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HAWTHORN SUPERSTAR LANCE FRANKLIN IS EXPECTED TO TELL THE CLUB OF HIS DECISION AS EARLY AS TUESDAY. PICTURE: MICHAEL KLEIN  NEWS LIMITED HAWTHORN great Dermott Brereton says he believes Lance Franklin will depart the club, with the Hawks expecting to be told he is GWS-bound by Tuesday. Senior Hawks have believed for months Franklin is gone, and do not believe the Grand Final victory will sway him. Franklin said yesterday he would make his decision on “Monday or Tuesday”, but with Hawks players in Tasmania today Tuesday is more likely. The Hawks have commissioned a list management battle plan for life without Franklin, with Sydney’s Shane Mumford and second-year Brisbane ruckman Billy Longer both in their sights. But with the free agency market looking thin, they might save some Franklin’s $1.1 million wage by prepaying other contacts before next year’s bumper offering of free agents. GWS officials will meet Collingwood backman Heath Shaw this week in a bid to lure hi...

Play prev All the goals from Saturday's EPL action. 18h ago 5:09   Highlights of West Brom's 3-2 victory over Manchester United. Yesterday 2:03 next MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes challenged his players to stand up and be counted after they fell to a shock defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. Goals from Morgan Amalfitano and Saido Berahino gave West Brom a 2-1 win at Old Trafford -- their first since 1978 -- with Wayne Rooney's equaliser for the champions ultimately proving in vain. United have now lost three times in the first six games of the campaign, which represents their worst start to a season since the inauguration of the Premier League in 1992, and have slumped to 12th place in the table. Following hot on the heels of last weekend's chastening 4-1 defeat at local rivals Manchester City, it loads further pressure on Moyes, who succeeded the legendary Alex Ferguson as manager...

The Other Superman (Paul Nunnari) has been in a wheelchair since he was 11, but it doesn't stop him performing incredible aerial acts in his chair. He impresses the judges on Australia's Got Talent on Sunday night. Your video will begin in  1  seconds STOP Autoplay ON OFF THE first two acts have gone through to the Australia’s Got Talent grand final after a nailbiting decider Sunday night. All-male Brisbane dance crew Swagamama were the first to guarantee a spot, with the six performers having the highest public vote. But it got a little tougher when the second place came up for grabs, after The Other Superman and Darren Carr ending up in a deadlock after the public vote. Darren Carr on Australia’s Got Talent / Picture: Supplied   Source:  Supplied Ultimately it was wheelchair aerialist Paul Nunnari who was victorious with his routine as the iconic superheroes. WHAT REALLY HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES...

The amphibious craft caught fire near to the Houses of Parliament in central London. Picture: Nick Butcher/Twitter TOURISTS hoping to see the sights of London were forced to jump into the icy waters of the River Thames after their tour boat burst into flames. Around 30 passengers were rescued from the Duck Tours amphibious craft after the fire broke out shortly before midday. Dramatic pictures taken at the scene showed tourists clinging to the side of the vessel which got into to difficulty opposite the Houses of Parliament. According to  The Sun  seven people were treated for smoke inhalation including a woman and young child and two were hospitalised with minor injuries. London Fire Brigade said the boat was 33 per cent damaged by the blaze near Lambeth Bridge. “Approximately 30 people were rescued by passing tourist boats,” a fire brigade spokesman said. “All persons were accounted for.” The fire brigade also tweeted: "Fortunately there don't seem t...

The U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation to avoid a government shutdown while also derailing the healthcare law known as "Obamacare." Katharine Jackson reports. In a rare weekend session at the Capitol, the House of Representatives works into the night in Washington, to avoid a government shutdown over a health care bill. Picture: AP   Source:  AP THE US House of Representatives approved a controversial Republican measure that avoids a looming government shutdown but delays President Barack Obama’s health care law for one year. The bill assures a stalemate with the Senate, whose Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not pass legislation that defunded or delayed so-called ‘Obamacare’, and brings the federal government dramatically closer to its first shutdown in 17 years. The White House also insisted the president would veto the bill if it reaches his desk. A divided House held hours of raucous debate during a rare Saturday ses...

