News
The latest local and national UK and International news.
Odds slashed on Tory leadership contest to take place amid coup talk
Bookmakers have been forced to slash the odds of a Conservative leadership contest taking place, amid reports that a Tory coup is being plotted. Paddy Power make it 15/8, in from 3/1 yesterday, that a leadership contest will take place this year following a series of large and sustained bets. This comes as pressure mounts on Theresa May, with many Tory MP’s said to be in “open revolt” against her position. And, since the news, Boris Johnson has been by far the most...
“It’s appalling to place all responsibility on unwell people” Corbyn highlights Universal Credit issues in PMQs
Today (Wednesday 12 September 2018) in Prime Minister’s Questions Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn mentioned mental health charity Mind while talking about Government plans to move more than 2 million people on existing benefits over to Universal Credit. Under these proposals disabled people currently getting ESA (Employment and Support Allowance) will receive a letter informing them that their benefits will be stopped and asking them to make a new claim to Universal Credit. The proposals suggest people will be given between one and...
Earliest evidence of a drawing by humans found in cave…and it’s a LONG time ago
The find - at Blombos Cave in the Southern Cape area of South Africa - predates previous drawings from Africa, Europe and Southeast Asia by at least 30,000 years
New plant species discovered in museum ‘already extinct’
The stunning flower is an especially rare discovery as it belongs to a group called mycoheterotrophs
Jägerbombed! Wetherspoons bans various EU spirits
JD Wetherspoon have decided to no longer sell Jägermeister (a herbal liqueur from Germany, French brandy Courvoisie and French brandy Hennessy Fine de Cognac. They will offer more drinks from the UK in a bid to crack down on drinks which come from the EU. The move is said to lead to lower prices across its 880 pubs from September 26. So no more Jagerbombs to regret the next day. Wetherspoon has already replaced Champagne with sparkling wines from the...
Switzerland ‘running out of snow – due to global warming’
Art satellite data suggests the popular ski destination, featuring the spectacular Swiss Alps, is melting - and has lost almost 20 per cent of its snow
Why keeping honeybees might not be always be a good idea
The fashion for having a hive in the garden or on rooftops has done "more harm than good" because honeybees are less efficient pollinators than wild bees
One city accounts for half of the top 10 highest claiming unemployment benefits areas in the UK
Five areas of the city feature prominently among a league table of constituencies with the highest proportion of claimants.
Humans are the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom, here’s why
The evolutionary development enabled our ancestors to come out of the forests and survive the arid savannahs of Africa, say scientists.