The Mediterranean, 2010. As rebels battle loyalists, Farid and his mother flee the wreckage of Tripoli for the coast, pinning their hopes on a trafficker’s rusting boat and the perilous crossing to Italy.

Heidi Klum will spend Christmas with both her boyfriend and ex-husband.

AUTUMN INTERNATIONAL:

New Zealand 28 England 27

When I hear somebody saying politics and sport should never mix I often wonder what planet they are dialling in from.

Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet is confident Vito Mannone has the mental strength to bounce back from his costly midweek howler at Chelsea.

When Fiona Pettit O’Leary was diagnosed with Asperger’s at 42, it suddenly made sense of her troubled childhood and teenage years

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet reserved special praise for Vito Mannone after the goalkeeper’s penalty shootout saves helped the Black Cats defeat Manchester United and claim a place in the Capital One Cup final.

Everton 0 Sunderland 1

Arsene Wenger has every confidence Vito Mannone holds the "mental strength" to put his Champions League nightmare behind him when he returns to top-flight European action in Montpellier tomorrow.

NEW ZEALAND rolled over Canada in their World Cup encounter in Pool A in Wellington but the performance of Dan Carter’s replacement gave the All Blacks cause for concern.

New Zealand 79 Canada 15

NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry praised an impressive showing by Sonny Bill Williams after the All Blacks romped to an 83-7 victory over Japan at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium yesterday.

Hull have signed Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone on loan until January 3.

ROBBIE DEANS has faced pressure before, but the vultures are circling after Saturday’s disaster in Melbourne.

NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry clearly has one eye on the future when naming rising stars Aaron Cruden, Israel Dagg and Victor Vito in his squad for Tests against Ireland and Wales next month.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry had one eye on the future when he named rising stars Aaron Cruden, Israel Dagg and Victor Vito in his squad for Tests against Ireland and Wales next month.

THERE was an awful déjà vu moment, when Liam Ridgewell took Theo Walcott out, in the opening blows of a typically bruising encounter with Birmingham on Saturday.

ATMOSPHERE-WISE, the short trip to Fulham is always one of my favourite outings of the season, as with Arsenal fans being allocated the entire Putney Stand, the craic in our stand behind the goal at Craven Cottage is invariably up to ninety.

BEST moment from Bari? Ireland’s equalising goal certainly, but running it close in the precious memory stakes was a lovely little cameo I’d witnessed earlier on the afternoon of the game.

Supermodel Elle MacPherson has found herself a toyboy - the 21-year-old son of director Julian Schnabel.

REGARDED by many as the greatest actor of his generation, Marlon Brando was the original angry young man of cinema.

Victims buried alive beneath the World Trade Centre tried to dig themselves out of the rubble with their fingernails, say rescue workers.