18-year-old self-made millionaire donates €100,000 to victims of Manchester attack

An 18-year-old Iranian immigrant who is a self-made millionaire is donating €100,000 to victims of the Manchester terror attack. Alireza Dehghan, CEO of DPPM Holdings in London, gave the huge donation following Monday night's attacks which killed 22 people and wounded 64. So far over £4 million has been raised for the victims of the Manchester terror attack. In addition, Alireza has created a hotline for victims who need help. This help may include medical coverage, housing, transportation needs or just someone to talk...

Highways England lifts more than 300 miles of roadworks this Bank Holiday

Highways England is lifting more than 300 miles of roadworks to help people travelling this May bank holiday. Almost 98 per cent of motorways and strategic A roads will be roadworks-free over the bank holiday. Highways England is completing 184 and suspending 162 miles of roadworks by 6am on 26 May until 12.01am on 30 May. By suspending or completing roadworks, more lanes will be open and many speed restrictions will be lifted. Here's a complete guide to the roadworks...

Grand Tour filming causes chaos in quaint Yorkshire village

Residents today slammed ex-Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson and his two co-presenters for 'causing chaos' in a quaint Yorkshire village during filming of the Grand Tour. Householders say they were forced to take a 10 mile detour from one side of their village to the other after TV and security staff closed off all local roads without notice. Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May and their TV crew descended on the quaint village of Farnley Tyas, near Huddersfield, West Yorks,...

Book Review: The Theoretical Foot, M.F.K. Fisher

I suppose there really is a first time for everything. One starts to firmly believe that there is nothing – nothing! - new to be found between the covers of a book. After all, Aristotle nailed down the six elements of plot twenty-four hundred years ago and even the most experimental, supposedly plotless modern fiction has within it a structure just as finely tuned and balanced as the honeycomb of a bee hive. Well, if it's any good anyway. After...

Ex-nurse is living in car and eating DOG FOOD due to cuts in her disability benefits

A former nurse claims she is being forced to live in her car and eat dog food because of swinging cuts to her benefits. Ann Cumberland-Quinn, 56, say she has struggled since her Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was stopped following a review in December. She was then dealt a further blow when her Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) benefit was slashed to £250 a fortnight from £375 in February of this year under government cuts. Ann has been living in...

Bar of the Week: Shochu Lounge at Roka, Charlotte Street

When Rainer Becker opened Roka – a high-end ‘Modern Japanese’ restaurant – in Fitzrovia during 2004, the space soon became renowned for attracting punters that would have made today’s Novikov, Nobu and Sexy Fish crowds seem desirable. On a humid Wednesday some 13 years later, still, I’m sat in the downstairs bar at a table beside an obnoxious, overfed Texan - boasting of how he allegedly knows Prince Charles. Wearing a white body-con Ralph Lauren shirt (possibly from the children’s...

Mobile hotspot named ‘Jihadi London’ causes plane to be evacuated

Hundreds of horrified holidaymakers were left stranded after a mobile hotspot named 'Jihadi London' sparked a terror alert. Travel plans were thrown into chaos after the Thomson Airways flight from Cancun, Mexico, to Gatwick Airport was evacuated on Tuesday night. After an hour sat on the tarmac, some scared passengers insisted on leaving the plane, which put crew over their working hours limit and forced everyone to disembark. Families eventually returned to the terminal and were put up overnight -...

Battle of the Sexes: Who is better equipped at fighting ageing?

“Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Men age better than women. It’s an age old saying that we’ve heard time and time again, but is there actually any truth in it? Brad Pitt, George Clooney and David Beckham have all been likened to fine wines. Continuing to melt female hearts across the country, despite their age bracket (40-60,) and there might actually be a good reason behind their timeless handsome exteriors. Men’s skin is...

Armed police to be deployed on trains nationwide for the first time

Armed police will be deployed on board trains nationwide for the first time as security is stepped up to unprecedented levels in the wake of the Manchester bombing. From this afternoon (THURS), specially trained firearms officers will be patrolling on board train services all over the country. This mobilisation is part of British Transport Police's plan to ensure that passengers are safe on the rail network. Senior officers say passengers who regularly use train services may see a 'firearms presence'...

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