A disillusioned fox hunt organiser says he has seen "no evidence of hounds killing a fox", despite pictures and videos been released showing a savage attack at a hunt on Saturday. Animal rights activists recorded a fox being illegally hunted and killed by members of the Old Surrey Burstow & West ...
We have all suffered Basil Fawlty bouts of rage in our life, but the good news is that we no longer have to resort to beating our car with a branch in order to vent our frustration. A former fork-lift truck driver has opened the UK's first 'Rage Cage', offering punters the ...
If there was ever a vegetable that has suffered at the hands of an overwhelming lack of versatility the humble sprout would be it. Not only is the sprout usually just lobbed onto a plate simply steamed or boiled it is also often confined to just one meal a week or, ...
As a native Nigerian, Nobel Prize winner and American citizen Wole Soyinka had felt encouraged that for the past eight years those on the African continent could boast that they had a contemporary descendent ruling the United States. Barack Obama rode to election victory on the back of messages of ...
When I was a student in Newcastle there was a famous bakery that used to open its doors in the early hours of the morning to feed boozed-up students returning from town. Devoid of kebab shops, pizza places or any other form of late night greaseathons in Jesmond the bakery did rather ...
During today’s PMQs Theresa May continued her relentless campaign to save Christmas, which is nice, because for a lot of neglected elderly people this will probably be their last. Jeremy Corbyn was, rightly, very concerned that the Chancellor didn’t mention social care in the Autumn Statement, even though there is ...
New research has revealed that despite their extortionate cost, Christmas ads have ‘no impact’ on shopping habits. Whether it’s the John Lewis dog bouncing on a trampoline, Aldi’s carrot traversing a Christmas dinner or Waitrose’s two robins uniting over a mince pie, there are a host of maudlin Christmas ads are ...
Tis the season to be jolly, tra la la la la la la la laa. Bah, humbug. Spare a thought for us front line charity workers and volunteers in the Christmas period. It may be the supposed season of kindness and giving for you but for us it’s the season ...
Conservationists, scientists, farmers and psychologists met yesterday at London Zoo to discuss the future of our planet and its capacity for sustaining life. Despite grim forecasts of a Mad-Max-style landscape, those speaking at the event offered some hope as they outlined our potential survival strategies. The one day symposium revolved ...