The bid to take over the club is being chaired by Mohammed bin Salman, who is the defence minister. He oversaw the devastating Yemen attacks that caused a humanitarian crisis.

Khan, now 33, has not fought since beating Billy Dib in Saudi Arabia last summer and is now chasing his next pay-day against a far more difficult opponent in Filipino Pacquiao.

The north-east club are reportedly on the verge of being sold to a Saudi-backed consortium which involves Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for around £300million.

English football's biggest overseas broadcast partner beIN Sports have reportedly urged the Premier League to block Newcastle's proposed takeover from the Saudi Arabian-led consortium.

Minors will now receive a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a 'juvenile detention facility'. Pictured: Abdulkareem al-Hawaj was one of the minors executed in 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: BeIN Sports have written to the Premier League urging chief executive Richard Masters to block the £300million deal for Newcastle, citing illegal streaming of matches in Saudi Arabia.

The £300m deal is awaiting the League's approval but that process is understood to have been held up given the complexity of broadcast piracy allegations against the Saudi state.

There was a man made of midnight and his name was Shadow Jack . . . so begins this thrilling, dark fantasy

It's 1929. A freight train arriving at Kings' Cross carries rhubarb fresh from the West Riding. Not so fresh is the corpse found in one of the trucks.

I am a long-time fan of Keyes's hilarious, alternately heart-warming and heartbreaking, novels.

After her wartime novel The Postmistress, Sarah Blake returns with a multi-generational saga about the toxic legacy of guilt among a New York banking dynasty.

In antebellum Virginia, white people are known as 'the Quality' and the slaves as 'the Tasked'. One of the Tasked, young Hiram Walker, is gifted with a phenomenal memory and a mysterious power.

This taut, spooky debut charts the fate of Elissa, a stunningly bright 13-year-old chess prodigy who is abducted in broad daylight from a tournament in Bournemouth.

In starkly beautiful sentences Kiran Millwood Hargrave, up until now a bestselling children's author, unspools the terrifying story of a real witch-hunt.

At the start of this slim, intensely absorbing novel about life after shattering loss, a woman loses her bearings in France. She has no interest in the country.

Henry Cole, the first director of the V&A, wanted the museum to be a 'schoolroom for everyone'. If the V&A is the schoolroom then this is the textbook.

This fabulous book features all your favourite canine actors, with delightful 'behind the scenes' commentary alongside images from classic films.

Nicholas Milton, author of Neville Chamberlain's Legacy, reveals the many sides to the famous British war-time leader. From his boyhood in Birmingham he was a lover of nature.

This writer may have a difficult name to remember but once you have read one of her excellent books, you won't forget it

Alpha-male Brad and his glossy wife and daughters have just moved to a smart North Carolina suburb

In Qualityland, needy delivery drones sulk if we don't give them five stars

Clare Mackintosh is currently reading The Giver Of Stars by JoJo Moyes. The British thriller writer revealed that she would take Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson to a desert island.

Feeling worried about climate change has now been recognised as a legitimate mental health issue.

Sadie Jones is reading My name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout. The British novelist revealed that she would take Middlemarch, Nicholas Nickleby or Vanity Fair to a desert island.

Set after the death of Victorian explorer David Livingstone, Petina Gappah's novel is part of a trend for putting history's supposed bit-part players centre-stage.

There is no shortage of female detectives in fiction, from Agatha Christie's Miss Marple to Dorothy L. Sayers' Harriet Vane

Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book explores our obsession with the sky.

Foley burst on to the crime scene with her debut The Hunting Party last year, and this second outing confirms her exceptional talent.

This is a fascinating character study in which we catch up with our protagonist at various points in her life.

We're all rushed for time these days, but even so, the fact that one in three people in the UK doesn't regularly read for pleasure is a shock.

Sylvia Topp recounts the relationship George Orwell had with his first wife Eileen Maud O'Shaugnessy, in a new book. British author suggests Eileen's poem inspired a novel by Orwell.

Published just before his 90th birthday, this delightful book is a visual memoir of David Gentleman's 70 years in London, told through his distinctive artwork and fascinating commentary.

The first major exhibition of David Hockney drawings in over 20 years garners rave reviews at the National Portrait Gallery

Award-winning short-story writer Persaud has developed one of her stories into this intricate examination.

The utterly beguiling characters from Pulley's debut The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street make a much-anticipated reappearance here.

A woman comes across a ten-year-old boy alone in a forest car park on a freezing New Year's Day

Mudlarking was once the desperate last resort of London's poorest inhabitants, who salvaged scraps from the muddy banks of the Thames.

Timmy Mallett is currently reading Peace In War by Edward Seago, The TV presenter said he would take The Secret Footballer series to a desert island.

The largest big cats in the world have long been a source of fascination for different cultures

German historian Volker Ullrich, gives a new account of Hitler's life in a gripping sequel to his mammoth biography of the Fuhrer.

Barry's Costa-winning novel Days Without End told the story of Thomas, who flees the Irish famine and ends up fighting in the American Civil War

Written in just two months by South Korean TV scriptwriter Cho Nam-Joo, this has sold more than a million copies worldwide

It's fifties South London, among the Windrush generation. Twentysomething Lawrie is getting to grips with his new home.

This book will make you think twice about your next holiday in Provence.

'Their humility [is] their own enemy,' writes John Lewis-Stempel of that modest water feature, the pond.

From rustic barns to Georgian houses, from labradors to whippets, this book showcases chic designers and their equally gorgeous dogs at home.

Hilarious and horrifying in equal measure, this compulsive revenge novel is set in America in 2026,

What's not to like about a betusked teenage priestess-turned-assassin, especially when she's so sweetly lovelorn and tremendously good at fighting?

This debut from Cambridge graduate Moor is vastly impressive and also shines a light on violence and abuse directed at women.

Evie Wyld's powerful, intensely absorbing third novel is haunted by ghosts