MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: The prospects for Saudi Arabia's proposed £340million takeover of Newcastle have not been helped by Mike Ashley receiving financial advice.

The umrah - which, unlike the hajj, can be undertaken at any time of year - draws millions of Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia every year (some of whom are pictured in Mecca today).

Princess Jalila (pictured with mother Princess Haya) was allegedly being lined up by her father Sheikh Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, for a arranged marriage to Bin Salman in February 2019.

The Duke of York's new PR expert Mark Gallagher helped to massage Saudi Arabia's image following global outrage over air strikes that killed thousands of Yemeni civilians.

EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN AND CRAIG HOPE: Sources have disclosed that all the necessary paperwork has been lodged, and that the potential deal now awaits their approval.

Mike Ashley is close to sealing the £300million sale of the Premier League club to a consortium fronted by Amanda Staveley, which has been backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

HELEN CAHILL - CITY CORRESPONDENT: Saudi fund boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan is in the final stages of taking over as chairman of Newcastle United, sources told Sportsmail.

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.

beIN Sports shone a light on Saudi Arabia's involvement in the piracy of matches, highlighting the Premier League's unsuccessful attempts to take legal action against satellite provider Arabsat.

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 Premier League asked the United States government to keep Saudi Arabia on its piracy watch list before beginning checks on Newcastle United's Saudi-led takeover.

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.

Shaynna Blaze announced her split from husband of 18 years, Steve Vaughan, in August 2018.

Isabel Vincent, 55, an investigative journalist for the New York Post, recalls her fond friendship with a 92-year-old man who used to cook her delicious meals in her memoir, Dinner with Edward.

Missing by Richard van Emden follows the story of Francis Mond who died on May 15, 1918, aged 23, when his RAF plane was shot from the skies and plummeted into no man's land in Northern France.

Former U.S. Secret Service Agent Evy Poumpouras, has penned a memoir. The tome started with the idea of how to create inner strength and mental resilience.

The two women, whose names have been withheld, says they were abused on multiple times by science teacher Dan Witters and accuse the Moraga School District of covering it up.

The children were identified as Wendi Morales-Garcia, 12; Yakelin Morales-Garcia, 11; Gudalupe Morales-Garcia, 8; Johnathan Garcia-Garcia, 4; and Nattaly Garcia-Garcia, 3.

Twitter users have criticized Brooklyn-born conservative pundit Dennis Prager for voicing disappointment that he can't use racial slurs to describe Black people any longer.

She previously celebrated the holidays in the Cotswolds of England with the Beckhams. During her visit, she was named a godparent at Victoria's daughter Harper and son Cruz's baptism.

Victoria Beckham looked suitably stylish as she 'played shop girl' at her Dover Street shop in London on Friday.

The fashion and beauty mogul, 45, was seen carrying the £16,000 Hermes Birkin bag while she was attending Paris Fashion Week with her husband David, 44.

Rebecca Judd is considered the 'queen bee' of the Melbourne WAG community.

Body language expert Judi James told FEMAIL Meghan Markle, 38, and Prince Harry, 35, displayed 'honeymoon style' affection while making their first joint post-Megxit appearance in London.

Lawyers of the pop stared turned designer have lodged a complained against NJ Richards over work in her Mayfair shop which endangered her workers.

The fashion designer is turning 46 on April 17 and told how Fat Tony will take over her Instagram to share a playlist of her favourite songs with fans.

Victoria Beckham is advertising for a new social media manager - despite furloughing 30 staff members earlier this week, it has emerged today.

ALISON BOSHOFF: With Prince Charles not asking for help from the Government's coronavirus furlough scheme - but Victoria Beckham among those taking it - it's sparking furious debate.

British beauty writer Claire Coleman, put a selection of the priciest beauty treatments that can be done at home to the test, including LED masks and microdermabrasion.

Another aged care facility has been hit with a coronavirus outbreak with three people testing positive and more cases expected to emerge.

Amanda Davey from Melbourne, had taken off her expensive ring and placed it on the coffee table to tie her hair up to avoid it getting caught in her scrunchie.

Raphaela Wiget, 25, returned to Melbourne from her overseas holiday in early March when she discovered she had unintentionally smuggled a toad into Australia.

Pia Miller is thousands of kilometres away from her LA-based boyfriend Patrick Whitesell.

Victorian police escorted Const Glen Humphris' body on Saturday to the border of NSW at Albury-Wodonga, where their colleagues continued to the officer's final resting place in Newcastle.

Melbourne mum Kelly Bubeck was driving to work on the Western Ring Road on Friday when the truck hit her from behind.

An X-ray taken at the Monash Children's Hospital shows the magnets lodged in her stomach, revealing the extent of the medical emergency which faced doctors.

One of Melbourne's most influential football reporters for more than two decades has revealed he knew Dean Laidley was a cross dresser for up to 12 years. 

The employee, from the Fawkner store in Melbourne's north, tested positive earlier this week.

In the last weekend of April, the six rumoured finalists all shared footage of themselves isolating together in Melbourne , where MasterChef is being filmed

Cooper Henderson was waiting at the door on Wednesday when he was greeted by favourite 'garbo' Ron who was doing his rounds in Sunbury, in north-west Melbourne.

Mike Tyson has revealed his ambitions to return to the ring to compete in charity fights, and has recently been training to get into shape ahead of a potential comeback.

Remarkable footage shows the well-dressed woman, aged in her late 60s, pointing and shouting at a group of young girls at a crossing in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.

The knuckle boom crane was taken from a worksite in Ingliston, around 60km west of Melbourne, sometime between 3am and 7am on Sunday.

Nicholas David Weston was found guilty of four counts of rape over the horror stay at his Melbourne CBD apartment in November 2017.

The Melbourne woman was undergoing a 14-day mandatory COVID-19 quarantine at the Mercure hotel after returning from overseas when she miscarried on April 15.

Kristen Czyszek was 'devastated' after being dumped by Matt Agnew on The Bachelor this week. 

She failed to find love with astrophysicist Matt Agnew on The Bachelor this year.

She's set to marry Matty 'J' Johnson later this year. And on Friday, The Bachelor's Laura Byrne shared a tribute to her fiancé to celebrate Valentine's Day.

She's the Bali-based designer and Instagram star who rose to fame as one of the contestants on The Bachelor Australia.

Former Bachelor Tim Robards has made extraordinary claims about the coronavirus, saying the global health crisis which has killed more than 2,500 people is simply 'clickbait'.