New research has used more than 4,000 crowdsourced noise level readings to reveal the quietest boroughs in London. Tower Hamlets was revealed to be the quietest neighbourhood closely followed by Sutton, Waltham Forest, Croydon and Ealing, where the average noise levels range from 53.8-57.3 dB from over 150 readings – a...
These adorable photographs show harvest mice playing around and climbing on branches of wheat and flowers in the spring sunshine. The eight mice, which are a mere three to five cm long, are owned by amateur photographer Alex Meek, 31, who loves his furry friends like his very own family....
An extraordinary personal collection of art and antiques is set to sell for ONE BILLION DOLLARS - with the entire proceeds going to charity. Works by the likes of Picasso, Monet and Matisse are highlights of what is being dubbed the most significant philanthropic auction ever presented. The 1,550 art...
Shocked onlookers have told of the moment “all hell broke loose" in a posh spa town when up to 40 suspected football hooligans had a mass brawl. Children as young as 12 are believed to have been involved in the fight - with reports of green smoke canisters being thrown...
As Western leaders clash heads with Russia over the escalating Middle Eastern crisis the conversation dominating public discourse once again seems to revolve around everyone but the Syrian people. This morning our national newspapers ran with a series of bloodthirsty headlines stating the recent strike by the US, UK and France...
Few people would deem a tough stance against racism to be a political own goal, but when your career is propped up by hard-line right-wingers that is precisely what it seems to be. At least, that is how Jacob Rees-Mogg might feel after he was lambasted for posting a Times...
Northern poor men are more likely to die younger than poorer women, a new study found. Men living in the UK's top five deprived areas of Middlesbrough, Knowsley in Merseyside, Kingston-upon-Hull, Liverpool or Manchester are likely to die nearly 11 years sooner than their better off peers. Although life...
A new report released today has exposed one of the largest cases in recent years of ongoing, illegal clearance of tropical rainforests in Borneo, with several international brands implicated. Currently, 10,000 hectares of peat forest have been cleared illegally for future palm oil plantations, despite Indonesian regulations and company commitments...
Plans for a Brexit Museum have been embraced by prominent Leave politicians, with calls for it to be built "big enough to include the iconic red Brexit bus". The first steps towards the creation of the so-called "Museum of Sovereignty" were announced yesterday as Eurosceptics began assembling the memorabilia, texts of...