Dannii Minogue breaks down and sheds a tear over family matters on The X Factor. Courtesy: The X Factor Seven Network Danni Minogue breaks down in tears on The X Factor.   Source:  Supplied AN EMOTIONAL Dannii Minogue has dedicated the performance of her X Factor charge Dami Im to her parents and grandfather, as they grieve the recent loss of Minogue’s grandmother. The pop darling broke down in tears as she hinted at the family’s struggle since losing their beloved matriach two weeks ago, reportedly after a battle with cancer. Minogue had come to the defence of her singer Im, who had again wowed the crowds with her performance of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic,  Bridge Over Troubled Water  - during Sunday night’s live performance show which featured songs inspired by each contestant’s family. An emotional Danni Minogue wipes away tears after breaks down in tears after Dami Im’s performance.   Source:  Supplied R...

Emily Bramley wants her baby daughter Maddie to follow her into the glamour model profession. Picture: Emily Bramley /Twitter A FORMER glamour model turned stay-at-home mum has already begun saving money for cosmetic surgery for her four-month old daughter. Emily Bramley says she wants her baby daughter Maddie to follow her in to the modeling profession. With this in mind the 22-year-old Brit has already put aside £1,000 ($1,730) for future surgeries she predicts Maddie will need. “If a breast enlargement or bum implants are what she needs we can do that for her,” Ms Bramley  told UK newspaper  The Sun . “Modelling is a great job.” She added: “I know Maddie will thank me for this when she’s older.” Ms Bramley, from Leeds, England, claims a breast enlargement from an A cup to DD helped launch her modeling career. She had the boob job done at 19 after she borrowed £4,500 for surgery. “It was the best decision I ever made. My career took off. I wish I’d don...

Watch Diana - Official Trailer Princess Diana, inspired a nation with her generosity, compassion and kindness - and in her final years she would meet the man, Dr. Hasnat ... Play 0:00  /  2:15 Scrubber mute Share Fullscreen Naomi Watts rarely finds a way to humanise the iconic character she is playing, says Leigh Paatsch.   Source:  Supplied IT STARTS and ends with the moments leading up to the death of the late Princess of Wales in a traffic tunnel in Paris. And in between? Well,  Diana  isn't quite the cinematic car crash many English critics have pre-emptively proclaimed it to be. Nevertheless, as far as biopics go, it is just about as dozy and dimwitted as a mis-told life story on screen can get. Some of the dialogue is howlingly off-topic ("yes, I'm a mad bitch!" says Diana with disarming cheeriness at one point). A lot of the juicy stuff that veteran Diana-philes will be thirstin...

Gennifer Flowers, who claims to have carried on a 12-year relationship with Bill Clinton at a 1995 book event. Picture: AFP THE woman who claims she was Bill Clinton's mistress, Gennifer Flowers, says she and Mr Clinton would still be together if it weren't for his daughter Chelsea and that Mr Clinton confided that wife Hillary Clinton was bisexual. Breaking her silence two decades after news of their affair surfaced, Flowers, now a singer and sex advice columnist in New Orleans, told the  MailOnline  she has no regrets but believes she and Mr Clinton would still be together if Mrs Clinton had not become pregnant with daughter Chelsea. Mr Clinton was "the love of her life", she said. Flowers' claims to have been Mr Clinton’s mistress for 12 years threatened to sink his 1992 presidential campaign, until Mrs Clinton appeared beside him as the supportive wife during a  60 Minutes  interview days later, in which Mr Clinton denied the affair. "B...

Professor Milton Wainwright is "95 per cent convinced" the organisms from the edge of space do not originate from earth. Picture: University of Sheffield  Source:  Supplied A TEAM of British scientists is convinced it has found proof of alien life, after it harvested strange particles from the edge of space. The scientists came to the startling conclusion after a balloon sent 27 kilometres into the stratosphere came back carrying small biological organisms believed to have originated from space,  the Independent  reports . Professor Milton Wainwright, of the University of Sheffield’s Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, says he is "95 per cent convinced" the organisms do not originate from earth. "By all known information that science has, we know that they must be coming in from space," he said. "There is no known mechanism by which these life forms can achieve that height. As far as we can tell ...