A national celebration of Ed Balls has broken out on Twitter to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the politician's first tweet. On this day five years ago Balls famously started a Twitter account by simply posting his own name, which was subsequently re-tweeted almost 70,000 times. Ed Balls — Ed ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor On Monday night MPs voted by 294 votes to 276 to reject a plan for Britain to accept 3,000 unaccompanied Syrian child refugees have ended up in mainland Europe without a parent or guardian. The amendment had been proposed by Labour’s Lord Dubs, who himself arrived ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Cassetteboy is at it again, this time he is using his unique mixing skills to take Jeremy Hunt to task to the sounds of YMCA.
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor South Yorkshire Police's chief constable David Crompton has been suspended over his response to Hillsborough. Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham said there had been a "27-year cover up" and "those responsible must be held to account". On Tuesday a jury concluded the 96 victims of ...
Denmark could introduce a tax on red meet after a government think tank concluded that it is "necessary to include food" if the country is to live up to the Paris Agreement. Cattle contributes to a tenth of global emissions but is widely ignored in climate talks. A cow releases between 70 ...
A recent report conducted by the World Retail Congress and Green Park, has claimed that many current retail bosses aren’t ‘fit for purpose’, with a distinct lack of digital and data driven skills raised as the biggest concern. The details of the published report come after BHS and Austin Reed have both ...
The average worker is paid £678 a year to slag off their boss, according to new research. According to a poll of 2,000 office workers Brits spend more than six working days a year moaning about management, with six in ten admitting to regularly laying in to them during lunchbreaks, ...
The winners of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2016 have been announced. A joyful shot of a baker having fun with flour while making bread by British photographer Mark Benham has seized this year’s crown. Benham was presented with a £5,000 prize in front of an audience of 400 guests ...
By Jack Peat (@JackNPeat) Explosions In The Sky Support: We Were Promised Jetpacks Royal Albert Hall 25.4.16 I feel I should start with a disclaimer. I'm not a music writer, nor am I a particularly big gig-goer, but there are certain concerts that compel even the most lukewarm music fan to pen their ...