A businesswoman has single-handedly kept stocks of a food bank running after she was inspired by an episode of EastEnders. Michelle Napier, known as Shell, was moved by a recent storyline in the popular soap and discovered that her local food bank was in dire need of supplies. She donated ...
The Shacklewell Arms continues its run of stonking free gigs with a Thursday-night triple-header. LA experimental duo Wreck and Reference round out the night with their unique blend of introspective metal, sounding raw and intelligent through a caustic mix of samples, synthesisers and drums. Schlocky support comes from the cloak-shrouded, ...
With the success of Shrimoyee Chakraborty’s first restaurant, Calcutta Street, in Fitzrovia – a second branch launched in Brixton last month. With a completely different atmosphere to the original, the new south London space in heavily inspired by Calcutta’s Park Street, a lively neighbourhood not too dissimilar from Brixton. Serving ...
Taxi drivers have blasted a council after being told they cannot have more than two buttons undone on their shirts as part of a controversial new dress code. Transport chiefs in Stafford are set to implement the strict new rules which will mean cabbies will also be banned from wearing ...
Word puzzles such as a daily crossword can give pensioners some of the the brain functions of people ten years younger, a new study has revealed. The puzzles improve memory, attention and reasoning and regular problem solving, leads to a sharp brain in later life. Puzzling could also help ward ...
Britain is in danger of "sleepwalking" into a post-Brexit future with hugely increased food prices and unsafe and insecure food supplies, a report has claimed. This worrying study was compiled by academics from three top universities. They believe that the UK’s population expect low food prices and guaranteed supply for ...
The Church of England have slammed the "prohibitive" costs for foreigners and asylum seekers to get British citizenship. Foreign residents are currently forced to pay around £1,300 to receive citizenship, a fee which has a negative impact on integration, the General Synod said. The Church's governing body unanimously chose to ...
From exotic frogs to a jumping fox, all these pictures are winners and runners up in an international photography competition. British snapper Michelle Howell grabbed the top prize with this pic of a colourful Argentinian Ornate Horned Frog. She fought off more than 530 other snappers to win the Society ...
As much as I truly enjoy reading a good mystery novel – within the broad term of genre fiction mysteries are by far my favourite – they do present a positively infernal problem in writing about them. Most of the major touchstones used by a thoughtful reviewer in assessing a ...