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The woman Bendall murdered was pregnant with his child when he killed her, and he knew it. Bendall told cops: "I used a hammer. I did not realise what I did until I walked into my room and saw my missus and my daughter." I don't know why he said that because his child was the unborn one.

I agree with you on that, although some would say spending the rest of your life in prison is a worse punishment than the death penalty.

The whole life tariff is the replacement for the death penalty, which means Bendall would have been sentenced to death if it were still possible to do so. Since 1983, around 100 prisoners have been given whole life tariffs in England and Wales. Many of them have committed suicide behind bars -...

Glaswegian who 'invented' chicken tikka masala dies BBC News Wednesday 21st December 2022 Mr Ali, in his Glasgow restaurant with the dish he is credited with inventing A Glaswegian chef credited with inventing the chicken tikka masala has died, aged 77. Ali Ahmed Aslam is said to have come...

Derbyshire Constabulary have released police bodycam footage of the moment they met with Bendall after his mother reported to them that he had harmed himself. After trying to determine if he has hurt himself, an officer comes out of the house having discovered the bodies and placed Bendall under...

Killamarsh murders: Damien Bendall given whole-life order BBC News Wednesday 21st December 2022 Terri Harris (bottom left) and her children John Bennett (top left) and Lacey Bennett (bottom right) were found dead along with Lacey's friend Connie Gent (top right) By Caroline Lowbridge BBC News...

GB News: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reportedly wants assessment on progress of the war and on UK supplies Kevin Rooney and Dominique Samuels discuss Rishi Sunak reportedly asking for an assessment on how the war in Ukraine is going, and what difference British supplies are making to the...

First pictures of King Charles banknotes revealed BBC News Tuesday 20th December 2022 The portrait of King Charles will appear twice on banknotes By Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent The new look of banknotes featuring the image of King Charles has been unveiled by the Bank of...

Players are usually okay after 90 minutes. But if they end up playing 150 minutes then they'll start having problems which might make them not fit for the next match.

Premier League players who reached the World Cup final The Premier League returns on 26 December, when many players from the different World Cup teams will be able to share their experiences from Qatar. A handful, of course, will be granted extra leave following their World Cup exertions...

I think penalty shootouts are the best way to do it. That way managers won't have to deal with fatigued players with hamstring problems.

Alexis Mac Allister is the first Brighton player to win a World Cup. Will he be back in time to face Charlton in the EFL Cup on Wednesday?

Then you'd have a lot more fatigued players and a lot more injuries in a team and that would have a detrimental effect on its subsequent performances.

Like father, like sons Argentina 3-3 France (Arg win 4-2 on pens) After the full-time whistle on Sunday, two of Lionel Messi's three sons, Thiago and Mateo, aged 10 and seven respectively, were pictured kissing the famous trophy, just like their dad had after inspiring Argentina's victory over...

Baseball players don't so as much running as football players. Some sports are more suitable for long games. Look at cricket: matches can last up to five days. In football, you often see players going down with cramp in extra time.

Argentina yesterday became only the third team to win the World Cup by penalty shootout. The other two to have done it are Brazil and Italy. Brazil beat Italy 4-2 on penalties in the 1994 World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and Italy beat France 5-3 on penalties in the 2006 World Cup...

Don't forget that players are humans and get tired. There's only a certain amount of time that players can run around chasing a ball. If after 90 minutes they keep playing successive 10 minute bouts then they could end up playing another 90 minutes or 180 minutes until they get a goal. For...

The game could end up lasting for hours if they did that. I've just watched a video - "Has every FIFA World Cup been fixed?" - which basically talks about how FIFA may fix World Cups to try to get the team it wants to win to win. Interesting that this World Cup Final featured Messi for...

England 1966 World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst was the only player to score three goals in a World Cup Final until today. However, all three of Hurst's goals came from open play whereas two of Mbappe's were penalties, and Mbappe has the dubious distinction of being the first player to score...

After an illustrious career, which has seen him win almost everything in football and become one of the greatest players in history, Lionel Messi puts the cherry on the cake by winning the big one tonight. It's a fairytale. Here he is lifting the World Cup...