Garforth Liberal Club was once a proud and prominent building. It stood at the heart of a satellite suburb a stone's throw away from the Yorkshire cities of Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds, but after 128 years in the summer of 2015 staff were instructed to prepare the building for closure with tears been...
A damning report has described meat consumption as a "major public health concern". The 'Meat the Truth' report unveils how harmful eating meat really is and claims if people knew the facts, they wouldn’t take the risk. It includes ground-breaking scientific evidence that shows meat offers no health benefits and is...
Hundreds of nearly naked protesters filled the sky with "blood" to highlight the torture of bulls in Pamplona. Ahead of the Running of the Bulls at the San Fermín festival, nearly 100 PETA and Anima Naturalis supporters gathered in the centre of Pamplona today wearing little more than fake bull...
Britain has become so strangled by government-driven cuts that it can't even fund jobs in Jobcentres. According to the Department for Work and Pensions 750 people are to be put out of work as Jobcentres across UK close in a big shake-up. A total of 68 smaller jobcentres will be merged with...
Of all the coffee commercials to grace our screens this year McDonald's poke at hipster cafe culture was the one that really hit the nail on the head. Coffee has become so complicated of late. If you like your matcha lattes with soy milk or your non-fat frappuccinos with extra whipped cream and...
Spruce Springclean, a carpet cleaning shop in Cornwall, has been named the best business name in Britain, according to a new survey. It was followed by the rib-tickling Surelock Homes, a Portsmouth-based locksmith, and the Planet of the Grapes – a wine bar in London. Four in 10 Brits say...
A pilot has captured stunning footage of the contrails of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner over eastern Russia. Contrails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust, typically at aircraft cruise altitudes several miles above the Earth's surface. They are composed primarily of water, in the form of ice crystals. Lou...
New research has revealed £176 billion company Nestle could keep production of the Blue Riband in the UK for just £1 million. Nestle announced it was going to move production of the iconic chocolate biscuit to Poland in April. Some 300 jobs in Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland are...
In 1853 in the run up to the Crimean War John Russell quoted Nicholas I of Russia as describing the Ottoman Empire as "the sick man of Europe". Over the years the term has been applied to most failing states within the continent and as 2016 ticked around it was Britain's turn...