By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor It’s hardly surprising that lots of audiences are a bit scared of Red Bastard. Think a team-building away day, but with an aggressive, brutal red blob as the motivational speaker. We caught up with him, with our hands slightly shaking... You are bringing Red Bastard ...
Craft beer is facing somewhat of an identity crisis. On the one hand microbreweries are opening in Britain at a rate of one every other day according to figures from the British Beer and Pub Association, but on the other hand many of the more noted brands have been gobbled ...
As British voters prepare for the greatest act of democracy in decades, the concept of democratic government is in retreat almost everywhere else. It's easy to criticise Britain's archaic first-past-the-post system and unelected upper house, but the last five years have seen referenda on Scottish indepence and electoral reform, stronger ...
“Take it from me,” Metro Editor Ted Young said at a recent media briefing, “print is not dead”. His words of optimism came in stark contrast to a plethora of indictors that suggested the opposite was true. All good for the Metro, I thought at the time, coming from a ...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Local councils’ ‘computer says no’ attitude led to 18,500 unfair planning permission rejections last year. According to Just Planning, the UK’s householder appeals specialist, this is set to increase in 2016 if likely changes to planning law ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The social media giant received 113 times more of taxpayers’ money to advertise on the site than the social network paid back in corporation tax. Various government departments spent a whopping £489,329 in 20014-15 on adverts with Facebook in the UK. In return the multi-billion ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The pay rise for our esteemed elected officials, which was first reported around a month ago, has now been signed off. Come April they will find almost an extra grand a year in their already inflation busting pay packets. The salaries and expenses watchdog confirmed ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There have been claims that Cameron wants to force a further forty Tory peers into the House of Lords to ensure no more defeats for his party. It is hoped that this influx of Tory Lords would mean the upper chamber could not block government ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In the previous PMQs Cameron told the the house that Israeli settlement policy in East Jerusalem was "genuinely shocking." He said: “Yes, we are supporters of Israel, but we do not support illegal settlements, we do not support what is happening in East Jerusalem. “I am ...