Senior EU officials are putting the chance of a Brexit no-deal at over 50 per cent and making detailed impact assessments about what it mean for the EU, sources in Brussels claim. Jonathan Lis, the deputy director at pressure group British Influence, has exposed the reality of Brexit negotiations in a scathing Twitter thread which shows Theresa May could retreat to the "comforting insanity of Redwood/Mogg Brexit utopia" rather than meet EU demands. If the PM continues to insist she can't...

The husband of a British mum whose sentence in an Iranian prison may be extended due to a colossal blunder by Boris Johnson, has demanded action. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been languishing in a prison in Tehran since last April, since attempting to fly home to London after visiting family in Iran. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard have accused the 38 year old of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government - claims her husband Richard Ratcliffe denies as he campaigns from London...

People often ask me for recommendations on where to get the best steak, and I’ll often reply with just three words: “your nearest butcher’s”. Because, let’s be honest, steak is generally best when it’s cooked (properly) at home. A completely subjective experience, everybody likes their steak to be cooked differently – even interpretations of ‘blue’, ‘rare’, ‘medium-rare’, ‘medium’ and ‘well-done’ can differ between restaurants. At home, though, you’re in complete control of the cooking – which isn’t too difficult, following...

Facebook mogul Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he wants "1 billion people to use VR", with Facebook's new Oculus Go headset poised to lead the charge of user-friendly, affordable virtual reality systems. But what will the consequences of Zuckerberg's promise be? Will 13% of the world's population really have a use for VR, and if so, what will that use be? Here are the largest potential markets for VR technology that could further its ascent into the mainstream.   Communication...

The nephew of serial killer Rose West was today (Mon) found guilty of kidnapping and raping a twelve-year-old girl. Sick Steven Letts, 38, plied his young vulnerable with cocaine, cannabis and vodka. He abducted and had sex with the child after they met in the street and she asked him for a cigarette - and he offered her a joint. The girl was with her support worker but went off with Letts after the encounter in Gloucester city centre on...

The office can sometimes seem like the last place you want to be. Especially when the weather is nice or if it’s already been a long week. But there’s also a feeling of accomplishment that can be garnered from a productive day’s work that can overcome any of that angst. The key is to find ways to improve productivity so that you can walk out the office at the end of every day. Complete with that high from knowing you...

A Brit detained then released in Dubai for a rude hand gesture claims he could now lose his job - because the UAE secretly placed him on an Interpol watch list. IT expert Jamil Mukadam, 23, was held for five weeks for allegedly flicking his middle finger at a motorist who was tailgating him. Jamil of Leicester was released in October and returned to his UK Government job a few days later. But he says he has been told by...

Alien life may be thriving in a warm, underground ocean on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, according to new research. Scientists say tidal forces could have kept the subterranean sea liquid for billions of years - enough time for organisms to have developed. The mysterious world has a very fragmented and porous rocky interior, ideal conditions for flowing water with the friction creating 10 gigawatts of heat. This amount of energy would light and heat more than 7 million homes -...

This clip of one of the Conservative Party’s biggest bankrollers, former Tory Party Treasurer Lord Ashcroft being chased by intrepid Panorama reporter Richard Bilton across the Conservative Party conference floor until he hides in a toilet is going viral. While ordinary Brits pay their full taxes and government peers were under pressure to pay their proper share of taxes, leaked documents show that between 2000 and 2010, Lord Ashcroft received payments of £150 million from a Bermuda offshore trust. The...