Bulletproof school backpacks have been spotted on shelves at American retailer OfficeMax amid growing security concerns. According to the description the backpack provides "security and convenience" and has the look and feel of an everyday backpack. It is constructed with nylon fabric and armoured to be bulletproof, manufacturers Guard Dog Security note. The backpacks go on...
A Brexit activist fined £20,000 for breaching spending rules during the EU referendum campaign has raised funds to appeal the decision in just two hours. Darren Grimes, who insists he was "completely innocent" of making false declarations in relation to a £680,000 donation to his BeLeave youth group from the...
Bexley in South East London is the most affordable place to rent in London, according to new data. Divided equally a four bed property costs £408.38 a month on average. This is 35 per cent cheaper than the average cost of renting a room in London, which was found to be...
Stockpiles of medicines, medical devices and "substances of human origin" thought to be blood will be collected in preparation for a Brexit no-deal, the Health Secretary has said today. Matt Hancock, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, confirmed that provisions were been put in place by...
Heroic doctors who worked in West Africa during the crisis in 2014 - 2015 gathered to protest the 'border police' policies which NHS workers are expected to carry out
The Conservatives have been labelled con artists after running up mountains of debt in spite of austerity cuts at the same time as the rich significantly increase their wealth. Since the recession Britain's wealthiest have seen their net worth more than double while poverty has gripped the nation elsewhere. Food...
"Anyone who knows anything about decent food in Leeds knows The Foundry", Yorkshire-born chef and MasterChef runner-up Matt Healy said shortly after unveiling his homecoming venture earlier this year. Under the stewardship of Phil Richardson and Shaun Davies the Holbeck restaurant has become the centrepiece of an urban regeneration project...
Facebook is set to take 600,000sq ft of office space across three buildings at King’s Cross in one of the most significant commercial deals in London’s recent history. The social network and King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP) signed a deal that will see them take around 15 per cent of...
"A lot of people said that what we wanted to achieve was impossible,” the Prime Minister said. “We showed that there is an alternative.”