File photo of Buckfast Abbey in Devon. See SWNS story SWMONK; Monks who make a controversial wine linked to violent crime made nearly £9million last year. The Charity Commission, a government department that regulates charities, revealed that the Buckfast Abbey Trust's income was £8.8m in 2014-15 - and most of the cash came from wine sales. Monks at the abbey have been making a wine - known as 'buckie' - since the 1920s. But the caffeinated wine has been linked to antisocial behaviour and violence in Scotland - where over 6,500 crime reports were linked to the wine in the space of two years.

These are the monks cashing in on Scotland’s Buckfast addiction

Buckfast gets you fucked fast, as the saying goes. Well, it can also get you minted fast if you're a monk at Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, Devon. The Charity Commission tpday revealed Buckfast Abbey Trust's income for 2014/15 was £8.8m - mostly coming from its wine. Monks at the abbey have been making ...

Southern Rail Passengers Consider Chartering Their Own Train

Fed up Southern passengers are considering chartering their own train to avoid another year of delays, cancellations and chaos. After a sorry year for the Southern rail franchise passengers are now looking to take matters in to their own hands by chartering a train to run from Redhill, Surrey, into London - ...

LIVE: Bullet For My Valentine – 02 Academy, London

9th December, 02 Academy Brixton I did not get to photograph Bullet For My Valentine. Originally, this review was going to be a photojournalism piece about the Welsh bands’ penultimate gig of their eighteen-month tour, which was being filmed in conjunction with their finale show in Brixton’s O2 Academy. However, ...

Christmas markets in Brussels

Perhaps even more than the big day itself, the lead up to Christmas provides us with enough excitement to last us the year. That's certainly true with a visit to a Christmas market or two, which is why we took a trip to mainland Europe, the spiritual home of Christmas ...

Inside The Hotel Of The Future

Robo-Butlers, 3D printers and a choose your own dream service could all be part of a hotel service in the future. A new study has uncovered how the travel and hotel experience will be different in a year, 25 years and as far ahead as 2060, finding Neuro-dreaming could soon ...

The Eagle Huntress: Film Review

By Linda Marric @Linda_Marric Directed and produced by Otto Bell, The Eagle Huntress is a beautifully executed documentary account of how a teenage girl from a nomadic khazkh minority in Mongolia broke thorough a gender barrier upheld by hundreds of years of tradition, to become the first female to ever ...

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