12 h. ago People are only just realising why snooker players tap their middle finger on the table

The 2025 World Snooker Championship is about to reach its climax – but have you ever wondered why the game's top stars tap their middle finger on the table when they're lining up a shot?

Sport

15 h. ago People are only just realising what HYROX stands for and joke it makes them 'want to puke'

Fitness competition HYROX has boomed in popularity over the last few years, but some people are only just now realising what it stands for - and it's giving them the 'ick'

Politics

20 h. ago Trans players could be banned from women's snooker as well as football and cricket

Sex Matters has claimed Stonewall is encouraging organisations 'to act unlawfully' by suggesting they keep allowing trans women to use female-only spaces.

Sport

36 h. ago Snooker players currently banned includes former world champion and match

Every snooker player currently banned from competing, including an ex-world champion and half of those involved in the match-fixing scandal that rocked the sport to its core

Sport

53 h. ago Students perform in throwback clip from 2003 and people then realise who they are

A clip of two students performing a song in 2003 has resurfaced and people soon realised who the band were - and the track in question would go on to become a major hit despite a few changes to the lyrics

Politics

59 h. ago I know how global aid works. Here’s how Britain can do the right thing – and make its money count | David Miliband

The politics of aid may be toxic, but the UK must realise that supporting the world’s poorest people is both a moral and pragmatic thing to doDavid Miliband is president and CEO of the International Rescue CommitteeIn more than 10 years working in the aid sector, I have seen extraordinary innovations, from childhood education programmes for refugee children, to AI-driven flood warnings that alert farmers in some of the most vulnerable places on earth. Many of the initiatives I’ve seen are remarkably impactful and deliver serious value for money: it costs the International Rescue Committee (IRC) just £3 ($4) to deliver a life-saving vaccine dose in the midst of a conflict in east Africa, for example.The politics surrounding international aid, however, are increasingly toxic. The UK’s Department for International Development and now the US equivalent, USAID, have been dismantled, despite the British public being more than twice as likely to say that aid has a positive rather than nega...

Economics

61 h. ago People are just realising there's a 'proper poop position', thanks to an unusual new toilet design

Social media users have been shocked to learn they've been doing a number two wrong, after learning of a new, bizarre toilet that's designed for the optimum bowel-emptying position.

Politics

3 d. ago 'Nightmare' – Ronnie O'Sullivan infuriates rivals with decision at World Snooker Championship

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Luca Brecel are the only two players to continue using Triangle chalk at the World Snooker Championship, much to the annoyance of their rivals

Politics

4 d. ago Man makes appearance as drummer in punk band and jaws drop as people realise who it is

A man turned up to play drums at a gig for a punk rock band - and it turns out even the group's die hard fans were gobsmacked after realising it was an A-list celebrity

Politics

4 d. ago My phone blew up when people realised what 'brilliant' Bruno Fernandes had done for my Man United

Man Utd fan Bobby Moore got the surprise of a lifetime when Bruno Fernandes told him he would be the mascot against Manchester City.

Politics

5 d. ago ‘David Beckham’ of snooker died aged 27 just months after experiencing one symptom

Paul Hunter was one of the most popular and talented snooker players of his generation, but his life was cruelly cut short when he passed away at the age of 27 in 2006

Events

6 d. ago Steve Davis in disbelief as BBC snooker star responds to John Higgins dig

We are now approaching the business end of the World Snooker Championship, with the players preparing themselves for the quarter-finals of the prestigious event in Sheffield

Politics

6 d. ago People just realising they've been eating chocolate digestive biscuits wrong

TikTokers say 'this is obvious' as the boss of McVitie's speaks out on the ‘incredible debate’ about chocolate digestive biscuits

Politics

6 d. ago The Impossible Journey by Thor Pedersen: After 3,576 days of travelling, I know the world's a safe place

Thor Pedersen traversed the globe without taking a single plane. He saw the wonders of the world but came to realise that the greatest wonder of them all are people themselves

Politics

7 d. ago Steve Davis' surprise new career, split from wife and affair with 19

The snooker legend was once dubbed 'the most boring player in the world' but a lot has changed since he retired from playing

Politics

8 d. ago Kyren Wilson had to give up huge sum of money after hitting World Snooker Championship 147

Mark Allen became the first player since 2023 to make a stunning 147 at the World Snooker Championship on Friday, two years after two players achieved the remarkable feat in the same tournament

Events

8 d. ago World Championship referee banned from one snooker player's matches at the Crucible

Tatiana Woollaston is one of the top referees in snooker and has been taking charge of matches for the last few years - but she is banned from officiating in one player's matches

Sport

8 d. ago People are only just realising Liverpool manager's real name ISN'T Arne Slot

The Dutchman has done a sterling job in his first season at the helm at Anfield since replacing Jurgen Klopp last summer, taking the Reds to the brink of another Premier League title.

Society

9 d. ago Why World Snooker Championship referee is banned from officiating one player at the Crucible

Tatiana Woollaston made her Crucible debut in 2020 - and remains one of the top referees in snooker - but she's banned from officiating in her husband Ben's matches.

Sport

9 d. ago Jimmy White revealed his fury when 'unwritten snooker rule' was broken during Mark Selby win

Jimmy White has done and seen it all in snooker, but the cult icon was furious when he saw one player's cheeky ploy in 2022

Events