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As little as 35 per cent of eligible voters could cast their ballet in today's London Mayoral election. According to figures from Sporting Index it could be the lowest voter turnout for a London Mayoral contest since 2000. The company expects Labour’s candidate, Tooting MP Sadiq Khan, to receive 46.5 per cent of the first preference vote, with rival Zac Goldsmith trailing by ten points. UKIP’s Peter Whittle (5.5 per cent) looks set to edge out the Green’s Sian Berry (5 per...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There have been claims made by a well known anti-corruption campaigner that UK authorities will “always find excuses not to investigate” money laundering. Bill Browder, a former Hedge Fund chief, told MPs that the UK are actually refusing to look at evidence of “dirty” Russian money, that indicate that money is being laundered through our banking system. Browder believes that authorities don’t want “to rock the boat,” even when he filed six complaints linked to...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor It started with New Zealand’s police #runningmanchallenge Facebook video but it has now been followed by NYPD. The NZ police force released the video of some of their officers getting down to the “running man” dance in a slightly unorthodox recruitment drive. They then challenged other forces across the world to mimic them. The clip is part of a year-long campaign by the New Zealand police force, which wants to sign up 400 new officers...

Zac Goldsmith has looked to reconnect with ordinary London folk by delivering milk in Holland Park. The Tory candidate for Mayor of London took to the streets on a milk round to dispel myths that he's just another Old Etonian, although he only delivered to Kensington and Mayfair. Delivering milk & his Action Plan for Greater London! @ZacGoldsmith on milk round with @DominicGilham #BackZac2016 pic.twitter.com/LfPbnP1kDH — Nick de Bois (@nickdebois) May 4, 2016 He struggled to get to grips with...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I didn’t write PMQs last week I was on my own stag do in Barcelona, with 30 odd (show off) of my friends. One hospital trip, two lost souls (they were found the next day) and an eight-hour delayed Ryanair flight home later and we were all still friends. Saying that I haven’t seen any of them since. So I’d like to think I know who my friends are, but does Jeremy Corbyn? This question...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Nick Gibb, Minister of State at the Department for Education, failed a SATs grammar question for 11-year-olds on radio today. He had spent the day defending the primary school exams system, which many parents think puts too much pressure on their offspring. However, he manage to get a question wrong, which features on the very tests he thinks eleven-year-olds should ace. Martha Kearney: Let me give you this sentence, “I went to the cinema after...

A hilarious compilation of Italians trying to pronounce 'Leicester' has emerged after the Foxes were confirmed as Premier League champions last night. Italian site Repubblica took to the streets to see if locals could pronounce the newly-confirmed EPL champions, with some hilarious results. Leicester, along with other towns and cities such as Worcester, Loughborough and Gloucester, is notoriously hard to pronounce for foreigners. But with Ranieri's men guaranteed Champions League football next season, they'll need to learn quick! Watch the full...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Whitehall appointments watchdog may need a radical overhaul after it was found that two thirds of them who applied to Acoba (Advisory Committee on Business Appointments) since 2008 have ended up in private sector jobs, in the same field they left while they were in Government. This has led to MPs demanding the watchdog is fundamentally changed, as it failed to block a single ex-minister or civil servant from moving into a highly paid...