London council scores own goal by banning football in park under Covid crackdown

A London council has been blasted by the government for a lack of ‘common sense’ after it set up metal barriers in front of goals in a park to stop children playing football. Southwark council blocked the goals in Warwick Gardens in Peckham, south London, along with a sign that warned people not to touch … Read more

Dancing With The Stars: Kaitlyn Bristowe and Johnny Weir both earn perfect scores on Icons Night

Kaitlyn Bristowe and Johnny Weir earned perfect scores for their flawless routines on Monday’s episode of Dancing With The Stars. Despite that, Johnny, 36, wound up in the bottom two, and was saved at the last minute by Carrie Ann Inaba, 52, who praised him for bringing ‘something new’ to the show. Backstreet Boy AJ … Read more

AI is trained to ‘predict’ academic performance based on test scores and social posts

It may be difficult to predict how well a student will perform academically, but a new innovation can do so just by looking at their tweets – and with more than 93 percent accuracy. A computer model trained on thousands of test scores and one million social media posts to distinguishing between high academic achievers … Read more

GVC Holdings scores 19th successive quarterly rise in online sales

Ladbrokes and Foxy Bingo owner GVC Holdings scores a £50million earnings upgrade as housebound punters flock to gamble online GVC Holdings predicts making between £770m and £790m in earnings this year The firm also announced it was acquiring Portuguese gambling website Bet.pt Its American joint venture BetMGM made deals with the PGA tour and Nascar  … Read more

Mary Berry promotes her new cooking show as GBBO scores record ratings

Mary Berry promotes her new cooking show and details the daring challenges she faced while filming… as Great British Bake Off scores record ratings By Roxy Simons and Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 14:32 BST, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 15:43 BST, 23 September 2020 Mary Berry appeared on Wednesday’s edition of This Morning, as … Read more

Great British Bake Off scores record ratings as 7.9million tune in for the opening episode

Great British Bake Off scores record ratings as 7.9million tune in for the opening episode of series 11 making it Channel 4’s most-watched show of 2020 By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 11:49 BST, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 11:49 BST, 23 September 2020 Lockdown and Boris Johnson’s address to the nation delayed the start … Read more

Eddie Murphy scores first Emmy win for SNL hosting gig during 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Eddie Murphy scores first Emmy win for SNL hosting gig during night five of 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 05:01 BST, 20 September 2020 | Updated: 05:01 BST, 20 September 2020 Eddie Murphy won his first-ever Emmy on the fifth and final night of the virtual 2020 Creative Arts Emmy … Read more