To protect the innocent, the guilty and myself, nothing I tell you will be entirely true. Here is what I remember about cooking for the Leading Sportsman one New Year’s Eve. One of the nicest people I’ve had the pleasure to cook for, the LS was tall, relaxed, confident, and...
London to New York is the world's busiest intercontinental route and, given that it is peppered with business travellers, probably one of the most lucrative. But flying Transatlantic on a budget is a market that hasn't yet been fully realised. Back in 2014 one low-cost carrier came up with a solution....
What's the most outrageous thing your boss has ever asked you to do? Cleaning toilets, teaching English to foreign colleagues and wearing revealing or indecent clothes to model in are just some of the items featured on the top 50 list of unexpected tasks. Researchers found requests from the boss...
Being overweight reduces the motivation to exercise - explaining why New Year resolutions to shed the pounds often fail, according to new research. It has always been assumed obesity makes it harder for people to move around. But scientists now reckon the mental affect of the condition could be just...
Children as young as four can pick up racist prejudices from their parents' body language, according to new research. The finding suggests prejudice is learned rather than instinctive - and handed down through the generations. Toddlers can 'catch' social bias through non-verbal signals expressed by grown ups, say scientists. Most...
Twenty-sixteen looked set to be a pretty dire year as far as celebrity deaths are concerned going in to the festive period. That's before George Michael, Carrie Fisher and Liz Smith really put the nail in the.... well, you get where I'm going. There's no denying that there has been a notable...
New pictures have been released showing a stunning winter sunrise over the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire. Although recent days have been mild for this time of year, a cold snap is expected to arrive in the next few days painting a crisp winter's morning over the backdrop of the three counties...
The number of homeless children in Scotland's largest city has soared by 40 per cent in the last two years. A staggering 1,391 children are expected to be homeless over the holidays, spending both Christmas and New Year in temporary accommodation. The latest figures show a 40 per cent rise...
Forget Richard Branson, the creators of Pukka herbal teas could have the next big business success story. More than one million cups of Pukka Herbs tea are drunk every day in 40 counties, helping the company to a £28million annual turnover. But it all started as a single classified advert in...