By Nathan Lee, Business Correspondent The world’s largest startup accelerator and competition, MassChallenge, is officially accepting applications until 1 April for its first annual programme in London. Between 60-80 selected startups will participate in a four-month programme, at the end of which a total of £500k is awarded to the top ...
By David Thomson Controversial ‘Stop and Search’ policing powers have been reigned in by Theressa May after figures showed that only one in ten searches end with an arrest. May warned that she would change the law if forces do not halt 'excessive and inappropriate' use of powers while delivering this year's ...
By Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada Diane, a single mother picks up her teenage son Steve from a care facility for young people with behavioural difficulties. It is the last one in a series of similar institutions. This time he is expelled for starting a fire in the cafeteria, and everyone but ...
By Dave Binder For those unaware, Trafalgar place is one of the many new housing developments in and around the Elephant & Castle ‘regeneration zone’, an area seemingly pounced upon for development due no doubt to the combination of great location and relatively cheap land (by London zone 1 standards ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport The news on Monday that Gustavo Poyet had been sacked as Sunderland manager came as no real surprise. The 4-0 drubbing at home by Aston Villa was the final straw in what has been a fairly dismal season ...
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @Sean_FootyMad @TLE_Sport The San Antonio Spurs have been going along nicely, maybe even a little under the radar for much of the season as other teams in the Western Conference make the headlines. We can't forget though that this team are the current NBA ...
By Ismail Erturk, expert in banking at Manchester Business School Ever since Bob Diamond, the star investment banker in the City and ex-CEO of Barclays, resigned in the aftermath of Libor fixing scandal in 2012 the pendulum of power started to swing in favour of the regulators in the City. ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Passarella Death Squad, the Anglo-Japanese fashion label has created 16 exclusive artworks for the iconic American adult brand ‘Penthouse’. Each image has been photographed, cropped and doctored by designer Danny Passarella to achieve the effect. Danny says, "While considering this project I was especially compelled ...
By Rob Foster @futuresinfinite In 1995 Will Hutton’s “The State We’re In” entered the bestseller lists and encapsulated a moment of change for Britain’s politics. Following the end of Thatcher’s reign and the fracturing rancour of John Major’s term as Prime Minister, Hutton’s diagnosis of need for a radical shift ...