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football stadium which was due to be bigger than Wembley has been left half-finished with cranes abandoned.Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande, now known simply as Guangzhou FC, drew the attention of fans across the world when they announced plans for their new ground.The initial designs pictured a grand Lotus-shaped structure which had a proposed capacity of 100,000.Not only would that beat the 90,000 that the home of English football can hold, but it would also surpass Barcelona's Camp Nou as the largest football-specific stadium in the world.However, The Evergrande Group, one of China's largest property developers and owners of the club, has since become riddled with debt.They are at the centre of a real estate crisis with debts in the country's sector totalling an estimated £86billion ($117bn).Evergrande themselves have a massive £220b ($300bn) in liabilities, as per The Sun.And that forced them to stop construction of their new 'Lotus Flower Stadium' last year because they simply had no cash to spend. What's your favourite stadium? Let us know in the comments section.It was left part-filled with seats and the cranes that had been used to work on it were left on site with no builders to man them.The stadium, or what there is of it, was set to be auctioned off.But the Chinese government stepped in last December to take it off Evergrande's hands.While it is a sorry story, it is the tip of the iceberg of a major crisis in one of the world's super powers.Thousands of other constructions schemes have been halted too after the Chinese president cracked down on the debt which property companies were building.Evergrande have an estimated 1.5million unfinished houses they need to build, and their dreams of having

US mother-of-14 is on Death Row after being convicted of the murder of her two-year-old daughter who tragically fell down the stairs.Melissa Lucio, from Texas, is facing death by lethal injection unless new evidence can be found that casts doubt over her conviction.The 50-year-old was found guilty of the death of her daughter Mariah Alvarez, who died after falling down a rickety old staircase outside their apartment.Ms Lucio’s life now relies on two pieces of video footage that the jury never saw when convicting her in 2007, the same year of the incident.The first video shows one of her sons speaking to one of the detectives just hours after little Mariah had died, reports news.com.au.A female officer asks the boy: “Did you see (your sister) fall (down the stairs) or did somebody tell you that she fell?”He responds: “No, I saw (her fall).”The second video shows a gruelling seven-hour integration Ms Lucio went through that started just hours after her daughter passed away and lasted until 3am.Ms Lucio had no lawyer present and was given no food or water throughout the duration.She was then told by a detective: “Right now, it looks like you’re a cold-blooded killer. Now, are you a cold-blooded killer or were you a frustrated mother who just took it out on her?”He continued by telling her “we already know what happened”.After several hours of integration, Ms Lucio finally said: “guess I did it.

ghost hunters investigate paranormal activity inside the home of 1980s pop icon Toyah Willcox. The chilling scenes were filmed for brand new discovery+ Original series Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted.In the creepy episode, the team was called in to investigate reports of paranormal activity in a sprawling Georgian house owned by Toyah, whose biggest hits include "It's a Mystery" and "I Want to Be Free".She says: "I suppose I just want proof – I want to know it’s just not me."The singer claims it is not just her who has experienced weird happenings and adds: "The actress Rula Lenska visited us, and she was down in the cellar and she could hear children screaming and she passed out."When she came around, she said she was surrounded by children."Toyah tells the ghost hunters she is keen to rid the house of the evil that lingers there."The majority of the spirits I really, really like, and if they feel they’re in the right place at the right time, then they’re welcome," she says.

The NFL season may be over, but the talk around Brittany Matthews and Jackson Mahomes continues. Patrick Mahomes is laughing off reports that he asked his fiancée and his brother not to attend Kansas City Chiefs games for the 2022-2023 season.

Danger at every turn! The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel has won over fans with its variety of thrilling franchises over the years — and the list just keeps getting longer.

Breaking boundaries! Sofía Jirau is Victoria’s Secret’s first model with Down syndrome — and her starring role in the Love Cloud campaign is something she’s been manifesting for years. 

Worldle is the ideal game for you. Each day, players will be shown only the outline of a nation and have to type their guesses into a drop-down bar of each sovereign state on Earth in six attempts or fewer.Wrong guesses will show a percentage of how close in proximity the nation of the day actually is, along with how many kilometers or miles a guess is off by.

Morgan Stewart is a mom — again! The Daily Pop star gave birth on Thursday, February 17, to her and husband Jordan McGraw’s second baby.

according to walesonline.com.“It’s fast and furious and total bedlam at times, but it’s so funny,” said Cowan, 56, who works with her husband Alasdair on the project. “Sometimes I am crying with laughter.”“Alasdair cuts up around [22 pounds] worth of cheese into cubes, but he has to do different sizes for small dogs and big dogs,” she said.

curiously accented faux socialite Anna Delvey, née Sorokin, managed to swindle hotels, banks, investors and many a jetsetter into believing she was an entrepreneurial German heiress on a mission to build a cultural arts mecca. In reality, she is the Russian-born daughter of a truck driver whose ambitions exceeded her means. Sorokin lived the high life before being convicted of grand larceny and serving time in prison.

