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POLYNESIAN pulverisers Manu Tuilagi and Joe Cokanasiga demolished Ireland in a rampaging record win. Samoan-born Tuilagi and Fijian-born Cokanasiga scored three of England's eight tries between them in this Twickenham annihilation. By doing so Eddie Jones' side fired a mammoth World Cup warning around the globe as they humiliated a country who looked like favourites just nine months ago. It was a coming-of-age performance for Cokanasiga, 21, who performed a bare-chested Fijian war dance in a grass skirt at Twickenham back in 2015 before England's opener against his homeland. And having grown up watching Tuilagi terrorise defences, it is no wonder where Jones' latest two-try hero gets his inspiration from. The 6ft 3ins 18 stone Bath winger revealed: "Manu was my idol growing up."When I was 15 I messaged him on Facebook and told him: ‘You’re my idol’. He didn’t respond! "But he told me he saw it. It’s all a dream come true. "Every carry he did today was … [Read more...] about England record rampant win over Ireland as Red Rose put up EIGHT tries in World Cup warm-up

Jessica Ennis has been one of the faces of the build-up to the Olympic Games - and she finally takes to the track at London 2012 this morning. Elsewhere we have medal hopes in the rowing and at the velodrome, where Victoria Pendleton will hope to bounce back from yesterday's disqualification in the team sprint. Below you can find all today's British action... or click here for the full day seven Olympic schedule - and follow it all in today's Olympic live blog 9AM Archer Larry Godfrey takes on Khairul Anuar Mohamad for a place in the quarter-finals 9.30AM GB women's handball tackle Angola 9.30AM Alan Campbell rows in men's single sculls finals 10AM Carl Myerscough in men's shot put qualifier 10AM Fran Halsall and Amy Smith in 50m freestyle swim 10.05AM Heptathlon 100m hurdles with Jessica Ennis, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Louise Hazel 10.10AM Men's quadruple sculls as GB row in final A 10.19AM Chris Sherrington in last 32 of judo's men's +100kg 10.24AM Daniel … [Read more...] about Friday fame? Team GB’s Olympic hopes for day seven at London 2012

By the end of 2018, critics were sounding the death knell for conventional pop. Thanks to streaming, they argued, the global accessibility of everything from Latin trap to K-pop meant that these once-niche sounds could thrive without being watered down for western audiences. “What looks like the simultaneous triumph of several parallel sounds – molten, streaming-oriented hip-hop; punkish Soundcloud rap; forward-thinking country music and more – is in fact the ascendance of one set of ideals that define what pop music has become,” wrote the New York Times’ Jon Caramanica. In this moment of international pop utopianism, Britain, naturally, has gone the other way. Our current pop stock-in-trade is a school of male singer-songwriters with exceptional voices and wilfully unexceptional images that entrench an impression of authenticity. They are all white, despite their soulful vocals, which sing of safely secular salvation (they’ll provide it), epic loves … [Read more...] about The ordinary boys: how Ed Sheeran-inspired troubadours swept the charts

The 2018 People’s Choice Awards kicked off on Sunday evening in Santa Monica, California, not far from the raging Malibu fires. But still the red carpet at the Barker Hangar was crowded with some of the best from TV and movies. Mila Kunis turned heads in a slinky black Alex Perry dress which fit her slender figure fabulously. Monchrome magic: Mila Kunis, Victoria Beckham, and Busy Philipps stunned in black and white ensembles at the People's Choice Awards on Sunday Get suited and booted like Victoria in a blazer from her collection Victoria Beckham blazer Buy a similar jacket at Stylebop Visit site Victoria Beckham might not be joining the rest of the Spice Girls when they go on tour, but thanks to her clothing collection, we can still get our regular fix of Posh Spice. Here she is at the People's Choice Awards, where she was named Fashion Icon, modelling a white trouser suit of her own design. Of course! We'll never get bored of power dressing. Plus, a white … [Read more...] about People’s Choice Awards 2018: Mila Kunis, Victoria Beckham and Busy Philipps lead best dressed on red carpet in elegant black and white

Britons’ love of novelty Christmas jumpers is helping to fuel the world’s plastic pollution crisis, a report has warned. Whether emblazoned with flashing lights or alpine motifs, 12m jumpers are set to be snapped up this year, despite 65m already languishing in UK wardrobes. But as well as triggering huge levels of waste, the research by the environmental charity Hubbub has shown that most new sweaters contain plastic. Its analysis of 108 garments on sale this year from 11 high street and online retailers – including Primark, George at Asda and Topshop/Topman – found that 95% of the jumpers were made wholly or partly of plastic materials. The charity said the garment had become one of the worst examples of fast fashion, now recognised as hugely damaging to the environment. With so-called Christmas jumper day – an annual publicity push by the charity Save the Children – looming on Friday 13 December, millions of consumers are expected to scour shops … [Read more...] about Christmas jumpers add to plastic pollution crisis, says charity