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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 sometimes go from the sublime to the ridiculous – one unlucky respondent revealed they were asked to follow another member of staff who left work, as the boss suspected that...

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 conscientious adults tend to avoid making discriminatory comments in the presence of youngsters. But pre-school aged kids are influenced even through non-verbal signals such as a condescending tone of voice...

The price of gold has been volatile in recent weeks mainly due to the upcoming US Federal Open Market Committee meeting, during which a decision on the US interest rate will be made. Gold started the second full week in December dipping to a nine-month low. And it’s likely that the yellow metal will remain volatile for some time, at least until investors figure the best path following the FOMC rate decision. Given a handful of positive data regarding the...

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 in the number of homeless children in the city compared to the same time in 2014, where there were 998. In 2015, around 1200 children were homeless over the festive...

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 a local magazine. Boss Tim Westwell, 55, has revealed the incredible story of how he met co-founder Sebastian Pole and how he battled depression and chronic back pain to make...

The final vote count from the US election shows Hilary Clinton beat Donald Trump by a whopping 2,865,075 people in the popular vote, despite losing the election. Data released by CNN shows Hilary would have run away with the victory if the Electoral College system wasn't used, which was once called "a disaster for a democracy" by contender Trump. The FINAL Clinton-Trump popular vote totals: Clinton: 65,844,954 (48.2%) Trump: 62,979,879 (46.1%) Diff: 2,865,075https://t.co/r2vEh8BRWc — Robert Yoon (@robyoon) December 21, 2016 In a...

Delta Airlines have been caught at the centre of racism accusations after members of their flight crew reportedly ejected YouTube personality Adam Saleh for speaking Arabic to his mother. The internet celebrity posted a video of him and his friend been kicked off the flight after the phone conversation, with other passengers visibly mocking Saleh as he documented the ordeal. Saleh said: "This is 2016, Delta Airlines are kicking us out because we spoke a different language," before responding to goading passengers...

The overall cost of Britain's break from Europe is expected to be an astronomical £220 billion over four years, dwarfing the NHS budget which was a focal part of the 'Leave' campaign. New forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) show that government debt is to hit £1.945 trillion in five years, with experts attributing the £220 billion growth to the direct results of Brexit. A recent report by ITV's Robert Peston explained: "£78 billion of that is due to the expected post-referendum slowdown in...

Hundreds of thousands of people will face the trauma of waking up homeless this Christmas, new research has revealed. The number of people who will be homeless this Christmas has jumped by almost a third since last year due to austerity cuts. The latest figures from the housing charity Shelter estimate that more than a quarter of a million people in England will not have a home to go to come Christmas Day - and 170,000 of those are in...