Jess Phillips says she may lose her job by backing a second referendum, but her "constituents' jobs are more important". The Labour MP was speaking in her constituency of Birmingham Yardley this weekend in response to criticisms that MPs should reflect the will of the people they represent. Yardley voted ...
Last week the BBC reported that an independent coffee chain has seen sales fall by £250,000 since it banned single use coffee cups. The UK throws away a staggering 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups each year. Only a tiny proportion are recycled and half a million a day become litter. The problem is clear, ...
The Conservative Party is facing a generational crisis with fewer than one in five millennials now saying they have their support. A poll of 10,000 voters conducted by Hanbury Strategy for the Tory think tank Onward found the party's ability to rule is in peril as the under-50s shun the ...
High-end Indian restaurants are a particular specialty of London’s electrifying restaurant scene, with so many noteworthy venues and chefs showcasing their own interpretation of Indian fine dining. When badgered for recommendations on the subject I’m constantly spoiled for choice, with such an extensive list of must-visits: Benares, Gymkhana, Kutir, Indian ...
The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be introduced in central London from today in a bid to tackle the city's toxic air. Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles will now be charged to enter the congestion zone area at any time, a move that will affect about 40,000 vehicles ...
Daffodils in a 16-acre field near Truro are rotting away after this growing season - from January to April - has seen the worst shortage of workers from countries such as Romania and Bulgaria.
Cameron Pace, 22, is wanted for questioning over a stabbing at an address in Tipton, West Mids., on Friday morning
WIth her own party plotting to oust her if there is a lengthy delay to Brexit, though it has proved impossible to deliver a Brexit that delivers anything like its promises with another deadline looming, Theresa May issued a reassuring video. "Let me explain what is happening with Brexit," the ...
@ St John's on Bethnal Green, London26/03/2019Support: Thomas RagsdalePictures: Graham Berry (@blktphotography) There's something imposing about a gig in a church. Heavy music and religion has a sometimes symbiotic, sometimes diametrically opposed relationship which can make the coexistence of the two in the same room an uneasy thing. As a ...