A whistleblower who lost her job in football for speaking up against corruption in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process, has called on FIFA to apologise for their wrong-doing.

For almost a decade many of us have suspected, or known, that the hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar were awarded after a corrupt process - and bribery.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: 'To some extent,' wrote Boris Johnson in his book about his hero Winston Churchill, 'all politicians are gamblers with events.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We are only a few days into the election campaign and the conspiracy theories have already begun.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Britain's departure shows the EU is not the end of history and it is perfectly possible to get off the train, however clumsy our departure may have looked.

DOMINIC SANDBROOKE: This week, as Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan launches a 'consultation' to discuss the licence fee, the BBC's future genuinely seems more uncertain than ever before.

With all this free time we have on our hands, Dominic Sandbrook makes the case for reading non-fiction books. Pictured: A Soviet soldier stand on top of a tank in Moscow's red square.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Have you ever wondered what a perfect storm looks like? Just take a look at Britain's universities. Crippled by corruption and greed they stand on the brink of disaster.

Shirley Maclaren is one of 135 Australians on the Holland America Line Zaandam ship stranded in the Pacific Ocean off Central America, where four passengers have died from coronavirus.

Residents in two adjacent apartment buildings in Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, simultaneously cheered for all medical services staff around the country.

An unlicensed Queensland massage parlour has been slapped with the first fines for flouting the new coronavirus social distancing and quarantine regulations.

The girls aged 14 and 15 were last seen at Tangmere Street in Chapel Hill in Brisbane on Thursday around 6.30pm.

Nobunaga Yakitori in Brisbane launched the new takeaway menu this week after the government banned dine-in service to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Brisbane mother-of-three Violet, has been forced to provide for her family after her husband lost his job and was heartbroken to hear her rent would not be reduced.

House Rules: High Stakes premiered on Monday night and it's not the impressive size of the building that has viewers in a tizz, but it's the strapping contestants. 

Emergency services rushed to a home in Sunnybank Hills, in Brisbane's south on Monday night, after receiving reports of a domestic violence incident.

A makeup artist has tested out a viral trend of putting setting spray and powder on your face before foundation in a 'backwards' move that fans are saying 'helps increase the coverage'.

Redland City Mayor Karen Williams wants the state government to stop people from changing their driver's licence address to North Stradbroke Island after 300 applications were made in just over a week.

Brisbane-based dietitian Leanne Ward shared her delicious three-ingredient recipe for chocolate chip cookies - and they're perfect for Easter baking.

The Brisbane Broncos prop, 24, and his girlfriend Jessica O'Sullivan have named the little boy Tommy after he gave birth at midnight on Good Friday.

Organisers of the Northey Street Organic Farmers Market in Brisbane were furious when police infiltrated the market in the car rather than on foot on Sunday.

Queensland couple Sam Henningsen and Julie Guillet say they were forced to move apartments after a rental dispute with their landlord ended with them having to barricade their doors.

Virgin Australia fleet engineer and Brisbane dad Tony Hill believes he'll struggle to find another job in Australia's embattled aviation industry if the airline can't survive the coronavirus crisis.

Darling Downs Zoo, south-west of Brisbane in Queensland, is closed temporarily due to the pandemic.

Toni 'Tones and I' Watson shot to fame with the catchy hit Dance Monkey, which has topped the charts in more than 30 countries.

John Macpherson, 68, from Brisbane, who has three kids and nine grandchildren tragically lost his battle to cancer last week with the funeral being held on Wednesday.

He previously struggled to make ends meet when work dried up after The Bachelorette. 

The code are looking into hosting the entire roster of teams in Sydney for the competition due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, with many players from outside clubs complaining about potentially relocating.

The Brisbane woman has 21 packs of toilet paper, each with 18 rolls for sale online.  She's selling a pack of Quilton toilet paper for $20 - double the supermarket price.

West Ham have announced that their planned pre-season tournament in Australia, which was also due to feature Crystal Palace, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A dietitian has shared the five-ingredient healthy banana bread she swears by for beating sugar cravings - and it's as easy to make as the unhealthier three-ingredient counterpart.

The store, which employed 70 people locally in Brisbane, had 'underperformed for some time', bosses said.

James 'Mantra' Schultz was caught driving on a demerit point suspended license at Mansfield, in Brisbane's south, on March 24.

The 33-year-old arrived from Hawaii and was taken to Rydges South Bank Hotel in Brisbane to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Natasha Lee Quirk tried to rob a Coles Express service station in Brisbane when she was 19-years-old on December 23, 2010.

HARRY COLE: Prince Philip allegedly asked 'of which country?' when he was introduced to Jeremy Hunt's Chinese wife Lucia. Senior Tory sources have recounted the same tale on multiple occasions.

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is said to have briefed ministers that the latest plans put forward by the UK are 'not enough'.

The former prime minister was seen berating several Conservative MPs on the benches around her during PMQs this afternoon as they ribbed Mr Corbyn about his green tie.

Donald Trump tonight lavished praise on Boris Johnson and urged him to strike an election pact with Nigel Farage as the US President launched a stinging attack on Jeremy Corbyn.

The former Tory Party adviser has taken unpaid leave to tour the UK electioneering for young female Conservative candidates in marginal seats in the run up to December 12.

Mr Rees-Mogg, 50, was asked about decision by London Fire Brigade not to evacuate the burning block and told LBC's Nick Ferrari: 'If you just ignore what you're told and leave you are so much safer'.

Andrew Bridgen backed his Tory colleague who faces calls to resign after he said victims should have used 'common sense' and ignored fire service guidance to 'stay put' in the burning tower.

A re-edited version of a GMB interview with Sir Keir Starmer yesterday ran online showing him unable to answer a question from Piers Morgan. The full exchange showed him answering immediately.

An alliance between the Lib Dems, the Green Party and Wales' Plaid Cymru in 60 seats has shaken Boris Johnson's Tories who fear the agreement could deny them victories in marginal seats.

Jeremy Corbyn staged a stunt claiming to reveal sensitive documents about US-UK trade talks, after he was left reeling by Britain's chief rabbi saying he is not fit to become PM.

Phillip Dunne, who has been the MP for Ludlow in Shropshire since 2005, faced calls to be binned by the Tory party after making the 'extremely insulting' jibe to Kuldip Sahota last night.

Boris Johnson and the Tories have a 10 point poll lead over Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party with the general election now just one week away.

All the main leaders apart from Tory Mr Johnson have now taken part in the half-hour BBC One inquisition, with critics suggested he is scared of making an election-losing gaffe.

Channel 4's subtitles of a speech wrongly reported Mr Johnson saying 'people of colour' would still be able to come to Britain after Brexit, with the video then being shared widely on the internet.

A new YouGov survey showed there are 85 constituencies where the leading party is ahead by five per cent or less and in many of those seats the Brexit Party is standing a candidate.