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Tourists no longer have to walk to the tourist information centre or walk around the capital with a map, trying to find attractions, and ending up missing out the delights of the capital. Now a new app is empowering visitors to make the most of the great deals and tickets to the best events, which add value to every trip in London town. The people behind the Official London Tourist app have set up the What Now?! app joining forces with...

After Lancashire County Council refused to allow permission to take shale gas out of the county, the Government has decided that they will allow it anyway. The council has turned down the request, from shale gas company Caudrilla, because of concerns over traffic and noise pollution. There are also huge concerns about environmental impact and concerns over the power of local councils to stand up to central government. Drilling in the area a few years ago, caused earth tremors and...

Steven Woolfe is suspected to be suffering from bleeding of the brain after he was punched in a bust up outside the European Parliament. The MEP, who is favourite to become the next UKIP leader, collapsed in Brussells amid reports he was punched by a colleague. He was rushed to hospital with suspected head injuries, which could be critical. UKIP party insiders told The Telegraph that Mr Woolfe was punched by a colleague from the same party following an altercation, with one...

Today a joint statement was released, signed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the Leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood, and Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, the co-leaders of the Green Party calling for progressive parties to work together to resist the ‘Tories' toxic politics’. Here is the statement in full: The countries of the United Kingdom face a spiralling political and economic crisis. At the top of the Conservative Party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now...

An old fire station which was left untouched for more than 60 years has been discovered in the cellar of an old Co Op factory. The secret fire station is complete with 1920s firefighting equipment, pumps, uniforms and coiled hoses. A half-drunk bottle of lemonade and exercise programmes were also found in the cellar of the former Co Op factory in Dudley, West Mids. Staff at shopfitting company The Allan Nuttall Partnership, which is now based in the building, heard rumours of...

A paper written by James Hanson, an ex-Nasa climate scientist, and a number of other leading experts in the field have reported that the earth is now as hot as it has been for 115,00 years. The worrying news is further compounded by their claims that climate change has contributed to this level of heat, not experienced by modern day humans. The problem is that sea levels will rise and huge structural and technological development will be needed to stem...

As the Conservative party conference appears to be ratcheting up the anti-EU sentiment within the party, a ‘hard Brexit’ seems more likely, even though, ironically, some of the conference centre was actually funded via EU cash. The anti European hyperbole and Theresa May’s fears of being attacked by the right of her party, led her to reveal that article 50 will be invoked by March 2017, this means the UK will be out of Europe by 2019. However, there may be...

The Conservative Party Conference in which Theresa May promised to "look beyond Europe" is being held in a conference hall paid for by the European Union. As pointed out in an amusing letter submitted to the Financial Times, Birmingham International Convention Centre received £49.7 million of its construction costs from the European Regional Development Fund. Indeed, the foundation stone was laid by European Commission president Jacques Delors. Prime Minister May has used the conference to unveil plans to trigger Article 50 by...

Ziggy the Piggy, North Carolina North Carolina, USA Sales of chalk will have hit new highs this weekend as thousands of vegans across the globe joined together in a collective ‘chalktivism’ event - a worldwide effort to help spread and celebrate the vegan cause. With the success of documentaries Cowspiracy, Earthlings and Forks Over Knives, the vegan movement has seen a 350% increase in the UK in recent years. Six years ago, James DeAlto, from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, went...