Tomorrow sees the 2014 Mercury Prize awards. This prestigious music prize is awarded to best album of the year released in the UK and Ireland. Previously won by such artists as The Arctic Monkeys, Pulp and Franz Ferdinand and was won last year by James Blake. Spotify has created the...

The Mayor of London's office has skirted big questions over the financing of the 2014 New Year's Eve fireworks display after a Freedom of Information request into the matter bore little fruit. Plans were announced late in September to ticket the event to control crowds after an estimated 500,000 people...

By Chris Tate, Music Reporter A lot has changed in the last six years. For Jackson Browne, things are all too similar to how they were 50 years ago. Love, hate and conflict has always dominated his music, and his latest offering, Standing in the Breach, touches on all these...

Sport News 24/7 By Jim Mackney @JimMackney @TLE_Sport It was the 18th of October 2014.  There was a bubbling sense of excitement, the smell of hotdogs and flat Carlsberg filled the air along with the sound of a few thousand shuffling feet; the customary swell of noise as the players...

By Christine Gatt The second week of October was Mental Health Week, a small frenzy of activity I watched with interest. I have been following the debates around NHS funding and waiting lists for mental health treatment. I’m fascinated by the continued discrimination and misunderstanding of the illnesses which fall...

An African tourist in Africa: Cote d’Ivoire, Otherness and Ebola. By Audrey Sebatindira   There are few things better than being a tourist. It’s that sense of wonder that comes with seeing the ordinary from the perspective of an outsider; nothing is taken for granted. Everything is strange and new...

Did your holiday romance stand the test of time? At 100 days since the start of summer, loveholidays.com reveals the secrets of the British holiday romance By Neil Kook     Results of a new survey by leading online travel agent loveholidays have revealed the true secrets of Briton’s holiday...

Nearly one in three flights to Spanish winter sun destinations delayed By Neil Kook  Tenerife worst for delays from UK, with Lanzarote, Mallorca, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria close behind Incredibly one in three (30%) flights to Spanish winter sun destinations is delayed, according to new figures from flightright.co.uk, the consumer portal...

The highlights of Tenerife’s First Walking Festival By Neil Kook   For those who wish to venture to the rugged and beautiful north of the island, now is the time, as organisers of the first Tenerife Walking Festival announce highlights of the four day event. Taking place in Puerto de...