The Plough pub in Sheffield isn't any ordinary pub. It is a pub that is believed to be the birthplace of modern football, where the rules of the beautiful game were first drafted over many pints during the 1870s spitting distance from Sandygate, the oldest football ground in the world. Last April the...
Heavy workloads and job insecurity are just two of the stress triggers which could increase your risk of heart disease and strokes. Scientists who analysed a series of high tech brain scans found heightened activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain involved in stress, is associated with a greater...
Mavericks like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage are more trusted by the public because they don't speak like politicians, a leading language expert claims. The political class who start speeches with reassuring phrases such as 'If I'm honest' and 'let me be clear' actually make them appear less honest. Research...
A real life rough sleeper and his cat have become prominent campaigners against the way authorities handle homeless people after setting up temporary residence in woodland in Chichester. Brian Simmonds, 56, recently courted controversy after he turned down a kind donation from a local resident who had raised £1,300 to help...
Britain's shattered kids are ‘working’ for over 46 hours a week, according to a new survey. The shock research shows that parents are over-timetabling their children with extra-curricular activities in addition to their school commitments. This means exhausted children are actually working harder than the average parent who only completes...
One of Britain's most successful rail franchises is set to be sold to the Italian government-run train operator in a £70 million deal. Public transport operator National Express has today (Weds) announced the agreement to sell their c2c rail franchise to the Italian state train company Trenitalia. They claim the...
A leading industry body has recommended cutting the working day to six hours in the winter to stave off slumps in productivity. Researchers discovered that in order to feel 100 per cent productive during the winter months workers simply need to work six hours instead of eight, and have two breaks...
The poor have got fatter and it is passed on from one generation to the next, a new British study found. The lower a person is on the social ladder, the higher their body mass index was likely to be. A new study which looked at class and weight since...
Plans are in place to build the biggest whisky distillery in England - on a moor made famous by Sherlock Holmes. Princetown Distillers Ltd want to build the largest facility distillery outside Scotland based on Dartmoor in Devon. The Somerset company wants to build a £4 million distillery in Princetown,...