Seven family members were shot dead just after midnight in Limpopo, police said on Saturday.Police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said four children and three adults, including a pregnant woman, were allegedly gunned down by another family member.Mojapelo said the shooting happened at around 12:20am in Jimmy Jones village in the Vhembe district.“The suspect was later…
Everton’s Boxing Day match at Burnley has been postponed due to Covid-19 cases and injuries at the Merseyside club.Everton had an initial request to postpone the game rejected on Thursday despite boss Rafael Benitez claiming he only had nine outfield players fit. While there have not been further Covid-19 cases at Everton, there has been…
Chris Kirchner, one of the potential buyers of Derby County, has announced he is withdrawing from the process.Kirchner says he made a formal offer to buy Derby two weeks ago, and improved the bid this week. However, the US businessman says he was unable to agree a deal with Quantuma, Derby’s administrators, that was “in…
Wilfried Zaha has been included in the Ivory Coast squad for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), just a month after Patrice Beaumelle, the manager, said the forward wanted to “reflect on the rest of his international career.”Zaha was not called up by Ivory Coast for November’s World Cup qualifiers, with Beaumelle saying the Crystal…
All the top stories and transfer rumours from Christmas Eve national newspapers…DAILY EXPRESS Tottenham hope to beat Manchester United and Liverpool to the signing of AC Milan midfielder Franck Kessie, who will be able to speak to suitors in January as an impending free agent.Juventus are waiting to hear back from Arsenal after offering midfielder…
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is recognised as boxing’s No 1 champion, but who could become the greatest threat to the Mexican star? The Panel have given their verdict…Canelo became the undisputed super-middleweight champion this year, extending his dominant era, and the four-weight king will now seek a fresh challenge in 2022. But could the pound-for-pound great…
At the heart of Europe, the Benelux region commands a strategically important position in connecting the continent to the world. The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg also have what is needed for an advanced tech sector. They are relatively rich and have a wealth of human talent and high education standards, with academics in the region…
At the start of 2021, many people thought office work would be back to normal within a few months. But it has taken many months for the economy to reopen and the return to normality is very different to pre-pandemic times. A large proportion of office-based staff have remained working from home. Video-conferencing, enterprise social…
The way that fintechs and challenger banks have dominated the tech headlines in recent years makes it all the more surprising that, for the first time, a UK digital challenger bank made a profit. The nature of tech and fintech startups means they invest heavily up front in tech and customer acquisition, with profits somewhere…
A pygmy zebra octopus hatchling in the Cephalopod Mariculture Lab at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. These octopuses are about the size of a grain of rice when they hatch. They reach full size (about the size of a table grape) within six months. Credit: Tim Briggs For generations, scientists have relied on a…