They may not be related by blood, but they’re family forever. Brandon Blackstock‘s relationship with his former stepmother, Reba McEntire, has remained strong through their respective divorces.

The One Show's Alex Jones has taken to Instagram to take a light-hearted swipe at her co-host Rylan this evening.The Welsh host, 44, told how cruising legend Jane McDonald was waiting for the chatty BBC Radio 2 host to finish talking as she panned her camera around the studio.Taking to her stories, a fed-up looking Alex gave her 328,000 followers a behind-the-scenes look ahead of the show starting.Alex captioned the short clip: "@thejanemcdonald waiting patiently whilst he rabbits on," alongside a laughing emoji.The mother-of-three showed the Loose Women star sitting quietly, having joined the programme virtually.Rylan could be heard discussing hit sitcom Birds of a Feather, before he came in to shot while sitting on the green sofa, ready to kick off the magazine show.Alex stunned this evening as she hosted the BBC show fully glammed up.Wearing her hair in its usual long bob style, the presenter opted for a peachy-toned lip and heavy smokey eye.Rylan had also taken to social media ahead of presenting the show this evening.Posing in his dressing room, the star donned a casual grey outfit and revealed that he was not happy at the prospect of changing.Looking glum, he wrote: "Wish I could do the show in a tracksuit."However, the next story revealed that he had been forced to change for his on-air appearance.Rylan looked dapper in a navy shirt as he posed for a sultry snap on set.The star's post comes a day after he made his return to screens after worrying fans with a photo of his arm hooked up to an IV.He’d captioned the snap: “Finally home after an extended trip to Costa del hospital.Slowly on the mend. Won’t be on the wireless tomorrow.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSandra Oh’s Netflix comedy “The Chair” touches on the sticky nature of how actions are perceived and the consequences that should or shouldn’t come with it in an age of social media, where nuance often gets lost in the debate.“It’s really tricky to talk about,” Oh tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. “It’s hard to gague when it’s going to bite you.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMelissa Benoist could soon be returning to the Berlanti-verse.Variety has confirmed with sources that Benoist is in talks to star in the series “Girls on the Bus” at HBO Max, which is executive produced by Greg Berlanti. Berlanti previously executive produced The CW series “Supergirl,” which starred Benoist in the title role.Reps for HBO Max and Warner Bros. Television declined to comment.It was announced on Thursday that “Girls on the Bus” has received a straight-to-series order at HBO Max after previously having been set up at The CW and Netflix.

JOE Swash has revealed Storm Eunice has battered the surrounding areas around Pickle Cottage as fiancee Stacey Solomon works away from home. The Dancing On Ice winner today braved winds of up to 70 mph on a walk around their £1.2million Essex mansion.

HIS family have barely been out of the public eye since his dad became a football legend in the Italia 90 World Cup. But when Regan Gascoigne joined Dancing on Ice he was still a relative unknown. That has all changed since the dancer son of England hero Paul Gascoigne has dazzled audiences with his sensational moves.

EMILY Atack treated fans to a bikini throwback as she prepared for Storm Eunice. The 32-year-old looked incredible as she lay on a sun bed while wearing a leopard print two-piece enjoying some sunshine.

running for Congress in her home state of Ohio.When Porter ran for state office in Ohio in 2016, we exposed her long history of radical right-wing extremism:For years, Porter used her daily radio program and weekly column to promote a variety of conspiracy theories surrounding President Obama’s birth, alleging that his election was the result of a massive communist conspiracy. After her prayers failed to prevent Obama from taking office and subsequently cursing America, Porter went to work warning her fellow conservatives that Obama would orchestrate food shortages in order to starve them to death, use a swine flu outbreak as an excuse to lock them up in concentration camps, and use Obamacare to deny them healthcare and eliminate them.Porter has also long warned that increasing acceptance of gay rights will turn Christians into criminals who will eventually be rounded up and tossed in jail, going so far as to try and prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on the issue of gay marriage.

GOGGLEBOX viewers couldn’t believe their eyes this evening as they were shown full frontal nudity. The stars of the show gasped in horror at new Hulu show Pam and Tommy –, which follows Pamela Anderson (Lily James) and Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) around the time of their sex tape and features a “disturbing” scene of a “talking penis.” And those watching at home were not expecting to see his manhood as they settled down for the return of the series tonight.

VICKY Pattison’s fans are convinced she’s got secretly engaged to her boyfriend Ercan Ramadan on holiday in Dubai. The 34-year-old shared a series of pictures as the pair enjoyed a very romantic meal on the beach – telling her fans: “Tonight was everything.” The couple sipped champagne at a table adorned with roses – as Vicky gushed: “I love you Ercan.” Alongside another image from their stunning meal, the reality star admitted: “I’m honestly the most content I have ever been.” Beneath a picture of her embracing Ercan on the beach, fans started to speculate that an engagement could be on the cards.

Tom Holland meets up with Tati Gabrielle and Mark Wahlberg for a special screening of their new movie, Uncharted, held at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on Wednesday night (February 16).