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A youth football coach from Savannah has been given a lifetime ban from a nationwide sports organization after video surfaced showing him repeatedly slapping a player on his nine-and-under team during a recent tournament in Florida. American Youth Football , the self-described largest youth football and cheer organization in the world, responded to the video by banning Savannah Gators coach Gerrell Williams for life and giving the viral footage to the Osceola Sheriff's Department. Although there have been reports that Williams was charged for the incident, the department website has no record of any being filed. The viral cellphone video, which has drawn criticism from LeBron James and retired NFL star Shannon Sharpe, shows Williams winding up and slapping one of his player's twice as the boy ran off the field. The second slap knocked the child to the ground. The age of the boy has not been revealed.   The viral cellphone video, which has drawn criticism from LeBron James an

Britain is facing a Christmas gift shortage with chaos at ports meaning deliveries of popular products including Barbies, Micro-Scalextric and Peppa Pig toys may not arrive before December 25.  Go-karts, scooters and Paw Patrol merchandise are among the other children's presents held up at ports due to a global shipping crisis, retailers said today.  Must-have gifts such as Apple Airpod earphones and Sony PS5s are also increasingly hard to find as a result of supply chain problems from Covid-hit China, Vietnam and Japan.  Gary Grant, of The Entertainer, Britain's largest independent toy retailer, said deliveries are now three weeks behind schedule with just 15 days until Christmas Day.  Meanwhile, Derek Crookes, of the Toy Retailers Association, said: 'There is still stock on shelves but some lines may face shortages.  'In previous Christmases some toys have run out because they are really, really popular but this year a lot of different lines are running low and might

Social workers who allowed vulnerable 16-year-old girl Louise Smith to live with her uncle are to be investigated after he was found guilty of brutally murdering her and setting fire to her body. Louise had a history of mental health issues, self-harm and an unstable family home, and had been assigned a social worker to make sure she was adequately looked after. However, the social workers allowed Louise to live with her aunt Chazlynn Mays in the one-bedroom flat in Havant, Hampshire, which she shared with her husband, Shane, an unemployed man who spent nine hours a day playing video games. On May 8, VE Day, Louise went missing and Shane claimed he had walked her from their home to a local skate park, where he had left her. Yesterday, Mays was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years for the killing of Louise, which a High Court judge branded 'grotesque and cruel'. And today it was revealed that Hampshire County Council was conducting a safeguarding childr

Millions of Australians are being urged to be on alert for coronavirus symptoms after fragments of the virus were found in sewage from 39 Sydney suburbs. Fragments of the virus were detected at the Liverpool sewage treatment plant prompting NSW Health to push residents of southwestern Sydney to get tested. 'The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage may reflect the presence of known cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in recent weeks in the area served by this sewage treatment plant,' a spokesperson said.  Fragments of the virus were detected at the Liverpool sewage treatment plant prompting NSW Health to push residents of southwestern Sydney to get tested on Wednesday Nurses prepare to conduct COVID-19 tests at the Bondi Beach testing clinic in November 'However, NSW Health is concerned there could be other active cases in the local community in people who have not been tested and who might incorrectly assume their symptoms are just a cold.'   Authorities are continuously issuing wa

A bizarre government map of Australia from 1946 has labelled huge parts of the country 'useless' - including the nation's capital city. The 'habitability map' gives the blunt label to huge tracts of land in central Australia, including the country's famous Red Centre known for its vast ochre plains and deserts. Based on the works of University of Sydney geographer Professor Griffith Taylor, the map was intended to show the limits of the nation's population expansion.  Professor Taylor drew the map to make the point that just because Australia is big, it could not sustain many more people.  A government map of Australia from 1946 has labelled huge parts of the country 'useless' - including the area around Canberra Eagle-eyed observers on Reddit where the map was shared on Tuesday noticed Professor Taylor also gave the label to the land around Canberra. Commenters joked the tag was fitting for a city once described by former prime minister Paul Keating

The cost of flying around Australia is forecast to reach unprecedented lows after a seasonal spike over the holiday period. Virgin Australia's new chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka predicts airlines will be fighting to offer the cheapest deals for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane next year. She says the airlines will be bustling to keep their market share in the major domestic markets against new competitor Regional Express.    'It will have never have been cheaper to travel in this country,' Ms Hrdlicka said during a CAPA Centre for Aviation online event on Wednesday.  'But I think they should expect it's going to be super competitive because we're all rebuilding the market after Covid-19.' Virgin Australia's new Chief Executive Jayne Hrdlicka predicts airlines will be fighting to offer the cheapest deals for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane next year 'Prices will be very sharp for a long time to ensure that everyone re-settles in the marketplace in the w

A 90-year-old grandmother who became the first person in the world to have Pfizer's coronavirus jab has urged sceptics to get the vaccine after being discharged from hospital. V-Day hero Margaret Keenan, from Coventry, made history on Tuesday by becoming the first person to receive the injection outside of medical trials. Mrs Keenan hailed it as a 'massive day' for her and for 'the rest of the world' and said she was 'so pleased' to be able to return home and spend time with her family. 'I would urge everybody to get their vaccine as and when they are asked to do so,' she added. The grandmother-of-four will return to hospital in three weeks to get the second vaccine dose, which will give her stronger protection against the virus. Mrs Keenan, who turns 91 next week, was discharged from University Hospital Coventry at 2pm today, leaving with her grandson Conor and daughter Sue. In a statement released through NHS England, she said: 'Yesterday was a