For most people living outside London taking the capital's average salary of £48,023 a year home would be an eye-watering sum, but the reality of the viscous lure put in front of aspirational workers is far from what it seems. With the cost of commuting into London at its highest ever level and...
A fire has torn through part of the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai - home to Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. The club was in the news recently for the lucrative signing of Carlos Teves and is managed by Gus Poyet. Loan players currently on the roster include Demba Ba and Óscar Romero. The blaze was...
Tens of thousands of children are not being educated either in school or at home, a report has revealed. A generation of kids are being left behind by a combination of bullying, difficult upbringings and having special needs, according to the study. A leading charity is calling on the Government...
A billion barrels of recoverable oil has been found off the coast of the Shetland Islands in what has been described as the "largest undeveloped discovery" of oil in UK waters. The oil field is located 60 miles west of Shetland in the Greater Lancaster Area, a single hydrocarbon accumulation which is...
Every year as the great British summer begins to draw to a close millions of people descend on Notting Hill to embrace its vibrant Caribbean heritage in Europe's biggest street party. Amongst the vibrant costumes and traditional dances two facets that are guaranteed to pull big crowds is the carnival atmosphere...
Thousands of people went online to watch the first ever live-streamed smear test today. Anna Cribb, 40, went through the cervical screening procedure live on the ChannelMum.com Facebook page, with the video currently up to 11,000 views. 'Hey Mummy' vlogger, Anna, from Hampshire, volunteered for the live test having had her...
Britain's smallest detached house is set to welcome guests after plans were submitted to turn it into - a tiny hotel. Thimble Hall measure just 11ft 10in (3.6m) by 10ft 3in (3.1m) meaning people can touch either side of the rooms by stretching out their arms. The 12ft 2in (3.7m)...
Following the breakout of fake news, craftily edited viral vids and the various other bits of clickbait bollocks circulating social media the next big thing getting brainless users in a tizzy is the logical fallacy of reductio ad absurdum. Reductio ad absurdum, as the Big Bang's Sheldon Cooper so adequately describes, is...
Think you know you cinema? It's time to put your knowledge to the test with this new graphic puzzle. Cineworld has put together an all-star audience to celebrate the line-up of films showing in IMAX in 2017, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Transformers: The Last Knight and Wonder Woman....