A nine-year-old boy has penned a heart-breaking letter asking Santa for one thing this Christmas – a home. Little Louis Williams wrote to Father Christmas asking for his own “forever home” where he can play with his Lego. Mum, Nicola Williams, said she felt heartbroken that all her son was asking for this year was a permanent home for the family of four. Nicola, who lives with her three children in temporary accommodation since March, said their entire living space...

In an astonishingly stupid tweet - even for Donald Trump - the US president tweeted today that he "had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/937007006526959618 It wasn't long before people started pointing out that Trump's tweet technically meant that the President just confessed to obstruction of justice. Soon after firing his national security adviser Michael Flynn, the President had told James Comey, then the head of the FBI to back off...

Breaking News: All four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at the lack of progress towards a "fairer Britain". All four board members of the government’s Social Mobility Commission have resigned Chair Alan Milburn said Theresa May’s government had betrayed Brexit voters. The Ex Labour Minister said there is “little hope” that the “necessary” progress would be made. The government are paying no attention to social mobility as Brexit their only...

Here is an obscene fact for you: Bitcoin uses more electricity than 159 of the planet's countries. The cryptocurrency worth under $1 in 2011 hit a new record this week, making headlines as it soared above $11,000 on Wednesday morning, after which its value has been going up and down like a rollercoaster.   But the other record that Bitcoin is breaking is as the world's most obscenely energy-guzzling currency. Bitcoin is the world's first payment network that's completely decentralized,...

"New York, I love you but you're bringing me down," sang James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem in 2007. Though they weren't intended as such, the lyrics perfectly capture how today's 20-somethings feel about big city living. City-centre pads in London, Paris, New York, and other major capitals are increasingly being snapped up by the only people who can afford them. Often this means investors, not occupants. Last summer, research for Mayor Sadiq Khan found that foreign investors are buying thousands...

If you've only recently learned how to ride a motorbike, you are going to be relatively inexperienced on the road - and that situation can pose a problem when you take out bike insurance. A financially expensive problem, that is; your inexperience makes you a bigger risk to insurers, who will accordingly offer you relatively high premiums. However, there remain ways of cutting the costs. While you can't just magic motorbike-riding experience out of thin air, keep in mind that...

Forget what you know about Swan Lake. Forget ballet, forget Tchaikovsky, forget magic and romance. Michael Keegan-Dolan's critically acclaimed contemporary take is like nothing you will have ever seen before, yet it is as devastatingly powerful as any adaption you are likely to see. After its sell-out success last year, Swan Lake/Loch na hEala returned to Sadler's Wells this week for a three day run. Performed by a company of 13 world-class performers including actor Mikel Murfi, the contemporary adaption is interwoven with...

Smoking pot can almost triple a teenager's risk of suffering depression, according to new research. A study of more than 3,000 teenagers found those who used cannabis were much more likely to suffer bipolar disorder by the time they reached adulthood. It found marijuana caused a condition known as 'hypomania' - periods of elated mood, overactive and excited behaviour and reduced need for sleep. These are telltale symptoms often experienced as part of severe depression - and have a serious...

With the dust yet to settle on the 2017 General Election the banks are already running scared at the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn becoming the next Prime Minister. Following comments from a Goldman Sachs banker that Britain would be like "Cuba without the sunshine" under the Labour leader a strategist at Morgan Stanley has claimed Corbyn is a "bigger risk than Brexit" to Britain's slowing economy. The comments were made in the bank's annual outlook for the European stock markets, which...