A drivable armchair has been spotted on the streets of London as part of an innovative stunt aimed at armchair gamers. The armchair was spotted next to the London Eye, crossing the Millennium Bridge and wreaking havoc in Piccadilly Circus before coming to rest in Covent Garden and revealing a character akin to 'The Stig' from Top Gear. The stunt seems to be a Saints Row conception who are leaving fans in eager anticipation for something to come in 2015, although precisely...

UK-founded ecommerce conversion company Ve has been forced to expand outside of the UK due to a skills shortage in the country. The company has opened a major new office in Madrid and an engineering hub in Bilbao due to the shortage of highly-skilled developers in London. The Madrid office will employ 25 people and 60 developers will be hired in Bilbao by March, with more than 200 applications for each position in Bilbao been received since the decision to move was...

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Earlier this week Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers were handed transfer embargoes until the end of the season for failing to adhere to the Financial Fair Play regulations regarding acceptable losses for during the last accounting period. In reality, none of these clubs will face a true embargo as they will all be allowed to sign players under restricted circumstances.  Namely, if they have fewer than 24 "established" players- established...

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport Sports policy and law have become increasingly popular in recent years.  Financial fair-play has been recognised as a major topic in the world of football.  Noy Shani investigates how can this be enforced, who is responsible for providing the solutions, what the role of academia is and what challenges exist for policy makers, politicians and researchers alike. Football clubs and fans have become aware of the financial risks and constraints that have...

By Spence Homes Arriving at Watergate Bay Hotel I took in the two-mile stretch of beach in North Cornwall that presents one of the best surf and kitesurfing breaks in the country. The beach is on the doorstep of the hotel, thus the hotel is nestled among the rocks and has unspoilt views of the bay. The bay. The hotel, comfortably modern, white and blue against the cliff face, was once an RAF Officers’ Mess that fell into disrepair. Then,...

A foodie weekend in Cornwall: Merchants Manor. By Spence Homes I travelled to Falmouth, Cornwall to stay at Merchants Manor, a premier country house hotel ideally positioned to explore the Cornish Riviera by land and sea. If we think of food and Cornwall we probably think of Cornish pasties, incredibly creamy ice cream and perhaps the odd bit of seafood, with many of our memories being more about the bucket and spade, sand and sea, if not incredible cliff side...

Sport News 24/7 By Catherine Dow  @CatDow  @TLE_Sport Sebastien Buemi won this Saturday’s Formula-E race in Punta del Este, Uruguay.  The e.dams Renault driver clinched the victory after capitalising on Jean-Eric Vergne’s suspension struggles.  Buemi fought hard for the win, locking his rears in an attempt to pass Nelson Piquet Jnr. in the early stages.  Later, the Swiss driver cut the chicane fighting to defend against Vergne, but he was gifted the win as the Frenchman developed a suspension issue...

The meter has long been the cornerstone of a fair and functioning taxi industry in London but finds itself under siege by a 21st century shake-up in the form of m-commerce which has placed the meter in the pocket of the consumer. The legality of minicabs that use Uber as a fare meter has been the cause of uproar amongst London’s brotherhood of cabbies. Private prosecutions have been launched, strikes called and the transport authority has been inundated with a...

By Stephen Mayne @finalreel It’s been thirteen years since Peter Jackson and his team first introduced their vision of Middle Earth to us. Now it looks like they’ve finally left the stage they borrowed from Tolkien and made their own. The Battle of the Five Armies proves a fitting conclusion, a gaudy exercise in excess that revels in all the strengths and weaknesses of its two predecessors. Jackson’s instincts were always right. This is the story of Thorin and Bilbo,...