When you think of Nashville a number of clichés invariably spring to mind. ‘Ah yeah, cowboy boots!’, you might think, before conjuring up images of denim clad workers with burly moustaches sipping Jack Daniels on their wooden porch. But to think of it within such confines is to do it ...
A housing boss who was in charge of Grenfell Tower before it went up in flames has been invited to speak at a national housing conference on improving building safety, The Guardian has reported. Sacha Jevans has been asked to lecture on ways to “improve risk management and building safety ...
Clouds of uncertainty still hang over Britain’s future relationship with the EU. The extended confusion over Brexit – which came after the UK voted to leave the EU in the referendum of June 2016 – has resulted in a negative image for politics. In recent months the situation reached fever ...
Pro-Remain parties stormed the 2019 Local Elections yesterday with the Lib Dems and Greens significantly increasing their share of the vote as the main two parties and UKIP lost out. Labour MP David Lammy tweeted that it was an “unambiguously” clear vote for a re-think on Brexit. He said: “The message ...
Brexit-supporting parties were punished hard in yesterday's local elections and according to results in so far, the Tories are the main losers by far. Elections were held for 248 English councils, six mayors and all 11 councils in Northern Ireland With results so far in from 100 of 248 council ...
During the early 1900s, ‘copper dogs’ became popular amongst Speyside whisky distillers. Fashioned from a length of copper tube with a penny soldered to one end, these copper dog devices were commonly used to surreptitiously steal a dram of whisky from ageing barrels. Once dipped and filled, the vessels would ...
Former London mayor Boris Johnson allegedly had to delete a tweet claiming he “just voted Conservatives in the local elections” after realising no elections were being held in the capital yesterday. James Felton posted out the deleted message which had appeared on Politwoops- a website which stores all deleted tweets ...
A Conservative MP broke down in tears following heavy losses for the party in Essex. The Tories lost a comfortable majority in Chelmsford and also relinquished control of two other councils in the county. MP Vicky Ford appeared visibly frustrated following the count in Chelmsford. She told the BBC: "I ...
Vital bits of DNA that turn on genes in blood vessels and arteries are lower in those who don't get enough shut eye