Blackpool has been hit by four earthquakes just days after fracking got underway in the area. The controversial drilling technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock has been met with vehement opposition in the North West after previous attempts to drill caused similar earth tremors. But extraction...
Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Nick Clegg has landed a top job as head of Facebook’s global affairs and communications team. The ex Deputy PM will take up the role to help the social media giant navigate EU regulatory challenges as Zuckerberg looks to cosy up to Brussels. According to BBC...
One of the things that struck me as I laid back and allowed the outdoor hot tub to massage my achy muscles as an autumnal country breeze whipped around the tranquil country fields was just how little noise there was around these parts. Away from the hustle and bustle of...
The Arctic is turning green as areas that have been frozen for tens of thousands of years are now thawing, warns new research. The study shows that shrubs are flourishing in the tundra and increasing the rate that layers of frozen ground - known as permafrost - are melting. Researchers...
A Tory backbencher has said he wouldn’t vote for his own government if he wasn’t an MP in an explosive interview with The House magazine. Johnny Mercer branded the current administration a “shit show” and said he would not have stood as an MP if the situation was like it...
Chuka Umunna is in line to get paid £65,000 a year to chair a new centrist think tank for just 12 hours a month. The Labour MP announced this month he will be heading up the advisory board of Progressive Centre UK, which has the “aim of connecting progressives from...
A column by Jamal Khashoggi sent to the Washington Post by his translator a day after his disappearance warned that Middle Eastern governments are silencing the media. The reporter, who is alleged to have been killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2nd October, said the “Arab governments have...
The richest countries in the world have this week collectively advised Britain to reverse Brexit or risk destroying its economy. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental economic organisation made up of 36 member countries, made the explosive suggestion of a further referendum to reverse Brexit after...
A man sporting a “Go Vegan And Die” tank top has sparked fury after he ate a raw veal heart at a vegan food festival. Witnesses say the heart was “literally dripping” with blood as the man, who has not revealed his name, devoured the slab of raw meet at...