Vikings season 5 episode 16: Bjorn set for unexpected alliance to take down Ivar?

Vikings recently released a promo for episode 16 of season five which looked towards the upcoming clashes between Bjorn (played by Alexander Ludwig) and Ivar the Boneless (Alex Høgh Andersen). But before Bjorn charges headfirst into a battle against Ivar, he is in dire need of an army. The promo for episode 16 – The […]

Outlander season 4 spoilers: Stephen Bonnet star Ed Speleers hints at unexpected fate

So far during this season of time-travel drama Outlander fans have been hooked on the next chapter of Jamie (played by Sam Heughan) and Claire Fraser’s (Caitriona Balfe) lives. Their journey to the new world in North America has already seen them lose everything to Irish pirate Stephen and come up against the Native American […]

Coronation Street spoilers: Peter Barlow to have SORDID affair with unexpected flame

Coronation Street’s Peter Barlow (played by Chris Gascoyne) has certainly had his fair share of women on the soap.  He’s been through three women already in serious relationships and has broken many more hearts along the way.  However, in the coming weeks, he will set his eyes on a new lady. It is believed Peter […]

Dead department stores are finding an unexpected new life with U-Haul (M, SHLD, UHAL)

AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall U-Haul is looking to buy 13 former Sears and Kmart stores for $ 62 million, court documents show. These former department store locations will be repurposed into U-Haul storage centers and places to house its fleet of rental trucks.  U-Haul has a policy in place whereby it buys and renovates pre-existing buildings […]

Physics can explain the fastball’s unexpected twist, new study finds

Enlarge / Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw delivers the pitch during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox in Game Five of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium. (credit: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) The fastball is, as its name implies, the fastest pitch in major league baseball, reaching speeds in excess of […]

All over US, polling places freeze when faced with the unexpected: voters

American midterm elections are normally sleepy affairs, but 2018’s hyper-partisan atmosphere has voters turning out in record numbers. Polling places were unprepared for the onslaught and machines broke down all over the country. In New York City, broken and jammed machines thwarted thousands of voters from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side and the Bronx, […]

30 unique and unexpected gifts from UncommonGoods they haven’t seen before

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Shopping is time-consuming and stressful, so it’s no wonder many of us often default to buying generic, unmemorable gifts just to get the whole process over with. We’ve […]

30 unique and unexpected gifts from UncommonGoods they haven’t seen before

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Shopping is time-consuming and stressful, so it’s no wonder many of us often default to buying generic, unmemorable gifts just to get the whole process over with. We’ve […]

X Factor 2018: Simon Cowell thrown as Dermot O’Leary takes completely unexpected SWIPE

Simon, 59, had just finished applauding his X Factor act Scarlett Lee, with the 20-year-old performing a rendition of Always On My Mind by Elvis Presley. However last week, the ITV judge did give Scarlett some criticism over her performance telling her she sounded like a club singer. After the judge praised Scarlett’s latest performance, […]

Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling ‘jumps’ after unexpected positive UK wage data

The pound to euro exchange rate is currently 1.1398 according to Bloomberg figures this morning. A move so close to 1.14 returns sterling to figures seen last week. And happily, the boost to GBP is thanks to positive data showing strong wage growth in the UK. TorFX currency analyst Laura Parsons explained: “The pound jumped […]