British teachers are being forced to spend hundreds of pounds of their own money on classroom supplies, according to new research. The 'Equipped to Learn' study found almost two thirds of the teachers questioned felt under pressure to part with money from their own pocket to buy equipment for students. ...
Platinum-selling Leeds band The Pigeon Detectives are back in the capital to play an intimate gig at The Borderline. The northern indie rock outfit will play the Tottenham Court Road venue as part of a test run on their new material which will see them play eleven venues across the ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter is joined by Richard de Winter to discuss the upcoming Ryder Cup, the Fancy Bears hacking leak & TUE debate, the thrilling end to the Specsavers County ...
There are 53,000 super wealthy people in the UK who are in the prestigious top 0.1 per cent of earners. These are people who make more money in a month than most make in a number of years. Probably a nice place to be, if you are part of this ...
Millions face financial ruin to afford surgery. Mercy Ships is helping to implement the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in Africa. Lea Milligan, Executive Director of Mercy Ships UK, knows such projects will mean the difference between a life of poverty and a life with hope. Mercy Ships is an international ...
It's like Tron meets Ex Machina meets Dawn of the Dead. Master of Horror JohnCarpenter has released a dark and dystopian video for ‘Utopian Façade’, taken from his most recent studio album ‘Lost Themes II’. The video was produced & directed by Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, painting a story of an android's nightmare, hidden in dark ...
England boss Sam Allardyce has told friends he thinks he will be sacked as England manager following allegations that he used his role to negotiate a £400,000 deal and offer advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers. The former Sunderland boss has only been in the job two ...
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt/@Afrofilmviewer When you see the words Jane Austin Adaptation, it's hard not to think of direct Whit Stillman. In fact, it's surprising that we'd not seen a Stillman interpretation of Austin’s work until now. The writer-director’s particular brand of waspy angst, snappy quips and social mores ...
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt/@Afrofilmviewer A fellow writer once nailed an aspect about movies that some secretly (some not so secretly) enjoy in one sentence when in debate with an associate: “Movies are often at their most interesting when they are problematic”. Granted, this was caught by me on a ...