Leicester City Football Club confirms owner's death in helicopter crash

The beloved owner of Leicester City Football Club died in a helicopter crash on Saturday near the club's stadium in Leicester, England, the club said Sunday.
Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, was one of five people on board the aircraft when it burst into flames after crashing in a parking lot next to King Power Stadium, the club said. No one on board survived.

Helicopter crashes outside Leicester City's King Power Stadium after match

The helicopter belonging to Leicester City's owner crashed outside of the club's King Power Stadium on Saturday night after the Foxes' Premier League match. More than an hour after the 1-1 draw against West Ham, the helicopter took off from the centre of the stadium's pitch, cleared the stands and crashed seconds later.

Julia Roberts on why she’s done with romantic comedies

Julia Roberts has been the face of some of the most popular romantic comedies of all time. (Hello, Notting Hill and Runaway Bride.) But a few decades on, the actress who made Pretty Woman has no plans to step back into a role in the popular genre. It’s not that she doesn’t like rom-coms, Roberts toldEntertainment Tonight; it’s that she doesn’t think they “work” for her now.

Final Warning: Turkish President demands that Saudi Arabia reveal the location of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi's body and hand over suspects in his murder

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a “final warning” to Kurdish armed groups in Syria, claiming that Ankara “will eliminate threat towards Turkey” and will not allow activities that endanger the country’s borders. 

Anthony Martial 'rejects new Manchester United contract ' with Frenchman likely to leave the club

Frech footballer, Anthony Martial has reportedly rejected a new contract at Manchester United.
This comes a week after Mirror Sport revealed that the Frenchman still wants to leave Old Trafford, feeling his progress has stalled under coach Jose Mourinho.

Man bites off girlfriend's lip after accusing her of cheating on him (graphic photos)

A man has been charged after he bit off his girlfriend's lip because he suspected her of "cheating" on him after she revealed she wanted to end their relationship.
The abusive boyfriend Seth Aaron Fleury, 23, is alleged to have abused his girlfriend almost every single day for the period they've been together - nearly a year.
The domestic violence continued, but the last straw that made Kayla Hayes, 19, get help was when he bit off her lower lip because he suspected her of cheating on him.

Why sleep should be every student's priority

 Jakke Tamminen has plenty of students who do that very student thing of staying up all night right before an exam, in the hope of stuffing in as much knowledge as they can. But “that’s the worst thing you can do”, the psychology lecturer at the UK’s Royal Holloway University warns them.
He should know. Tamminen is an expert on how sleep affects memory, specifically the recall needed for language. Sleep learning – another idea beloved of students, in the hope that, say, playing a language-learning recording during sleep would imprint itself into the brain subliminally and they’d wake up speaking Latin – is a myth.

Roku tumbles on report of Amazon launching free video service

Roku shares sank 4.9 percent on Wednesday on a report that rival Amazon is launching a competing video service that’s free. The Seattle-based web giant is developing a free, advertising-supported video service for the 48 million people who use its Fire TV streaming video devices, according to The Information, a tech news site.

Fifa corruption: Paraguay's Juan Angel Napout jailed for nine years

Juan Angel Napout, the former president of South America's football governing body Conmebol, has been jailed for nine years for his part in the Fifa bribery scandal. He was found guilty in December last year at a trial in Brooklyn, New York. The Paraguayan was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and two wire fraud charges.

Bomb squad searches Florida post office

The FBI has searched a mail facility near Miami, as investigators try to find who is behind a series of suspected explosive packages. Devices have been sent to eight high-profile people, including ex-President Barack Obama and actor Robert De Niro.

Ethiopia’s parliament approves 1st female president

Ethiopia’s parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the country’s political system from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Photos: Identical twins born girls are now brothers after they came out as transgender

Two identical twins who were born girls have now become brothers. Transgender siblings Jack and Jace Grafe, 23, used to cry themselves to sleep and prayed to wake up as boys when they were children. They started life as Jaclyn and Jennifer in June 1995, and grew up in a conservative Christian home.

Kenyan nurse charged with raping elderly patient

A 44-year-old Kenyan nurse has been charged with raping an elderly woman in the United States.
Thomas Kamau Nganga was reported by his colleague who caught him forcing himself on a 72-year-old patient.
An administrator at the nursing home where Mr Nganga worked, Lexington Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Richmond, Virginia, said the suspect was fired after he was arrested.
Mr Nganga was detained at Henrico County Jail with no bond and is due in court in December. According to court documents, Nganga is married and with children.

Hero fined £58 for beating up thug who was attacking helpless 88-year-old woman

A man has been fined £58 for beating up a thug who was attacking an 88-year-old grandmother.
The attacker had pinned frail Klara Melamed to the ground and broken her bones before have-a-go hero Leonid Shchepel rushed to help. Leonid had now been told he must pay 5,000 Russian rubles (£58) for booting her attacker in the face.

Google sacks dozens over sexual harassment

Google has sacked 48 people including 13 senior managers over s-xual harassment claims since 2016. In a letter to employees, chief executive Sundar Pichai said the tech giant was taking a "hard line" on inappropriate conduct. The letter was in response to a New York Times report that Android creator Andy Rubin received a $90m exit package despite facing misconduct allegations. A spokesman for Mr Rubin denied the allegations, the newspaper said.

'Don’t ever forget this day’ - Mario Balotelli trolls Manchester United with throwback photo of Manchester City’s 6-1 derby win in 2011

Nice striker, Mario Balotelli who left Manchester City in 2013 has taken to Instagram to troll Manchester United. The Italian footballer posted a throwback picture of him celebrating in City's 6-1 derby win over Manchester United at Old Trafford, as he marked the seventh anniversary of the triumph.

Those who feel they have another country are free to leave Nigeria –President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said Nigerians who felt that they had another country outside Nigeria might choose to go. He said he and others who did not have another country would rather stay back and salvage it together.

Khashoggi's son gives the bad eye to Saudi Crown Prince blamed for death of his father as they meet in Riyadh

Pictures have emerged showing the son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi meeting with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia today and he wore a scowl on his face as he shook hands with the Prince who has been blamed for the death of his father.
During the meeting today in Riyadh, Salah bin Jamal Khashoggi, the son of slain Jamal Khashoggi was seen in a stern handshake with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the powerful heir to Saudi Arabia's throne, at the city's Yamama Palace.

Cathay Pacific data hack hits 9.4 million passengers

Cathay Pacific says the personal data of up to 9.4 million passengers have been accessed in the latest security breach to hit the aviation industry. Passport numbers, email addresses and expired credit card details were among the data leaked. Chief executive Rupert Hogg apologised and said there was "no evidence" the information had been misused.

Hurricane Michael: 'World's biggest peanut' cracked by fierce winds

Residents of a southern US city hope to raise tens of thousands of dollars to restore a statue of a giant peanut damaged by Hurricane Michael.
"I'm from the town with the big peanut," is how petition founder Sarah Mastrario Cook says locals of Ashburn, Georgia, proudly identify themselves. But the campaign to "Restore Ashburn's Big Peanut" has some way to go before reaching its target of $50,000 (£38,350) in donations. So far, a modest $725 has been raised.