The programme for this year’s Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2017 has just been announced. The festival, led by London Arts in Health Forum, takes place from 12-18 June and features hundreds of events including talks, discussions, theatre shows, mass sing-a-longs, music performances, dance, film screenings, death cafes, art exhibitions and...
Paranoid? She might well be. However, accusing the EU of trying to affect the UK election could be seen as an attempt to create hate figures, and rally nationalism across the UK, in, ironically, a cynical ploy to affect the UK election result. Exactly what she says the EU is...
A restaurateur concerned by the plight of rough sleepers in his city converted a shipping container into a temporary home for people needing a bed for the night. Jasper Thompson, 58, was moved by the numbers of people he saw sleeping on the streets and put his mind to doing...
Ordinarily Boeing 787 Dreamliners serve as commercial aircraft that carry between 240 and 335 passengers, but in a world first one of the planes has been transformed into a 40-passenger private jet so spacious and well-equipped that it resembles an airborne penthouse apartment. Developed by Kestrel Aviation Management, an American...
A deer stunned onlookers by showing off its swimming skills when it went for a dip in the sea. The wild animal appeared to be enjoying itself and in no difficulty when it was seen off the coast at Porthpean in Cornwall. Electrician James Dowrick filmed it around 10.30am on...
Owner Barry Gell, 80, picked up Jess from a kennel in 2005 and soon after started training her to pick up balls on golf courses. Even more impressive is the fact that Jess has even been trained to not touch another golfer's balls, meaning she doesn't interfere with play. Barry...
Dogs Trust West London rehoming appeal for Star ‘Paws’ characters To celebrate Star Wars Day on May the fourth, staff at Dogs Trust Harefield are hoping the ‘force’ is with a handful of strangely familiar looking dogs searching the galaxies for the Obi ‘one’ Kenobi. The West London-based rehoming centre...
The incredibly rare litter of sextuplets were born were delivered by Raymond Brindley, 51, as he lambed his flock of 400 Texel-cross sheep. The farmer was expecting the ewe to have triplets but was amazed when she gave birth to three white lambs and three black ones. Mr Brindley, who...
This is the moment a construction worker screamed with fear - after his pals hid a huge fake TARANTULA on a building site. Dressed in a hi-vis jacket and hard hat, the unnamed victim stepped forward to inspect woodwork where his mate was pointing. As he looked up the worker...