As over 68,000 people demand Richard Branson hands back NHS money…He lands £104m NHS contract
When Virgin Care did not win the healthcare contracts they wanted they sued the cash-strapped NHS for £328,000. And yet despite that, they have been awarded another NHS contract. For £104 million. Currently over 68,000 people have signed a petition to demand Richard Branson’s Virgin Care hands back over £328,000 after taking legal action against six Surrey clinical commissioning groups, Surrey County Council and NHS England. At the same time Lancashire County Council award £104m NHS contract to Virgin Care,...
The best London restaurant openings of 2017
2017 has been an outstanding year for London restaurant openings, with over 300 having launched since January. Some have been absolutely sensational, others considerably less brilliant. From nose-to-tail cooking to Mexican fine-dining; Michelin-approved international exports to home grown triumphs – we pick ten of the best restaurants to have opened in London this year. Frog by Adam Handling An extension of The Frog E1 (one of last year’s best restaurant openings), Frog by Adam Handling is a slightly more formal...
Pranksters erect giant five-foot tall snow penis & place sign requesting “no d*ck pics please”
A pair of pranksters have erected a giant five-foot tall snow penis in the heart of a historic market town. Mark Harris, 25, and Connall Beith, 26, spent an hour building the impressive structure and placed a sign next it reading "no dick pics please". Dozens of grinning passers-by took pictures of the life-long friends' "masterpiece" on Sunday in Chatteris, Cambs. A pair of pranksters have erected a giant five-foot tall snow penis in the heart of a historic market...
Restaurant Review: Southam Street
Pan-Asian cuisine has become so oversaturated in London, it’s often distinguish between the bad and the utterly atrocious. With the opening of so many restaurants serving a mix of Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Taiwanese and Laotian food, a great deal have roots far more British than the menus may suggest. Of these, though, chef Chris Denney’s experimental creations are some of London’s few wholly enjoyable examples. When 108 Garage opened last year, the restaurant was quickly met with rapturous critical...
Man Flu…is real after all, claims academic study
Like most men, any slight illness is immediately called man flu and gives us males the opportunity to act like we are inches away form death for a few days. Most of the time, I speak for myself, I might just be a combination of lazy and tired However, there is growing evidence that man flu is real. In a special Christmas issue of the BMJ, a Canadian academic set out to discover whether males really experience worse flu symptoms...
Human trafficker who forced victims to work for little or no pay while they lived in squalid conditions is jailed
A Hungarian slave master who forced vulnerable victims to work 12 hours a day for little or no pay while they lived in squalid conditions has been jailed. Miroslav Bily, 51, travelled to the Czech Republic to pick up the slaves and offered them a "good home" before making them work for as little as 35p an hour. A court heard the "parasitic individual" would pocket the cash they earned in order to pay off his own debts. Miroslav Bily....
Young victim of house blaze in which three children died is named locally
One young victim of the house blaze in which three children died was today named locally as Demi Pearson, aged 14. Seven people were in the address at the time of the blaze and Greater Manchester Police are keeping an 'open mind' as to whether or not the incident is 'gang related'. The father of the children was not in the house at the time of the incident - but has been notified about the deaths, officers say. Today people...
Perfectly-timed picture captures falling snowflake form angel wings on girl’s back
This baffling photograph shows a teenager riding her horse in the snowfall with ANGEL wings on her back - thanks to a perfectly-timed falling snowflake. Amy Nevis, 17, was taking her pony Diamond out for a ride near her grandmother's house in rural Northern Ireland. Her gran Pamela Dowds, 62, took a photograph at the exact moment a snowflake fell through the shot - giving the appearance of angel wings on Amy's back. Her mum Kerry Nevis, 40, saw the...
Mind the gap…North south divide set to widen
The Northern Powerhouse seems to have failed to close the gap between the wealth of the north and the south. George Osborne’s vision of revitalising the great northern cities appears to have been hot air. EY have indicated that the gap between the two areas will continue to grow until 2020 as the economy fails to rebalance. London and the south-east will bring in 2.2 per cent and 2 per cent growth respectively, while the rest of the UK will...