Labour jumped from fourth to first in Halton-with-Aughton and from third to first in Thetford Priory in a huge night of council by-elections. The party won Halton-with-Aughton (Lancaster) for the first time ever with a gain of +18.0. They edged out the Green Party and the Conservatives who picked up 27.2 per cent and...
The average sofa will witness 1,236 arguments, have 2,728 drink and food spillages on it – and see blokes sleeping on it after getting kicked out of bed 191 times, a study has found. Over the course of the average 11-year life of a sofa, it will also see couples...
A 12-year-old school boy who was bullied for being a vegan went home and hanged himself, an inquest heard. Louie Tom Fenton, 12, was found hanging in his family bathroom on January 19. He had endured years of bullying because of his veganism and had meat thrown at him during his...
It says something about the state of modern society that "hideaways" have become the new "getaways", but for anyone who feels as chained to their work emails and as bombarded by their social media feeds as I do you can hardly deny that it's an appealing concept. Nestled in the picturesque...
Shopping could be more stimulating than SEX, according to a pioneering neuroscience study. Scientists have today unveiled the physiological effects of shopping on the human brain, revealing how “inspired shopping” can deliver moments of prolonged highs in the brain comparable to sexual intercourse. Experts isolated the secrets to better browsing...
This is the scene as the summer holiday season draws to a close - thousands of abandoned inflatables, once loved, now considered redundant by their former owners. A ‘sanctuary’ for discarded inflatables has opened in a hotel in Majorca in response to the overwhelming amount of blow-ups left behind by...
A home at the centre of one of London's biggest planning controversies has been put on the market for £25 million - complete with a giant hole in the garden. On the face of it the Grade II listed Georgian home, on Brompton Square, in Knightsbridge, has just about everything...
Debt-management experts have sent out a warning citing "dangerous debt trends" currently plaguing British economy which resemble the conditions during the global financial crisis. With insolvency rates rising for the first time since 2008, Bell & Company are warning of the reasons behind this worrying trend and how to avoid...
A patronising tour of working class culture or a helping hand for community businesses? That is the debate following a recent "safari tour" of London chicken shops organised by the union at Goldsmiths University in Lewisham. According to the Evening Standard around 50 Goldsmiths students attended the Chicken Run event on Monday,...