James Collins insists Aston Villa are ready for an assault on the Carling Cup this season. Having beaten Sunderland on penalties to progress to the last eight on Wednesday, Martin O’Neill’s side could face the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal in the next round.
Brad Friedel will make his 200th consecutive Premier League start if he selected to play against Everton.
Dunne & Collins sound more like upmarket menswear retailers than a pair of centre halves holding together one of the meanest defences in the Premier League, with only eight goals conceded.
A second auction of the marble mausoleum crypt above Marilyn Monroe has failed to attract any bids. A previous 4.6 million dollar (£2.8 million) bid for the space fell through in August when Elsie Poncher first attempted to sell off her late husband …
Musician Jack White has claimed the music industry was in a “dying era”, and told how artists now had to use “trickery” to make money. The White Stripes and The Raconteurs frontman said every meeting he had with labels was “depressing” and in 10 …
Fans of the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show are due to gather in costume to attempt to smash the Guinness world record for the largest ever Time Warp dance. Organisers hope about 1,500 people will head to the seafront in Brighton to simultaneously …
The woman who was groped and had her nose broken by Premier footballer Marlon King has said he has ruined her looks and left her a nervous wreck. Wigan Athletic striker King was jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting and punching the 20-year …
The world’s largest cruise ship faces a nail-biting challenge when it negotiates a bridge with inches to spare. The Oasis of the Seas, five times larger than the Titanic, is finally finished and is on its way from Finland to its home port in Florida …
Police and religious leaders have urged troublemakers to stay away as thousands of rival protesters prepare to gather amid extremists’ calls for sharia law in Britain. Supporters of the proposals, far right groups and anti-fascist demonstrators are …
The expedition guide for a BBC children’s programme tracing the footsteps of explorer David Livingstone in Africa has died after being charged by an elephant. Anton Turner, 38, was assisting with the filming of an episode of the CBBC series Serious …
