GMB members are angry enough to have given a mandate for the earliest possible strike date The first ever Sellafield Firefighters’ strike will go ahead this month after talks between GMB, the union for nuclear workers, and Sellafield Ltd broke down. Discussions lasted just 30 minutes – including two adjournments. GMB members are so angry they have given a mandate for the earliest possible strike date later this month. The Sellafield Strike Committee will decide tomorrow the date for the...

Wine is fine, but some evenings call for a dram of something stronger. Multi-award winning Single Malt Scotch whisky distillery, Balblair, have collaborated with Scottish culinary creatives Dram & Smoke to produce a number of recipes designed to be paired with whisky. Both originating from the Scottish Highlands, Balblair’s collaboration with Dram & Smoke focuses on some comprehensive recipes worth every second of the time taken to produce at home. This charcoal venison bun with bramble sauce, for instance, is...

THE world’s first scan using twin growth charts has taken place in the UK today at St George’s Hospital in south west London – marking a monumental moment for multiple birth families across the country. The charts mean twins can be accurately measured in the womb so health professionals can instantly recognise whether they are growing appropriately. It means hundreds of tiny lives could be saved when, previously, growth issues were misdiagnosed and inappropriately managed. The £25,000 research project to...

This is the moment a heroic lorry driver saved a driver's life and avoided a pile-up on a main road. Russell Dagless, 53, has won a top award after he used his HGV to trap the driver's van against a central reservation and gave him first aid after he saw him slump over the wheel. The dashcam footage taken by another lorry driver shows the quick thinking father-of-one positioning his trailer in front of the van as it was bouncing...

San Antonio, Texas' hottest newcomers, Across the Atlantic have released the first episode of the official documentary for their upcoming label debut, Works Of Progress. Get to know more about their musical influences and what it's like to be in a band in this day and age below.   The band recently got confirmed to tour Europe supporting German alternative rock act Alazka and Swedish newcomers Imminence in September. The tour will start only 2 weeks after the release Works Of Progress which is set for...

Strain on the budget of the Metropolitan Police was recognised by the London Assembly today – as Members formally supported the Met’s application to the Home Office for one-off financial support. Due to the recent unprecedented events in the capital, the Assembly agreed the Chair should write to the Home Secretary to highlight the need for the special grant. Joanne McCartney AM, who proposed the amended motion, said: “In recent months we have seen some horrific scenes in our city. Our...

How did the collective come together? Bang Said The Gun was born 19 years ago in the Wheatsheaf Pub, Soho, by Martin Galton and Dan Cockrill, as the antidote to the boring, navel gazing poetry nights that existed back then. What can people expect from your show? Bang Said the Gun is a loud, raucous, energised night, more like a party than a poetry gig. It’s a rabid poetry mongrel that’s funny one minute and heartbreaking the next. It’s political,...

Garforth Liberal Club was once a proud and prominent building. It stood at the heart of a satellite suburb a stone's throw away from the Yorkshire cities of Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds, but after 128 years in the summer of 2015 staff were instructed to prepare the building for closure with tears been shed as they cleared out the tables, chairs and fridges. Financial constraints had made the running of the club no longer sustainable, and without a fuss a building that was once...

The Iraq war and the fall-out afterwards has left a dark stain on Blair's time as PM. His legacy will forever be tainted by the war and the reasons for it. Now the man who led the investigation into the war has broken his silence. Sir John Chilcot has said he doesn't think Tony Blair was “straight with the nation” about his decisions in the run-up to the Iraq war. The chairman of the public inquiry into the 2003 conflict...