Electrician jailed for growing large cannabis factory in country mansion
An electrician has been jailed after he was employed by a criminal gang to run a huge cannabis factory - in a COUNTRY MANSION. Ervin Baraku fitted dehumidifiers, lights and extractor fans and tended to the crop of 1,116 plants which had a street value of £630,000. In return for growing the drug, Albanian-national Baraku, 26, was allowed to live in the property, in Willoughbridge, Shrops., along with a wage equivalent to £60,000-a-year. The sprawling mansion boasted a large reception...
Sea temperature changes causing persistent droughts in North America and the Med
Fluctuations in sea surface temperature are a factor in causing persistent droughts in North America and around the Mediterranean, new research suggests. A team from the universities of Exeter, Montpellier and Wageningen analysed data from 1957–2002 and found sea surface temperatures in the North Pacific and North Atlantic became increasingly variable, and extremes lasted for longer. Ocean temperatures are a major driver of conditions on land, and the researchers showed that the changes they observed correlated with increases in land...
Top British companies “unable or unwilling” to publicise ethnic makeup of management
British businesses must break their silence on the under-representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME) in key roles, according to new research from professional management body the CMI and the British Academy of Management. Only six per cent of management jobs in the UK are held by minorities – less than half their proportion of the working-age population as a whole. Yet new research finds that only 54 per cent of FTSE100 leaders are seen to be actively championing...
LISTEN: Soft Fangs Releases ‘Elephant Girl’
Soft Fangs has shared his new single, 'Elephant Girl', taken from forthcoming sophomore album, Fractures out 1st September on Disposable America. Gold Flake Paint premiered 'Elephant Girl' calling it "a gorgeous haze of a track, crafting a half-dream shadowiness that recalls Sparklehorse in his most linear form and balancing just the right amount of light and dark for the whole thing to fully intrigue as well as simply charm." Listen below: Soft Fangs is the musical project of Brooklyn-based songwriter, John Lutkevich. Since...
TLE Meets: Michael Showalter – The Big Sick
By Anna Power Excited about upcoming US indie comedy smash The Big Sick coming to UK cinemas? You should be. It's feel-good, laugh out loud charm is a real treat for film lovers. Director Michael Showalter answered some questions on working with Kumail Nanjiani and race and its place in comedy. How did you come to work on Kumail and Emily's script for The Big Sick? Kumail and I have worked together in the past. He showed me the script...
In pictures: London hit by epic lightning storm
London was hit by an epic lightning storm last night, and with the humid weather conditions set to stay forecasts believe more could be on the way. The capital was hit by the storm which had moved in from the south coast, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. Dramatic pictures show bolts of lightning in the cloudy night sky as the storm moved in in the early hours of the morning. The Met Office has now issued a...
BLADE RUNNER 2049 – Brand New Trailer
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years. The film also stars Ana de Armas, Robin Wright, Jared Leto, Barkhad Abdi, Lennie James, Mackenzie Davis, and Sylvia Hoeks. Blade...
Watch – Goose goes for a job alongside members of a running club
A goose has taken to stepping out with a local running club as they jog around a park lake. A video - posted on Facebook by exercise group JP Fitness - shows the wild bird, nicknamed Graham, following a group of women. They jog around Helston boating lake in Cornwall and Graham enthusiastically waddles behind trying to keep pace. Jane Pett from JP Fitness said: "We were taking our runners for a workout around the lake and it swam over...
Raunchy Topless Photos of Doctor Who
Warning: Graphic Content Below This week the Sun and Mail Online travelled in the Tardis back to 1972 to publish nude photographs of actor Jodie Whittaker in previous acting roles. This was following the announcement that Jodie will star as the new Doctor in popular BBC series Doctor Who. Both publications ran articles about Whittaker appearing naked or topless in previous acting jobs. Equal Representation for Actresses (ERA), a campaign group, said “We are delighted by the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the...