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The six advertising billboards in Piccadilly Circus are set to be replaced with one £30 million giant screen after Land Securities won planning consent to build one huge state-of-the-art interactive screen. Piccadilly Circus is one of the world's most exclusive advertising hoardings, with each of the six screens worth more than £4 million a year. But they could soon be a thing of the past, with planning permission to replace them with one giant ad given the green light. Some of the world's...

A new study has found that huge numbers of teacher across the UK are working a 60, or more, hour week. On average they work a 48.2 hour week, but a significant number work a lot more than that to ensure they are keeping on top of the job. Only teaching staff who work in Japan and in the Canadian province of Alberta work longer hours than their fellow teachers in the UK, out of the 36 countries and regions...

Pilot Rich Goodwin has performed the first knife-edge aerobatics between two hot air balloons at Gloucestershire airport. The pilot flew between the two balloons, which were tethered at about 100ft above the air. In a world-first, a specially modified Pitts Special S2S stunt plane will attempt to fly at 90 degrees to horizontal just a few feet above the ground between two closely tethered hot air balloons, cutting a ribbon tied in between them. Performing what is known as a 'knife-edge' manoeuvre between...

A-list Hollywood star Robert De Niro had some strong words for Presidential hopeful Donald Trump. The Raging bull star didn’t hold back when he attacks the billionaire star of the Apprentice, during the video The short film was released as another audio recorded of Trump was leaked, which caught him talking in lewd and offensive way towards women, claiming he “grabs them by the pussy.” Trump then took part in the presidential debate with Clinton, who many have said failed...

A rap video that calls for the beheading of the Queen is under investigation by the police. Robert Boaler, who calls himself Prophet Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah (quad corr) uploaded his latest single “Off With Their Heads” last month prompting a backlash from the public. In the song he references the 2013 beheading of Lee Rigby and chants “chat sh*t get Rigby’d" to edited footage of an ISIS video. The hate filled tune was brought to the attention of police who are...

After another Indian summer, autumn has finally arrived in Britain with commuters feeling a chill in the air on their way to work this morning. Temperatures dropped to near freezing overnight in most areas, with top temperatures now at 15 degrees and certain parts of the country registering slightly above freezing. This is the view this morning from the hilltop town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, as mist rises from farmland after temperatures dropped overnight. The picturesque scene confirms autumn is finally...

Parents lose complete control of their children's finances as soon as they fly the nest, but they will still be expected to pick up the pieces, new research has found. A poll of 4,300 university students and their parents found mums and dads have little idea about their children’s finances once they leave home to study, with seven in ten blinkered parents saying their children don’t have or use a credit card – when in fact 94 per cent of...

Warmer cities could be fuelling climate change by stunting the growth of trees and increasing pests. Replanting tress are often cited as one answer in trying to capture carbon, but new research has found that cities are are reducing the tree's carbon capture capacity by an eighth, because the hotter the urban environment becomes, the more trees become infected with pests which reduces the growth of branches. And even if the trees are pest-free, they still have slower growth and smaller trunks. In the...

Brexit offers the best opportunity to radically rethink the NHS since it was set up 68 years ago, according to a think-tank. A new contract between the NHS and society was needed to help it cope with a growing and ageing population, a rise in obesity and environmental and economic changes. To meet these new challenges doctors, scientists, social entrepreneurs, and crossbench peers have launched a new manifesto. It said there needed to be bold thinking to create a healthy society shifting...