Anyone who has ever been to university knows the first year is essentially a write-off from an academic point of view. You join clubs, you drink, you watch more Friends episodes than you read books and take an overtly laissez faire attitude to your degree in the knowledge that nothing you...
MPs are reporting their own constituents to immigration enforcement using a new Home Office hotline and webpage. A Freedom of Information request submitted by Politics.co.uk has revealed that the Home Office has received 482 tip-offs from MPs between 2014 and 2016, raising the possibility that MPs are reporting their own constituents to the...
The Mayor of London has today launched a new vision for tourism in the capital after figures revealed more than 40 million people expected to visit the city by 2025 - an increase of 30 per cent on last year. The Tourism Vision for London, which is backed by more than...
Of all the people who sat back and unwittingly gobbled up reports of a Muslim woman adopting a Christian child this week I wonder how many saw a mother and a Samaritan when sensationalised, doctored pictures were splashed across the front pages of our national press. I had the same...
Back in 2013 researchers at the Institute of Personality and Social Research at the University of California Berkeley examined how motorists in California behave when approaching intersections with pedestrians. They found that there was a huge boost in a driver’s likelihood to commit infractions in more expensive cars, with the...
UK-based singer songwriter Sam Harrison has released a full version of the viral Jeremy Corbyn chant with new verses and musical backing. The artist, who claims to have played the 2012 Olympics, the Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury festival naked, released the song after crowds across the country embraced the White...
A new picture project has been launched giving a glimpse of motherhood around the world. People from 56 different countries and cultures around the globe were encouraged to share a picture of 'mum' and provide a description of her role in the family and day to day life. Side-by-side the pictures...
Britain's first 'micro-home' to tackle rough sleeping has been installed in a city after being billed as a cure to the the country's homelessness and housing crisis. The cosy 186 square foot (17.25sqm) space will be used put a roof over the head of a homeless person in what is...
Anyone heading abroad for some last-minute sun will be disappointed to hear that the pound has fallen to a new eight year low against the euro due to global instability. Britain's currency tumbled to 1.075 against the euro before picking up to around 1.079 on Wednesday, as the third round...