British military personnel have been deployed to Afghanistan just three days before Christmas. Reports suggest that the Taliban is close to taking the town of Sangin in Helmand province just months after British forces withdrew all combat troops. The MOD has said that a small number of personnel has been ...
Most people, even those who follow what is happening in the automotive industry, consider car tyres as an afterthought, at best. People think that the last advancement in tyre technology was putting air in them, but in reality the tyre industry is a very live one and pretty much all ...
Marking 100 years to the day since of the debut Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich 1916, Lost Property presents an evening of performances and talks that draw on Dada as inspiration. Eschewing an overly retrospective approach - not least because Tristan Tzara’s original Dada Manifesto called for the “abolition of memory ...
For millions of Brits, Christmas doesn't start until Chris Rea is blaring out and the journey home has commenced. New research has revealed more than half (56 per cent) of Brits say their festive excitement peaks on the journey home, with almost one in five expecting to hit the road on ...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent In the past 15 years, London has seen the rise of 23 new skyscrapers (buildings over 350 feet high). New York saw the construction of four towers in 2014 alone, including its iconic One World Trade Center. ...
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Stuck for ideas to celebrate the arrival of 2016? Here’s our pick of London’s best restaurants to spend New Year’s Eve. Taking place at 30 St Mary’s Axe, aka. The Gherkin, within Searcys Restaurant as part of their latest Christmas snow globe pop-up, a ...
By Steve Taggart Surprised visitors and commuters across the UK had to double take at the sudden appearance of strange gift-wrapped figures on the street as they made their way into some of England's major cities. The festive figures, which appeared overnight in Liverpool, London and Brighton, were actually iconic ...
By Rose Taylor As the waters recede and families begin to count the cost of the floods that killed more than 300 people, injured over 1,000 and destroyed countless properties in Tamil Nadu, for one woman it has heralded the start of a better life. NagammaNagammal was discovered drenched and ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Jossy Yendall, 28, was selected as a finalist for Ms Galaxy 2016 but was told at the last minute she was not eligible - because she was not born a female. Shocked Jossy claimed she said from the outset she is transgender and even published ...