Craig Taylor

The picture below is of 18 year old student Kendrick Castillo who tragically died in the latest School shooting, this time in Colorado.

Kendrick Castillo died after being shot while lunging to stop the Colorado […]

If the exit polls are to be believed South Africa’s governing party the African National Congress (ANC) will stay in power, a position they have held since 1994. However, given that corruption in the ANC has been […]

Liverpool 4 Barcelona 0 (Aggregate 4-3)

Liverpool produced one of the greatest Comebacks in Champions League history last night, beating Spanish Champions Barcelona 4-0 for an improbable 4-3 aggregate […]

Mike Fiers had not been having a vintage season and wasn’t even originally supposed to start in this one.  However, despite a delayed start to the game, which must have been distracting, he somehow rediscovered hi […]

Lincoln City had long been crowned champions of League Two, however that didn’t mean there was no drama on the final day of the 2018-19 season. Lincoln had been crowned Champions on the 22nd April, but apart from […]

Luton Town clinched the League One title thanks to a 3-1 win over Oxford United at the weekend. This is quite a feat considering they were playing in the Non-League five seasons ago, however, it is worth noting […]

An interesting report has just been published by Professor Guy Standing into the implications of providing every person in the UK with a basic universal income of £48 per week. This to be funded at least in part […]

Sadly the war in Syria has returned to the northwestern region of the country, which had benefitted from a cease-fire since last September. The escalation seems to have been caused by a takeover of the enclave in […]

In a somewhat surprising result, Centre-left candidate Laurentino Cortizo of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) has won the Panamanian Presidential Election, finishing around two percentage points ahead of […]

What do you do as Turkish President if your prefered candidate loses a democratically voted mayoral election – why declare it illegal and have the vote again in the hope you get the “right” result the […]

Democrats in the US House of Representatives look likely to launch contempt proceedings against Attorney General William Barr after he failed to comply with a subpoena to submit an unredacted version of the […]

Namibia Hit By Drought Again

For the second time in three years, Namibia has been forced to declare a state f emergency due to another severe drought. This is becoming a recurring pattern and there has been […]

The title and automatic promotion spot in the 2019 EFL Championship are now decided and congratulations go to Norwich City who are back in the Premiership after a two-year absence. Joining them will be […]

One way or another it looks highly likely that Tottenham will limp their way into the Champions League again next season – thanks largely to another inept performance by Arsenal, which will put pressure on […]

The Chicago Bears wasted little time in releasing last seasons kicker Cody Parkey, who as well as missing a potential playoff winning field goal against the Eagles in 2018 had a pretty miserable time of it going […]

Bird Watching In India
Birds, birds, birds everywhere! In India, you can hardly leave your accommodation without noticing them – be it the cooing sound of a Koel or avoiding having any unprotected food being p […]

To the surprise of no- one outside of the Government and the press, the High Pay Centre (HPC) has come out with a report indicating that institutional investors are not interested in tackling excessive executive […]

In another weekend of intense fighting, at least four Israelis and 25 Palestinians have been killed. The violence erupted on Friday triggered by a protest against the blockade of Gaza. In the ensuing action around […]

Venezuelan opposition leader tells the BBC he is evaluating “all options” to oust Nicolás Maduro.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean