Thick black smoke is billowing from a Tottenham Hotspur warehouse and can been seen for miles across London. Twelve fire engines and 81 firefighters along with police officers were called to the industrial unit where a blaze has been raging for more than two-and-a-half hours this morning. Half of the ground floor, first floor and roof of the warehouse are currently alight, London Fire Brigade say. Emergency services were called to the scene after flames and smoke were seen coming...

With all the reality shows, New York-based sitcoms about friendship, and medieval-styled fantasy dramas about royal chairs, it’s easy to forget that the most-watched programs on TV in America are sports broadcasts. In fact, nineteen of America’s twenty all-time most-watched televised events are iterations of the Super Bowl—the only holdout being the series finale of M*A*S*H. Garnering considerable interest from viewers and participants alike all year round, sport has come to be seen as the backbone of American life, with...

The government's move to recognise animal sentience in UK law after Brexit has been welcomed by welfare groups. Concerns were raised last week after the government voted to reject the inclusion of animal sentience in the European Union Withdrawal Bill. Prominent wildlife photographer Richard Bowler described the move as a "vote to say animals can no longer feel pain or emotions", adding that it "beggars belief that in this day and age the government no longer recognises animals as sentient beings". But following...

“Male chauvinist pig versus hairy-legged feminist”, that’s how former world champion tennis player Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) pitches the titular exhibition bout between himself and twelve-time Grand Slam champion Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) in this disappointingly conceited biographical dramatisation from Little Miss Sunshine directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris. As with Janus Metz’s plodding Wimbledon drama Borg vs. McEnroe, the action is pivoted around what happened off of the court. From Riggs’ point of view that involves playing up...

The historic Trafalgar Square Christmas tree was today chopped down in Norway by the Lord Mayor of Westminster – 70 years after the first one was donated to Britain. Cllr Ian Adams the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Mayor of Oslo Marianne Borgen took part in the tree-felling ceremony in Oslo. The Norwegian spruce is 21 metres tall and 70 years old. It will be transported to Trafalgar Square where it will be lit up during a ceremony on...

Finnish National Railways (VR) is bringing Murder on the Orient Express to life on a long-distance passenger train on December 13th. The game is set on a 13-hour journey across the country, from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, in what is arguably the longest-running escape room in history. "We are a partner of Nordisk Film, the distributor of the film in Finland and we saw a unique opportunity here to utilize the partnership by bringing the film to...

If you’ve been working on your car for a while, you’ll likely have already amassed a collection of tools for use at home, such as socket wrenches, a hydraulic jack, and perhaps even a fluorescent drop light. Now that you’re feeling more confident in your skills, you may be considering expanding your assortment, but perhaps you are not sure where to start. When you’re moving on to more advanced tests and processes, it’s a good idea to have exactly the...

By Jim Mackney Jane, directed by Brett Morgen, is a documentary focusing on the life and groundbreaking work of Dr. Jane Goodall, touching upon her marital life, the raising of her son Hugo, and her latter years. Dr. Goodall’s work with chimpanzees has been widely documented in film and literature, but here her work seems more immediate and engaging than in previous offerings. Jane is an interesting documentary, one that was made slightly fortuitously with the discovery of a treasure...

Tax changes under the Tories resulted in David Cameron paying more than double the amount of stamp duty on his holiday home than if he’d bought under the previous Labour government. It can be revealed the former Prime Minister and wife Samantha paid the treasury almost one quarter-of-a-million pounds in tax after buying their Cornish retreat. Official documents, updated by the Land Registry this week, show the sale went through on November 14 - for a whopping £2,150,000. Stamp Duty...