 500 men and boys were rescued from a Nigerian school, where many were chained up and starved.
BBC News – Africa

A week after the collapse of Thomas Cook, the BBC looks at the stories of those involved
BBC News – Business

The Stena Impero was seized by Iranian troops in July, who said it was breaking maritime rules.
BBC News – Middle East

A police station is stripped bare in demonstrations against rising prices and corruption.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

As mourners pay their final respects, France plans a public ceremony and a day of mourning.
BBC News – Europe

Leader Jeremy Corbyn will say the government’s welfare scheme is “inhumane” and a “disaster”.
BBC News – UK

The demonstrations come after environmental activist Greta Thunberg called for students to strike.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nearly 500 men and boys were tortured, sexually abused, chained up and starved, police said.
BBC News – Africa

College Football Week Five – Whos left in the Playoff hunt?

An eventful week four saw a number of teams faint playoff chances evaporate with the PAC 12 suffering most as Utah & Washington State both lost […]

Green Bay missed the chance to move to 4-0 with yet another spluttering offensive performance against Philadelphia last night.  On too many occasions trips to the red zone ended up with either field goals or […]

Week Four is upon us ( that will be 25% of the season gone by Monday).  Dropping to 0-4 will almost guarantee no playoff place and there could be four teams in this position by Monday night. Anyway here is how we […]

Romance scams rose by 64% in the first half of the year, figures show, as fraudsters target victims directly.
BBC News – Business

The kingdom maintains that Iran was behind drone attacks on two of its oil installations this month.
BBC News – Middle East

The measure is the latest effort from the US aimed at forcing President Nicolás Maduro to step down.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The committed Europhile whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals dies aged 86.
BBC News – Europe

The prime minister says he deplores threats to MPs, adding that “tempers need to come down” in Parliament.
BBC News – UK

Attempts were made to “lock down” information about the phone call to Ukraine’s leader, report says.
BBC News – US & Canada

The decision comes after a feud between Mugabe’s family and the government over his burial place.
BBC News – Africa

A Changing of the Guard at QB?
Week three of the 2019 season may go down as the week when we saw the QB’s of the future take their first tentative steps into the limelight and for one – Daniel Jones Sunday must […]

Power company EDF says “challenging conditions” mean the final bill could now be up to £22.5bn.
BBC News – Business