By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In Mississippi the Governor has signed off a law that allows public and private businesses to refuse to their service to same-sex couples, as long as that couple’s existence conflicts with the “sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions” of the proprietor. The news has ...
A commuter caused quite a stir in Boston, Massachusetts, after playing a virtual reality game on the way in to work. The gamer was spotted immersed in a VR game as he rode the Green Line last Friday. Although he was clearly enjoying the experience, fellow commuters looked quite disturbed by the ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Please have a watch of this video of George Osborne's 2003 appearance on BBC2's Daily Politics programme. The future chancellor encourages a caller to look into 'clever financial products' that let homeowners to pass on the value of their home to their children and also get ...
The next time you have the urge to seek out backyards greener than your own, look no further than Facebook. There’s no shortage of life boasts on there. It’s all just cute kids (minus the keeping you up at night), lovey dovey couples (minus the fierce arguments), beach selfies (taken ...
Xenia Rubinos has announced her new album Black Terry Cat, which arrives in stores June 3rd on ANTI-. As Rubinos explains, “Black Terry Cat is a #browngirlmagic carpet ride powered by deep pocket backbeats and funky bass lines. "Lonely Lover" is the first full song I finished for the album - it ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A new Ronnie Pickering video has emerged, this time is he a force for good? The footage, which could be taken by himself, shows him having a go at a parking attendant who had approached an elderly couple, with a disabled badge, who had parked ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Apple has been gradually increasing the amount of storage built into its devices. And there is a way to free up space on the handsets and tablets without having to delete photos or uninstall apps, other than adding an SD card. Users can check their ...
Up and down the nation, parents of children aged around 7 and 11 will be doing battle with the horror that is SPaG tests – or, to the uninitiated, Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. Large numbers of children are arriving in school so much further back in their development than they ...
Two days on from the Panama Papers leak, the Independent has revealed that HMRC - the government body responsible for collecting taxes - actually pays rent on its head office to a company based in a tax haven! Eleven million documents were leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca on Monday highlight ...