Bookies back Big Brother return at 3/1
Rylan Clark-neal
BIG Brother is tipped to return following the launch of the Big Brother Best Bits 2020 this week.
After the first of 10 episodes celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the show kicked off on Sunday, bookies make it just 3/1 it will come back in 2021.
Rylan Clark-neal is seen as the favourite to host the programme and is priced at 6/4.
A Paddy Power spokesman said: “The brief return of Big Brother last night has whet the appetite of fans – so much so we think a proper return could be on the cards.
“Though I have to say I’m still getting over the fact the narrator sounds posh now, that would need to be rectified before any new series returned.”
A 108-YEAR-OLD photograph which shows the iceberg that sank the Titanic has resurfaced this week as it’s set to be auctioned.
It was taken by the captain of another passenger liner crossing the Atlantic, two days before the famous ship sank on April 14, 1912.
W Wood, who served on the SS Etonian, snapped the image by pure coincidence on his voyage, as he had an interest in photography.
Crucially, he made a note of the geographic co-ordinates of the iceberg, which were almost the same for when the Titanic struck.
The most famous ship in the world, which was built in Belfast’s shipyards, struck the mass at 10.20pm, sinking just under three hours later and resulting in the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
Following his crossing of the Atlantic, Captain W Wood sent a print of the photograph to his great-grandfather. He wrote: “I am sending you a sea picture, the Etonian running before a gale and the iceberg that sank the Titanic.
“We crossed the ice tracks 40 hours before her and in daylight so saw the ice easily and I got a picture.”
He also wrote a caption in black ink on the photo, noting, “Iceberg taken by Captain Wood SS Etonian in 41°50N 49°50W April 12 at 4pm.”
This is not the first time that pictures of the iceberg believed to have been
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