The SABMiller takeover of AB InBev will lead to less choice and higher prices for consumers, according to a leading expert. John Colley, of Warwick Business School, said cost rationalisation will mean substantial redundancies amongst SAB Miller staff and higher costs passed on to consumers because of the lack of...
Does anyone remember the days when food was intended to be eaten? An absurd notion I know, and one that has probably been banished into the historical archives forever now, but one day I will sit in front of my children at a fancy restaurant as they fervently snap away...
British teachers are being forced to spend hundreds of pounds of their own money on classroom supplies, according to new research. The 'Equipped to Learn' study found almost two thirds of the teachers questioned felt under pressure to part with money from their own pocket to buy equipment for students....
Platinum-selling Leeds band The Pigeon Detectives are back in the capital to play an intimate gig at The Borderline. The northern indie rock outfit will play the Tottenham Court Road venue as part of a test run on their new material which will see them play eleven venues across the...
England boss Sam Allardyce has told friends he thinks he will be sacked as England manager following allegations that he used his role to negotiate a £400,000 deal and offer advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers. The former Sunderland boss has only been in the job two...
This weekend Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected Labour leader fending off rival Owen Smith by some 119,000 votes with a victory that delivered an even more commanding mandate than when he first took the nation by storm in 2015. But that has done little to appease the media, his co-politicians or...
It’s Either a Third Runway or No Runway, But Theresa May is on course to do both. The easiest way to spot a failing campaign is to seek out the one that argues the shortcomings of its opponent rather than championing its own merits. After years of deliberation, costly enquiries...
Britain's exit from the European Union means an exit from the single market, UKIP leader Nigel Farage has today re-emphasised. The outspoken politician tweeted a video where he says Britain has voted to take control back of our "laws, our borders, our fisheries, and crucially, we voted to leave the...
The fire service got a record number of call-outs to obese people last year, rising from just over 700 in 2012 to 944 in 2015-16. Firefighters are being called to move obese people from buildings because they are too large to move independently. According to a spokesman for the National Obesity Forum,...