Although London is, arguably, the rightful home of British gin – the Scottish-produced spirit is booming at present. The main reason for this, perhaps, is due to the amount of distilleries that have cropped up in recent years, crafting quick-to-produce gin during the three-year wait for whisky to mature. First released in 1999, the most popular of these Scottish gins, surely, is Hendrick’s Gin – distilled in Girvan, Ayrshire and produced by William Grant & Sons. The company also distil...

A man has been arrested near Stansted Airport after being found carrying a RIFLE. Armed police were called following reports of a gunman in possession of a firearm. The man was detained shortly before noon today after a police helicopter was dispatched to Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, The firearm was also recovered close to the scene. A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Officers were called shortly before 11.55 to reports that a man carrying a firearm had been seen in Stansted Mountfitchet....

The world has a waste problem. The amount we throw away, both at home and in the office, far exceeds what is sustainable. Yet, rather than taking significant steps to reduce it, global waste looks set to triple by 2100. Having just endured the hottest year on record, it should be obvious to most of mankind that a solution needs to be found. You might have taken environmentally-conscious steps at home, but when it comes to the workplace, most of...

"Eight riff laden monster tracks of sheer Northern misery.” At this moment, iconic UK metallers, Paradise Lost, are putting the final touches to their upcoming album, recorded at Orgone Studios in the misty countryside of Woburn, England. Together with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano, they have forged the follow-up to their highly acclaimed release The Plague Within, which brought them a step closer to their death metal roots. This time, Paradise Lost aim to toe a doomier line, as lead guitarist and...

Between February and June 1999, famed art forger John Myatt was in jail. He was there for what Scotland Yard described as “the biggest art fraud of the 20th century.” Myatt’s fakes of famous paintings by masters like Van Gogh and Matisse had sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds at auction, fooling the seasoned experts at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s. When he was discovered to be a forger, the police pulled no punches, raiding his house and putting him...

Today is the first day since the industrial revolution that the UK won't generate any electricity from coal. According to an announcement from the control room at the National Grid the UK's energy mix is set to be coal-free for the next 24 hours for the first time in 135 years. The last coal-fired power station stopped running at 11pm last night, the HuffPost reported, thanks to low energy demand and the availability of alternatives. Jon Ferris of Utilitywise said...

The Spice epidemic in Britain's prisons is so bad that staff are getting accidentally wasted through passive smoking - with one smashing up his home after a shift. One senior prison officer today said even in non-smoking jails inmates are ripping out pages of the Bible and damaging electrics to fuel their habit. Mark Fairhurst, who is on the national executive of the Prison Officer's Association, said officers are starting to fall ill after being daily exposed to the former legal...

Woolly mammoths were wiped out by a giant space rock... just like the dinosaurs, according to new research. Earth was hit by a comet less than 13,000 years ago... wiping out thousands of people and many large animals including the iconic Ice Age beast, say scientists. A fresh analysis of ancient animal carvings of birds, scorpions and snakes has confirmed the devastating strike that was so bad it triggered a mini ice age that lasted a millennium. The symbols were...

Following the sell-out success of last year’s event at the Old Town Hall building in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, The Pop-Up Picture Company will return this summer. Like last year’s event, which teamed two-courses of comfort food from two Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge with classic movie screenings, Rick Stein has been announced as this summer’s guest chef. Each set in stunning locations, the Pop-Up Picture Company’s summer launch will take place in two different surroundings. Entitled Rick Stein’s Sunset Cinema, the event will...