How I became homeless in London
Alan’s story: I’m from Sunderland. My background is pretty chaotic. My father was put in prison for life. He was absent when I was little and we really only ever saw him in prison. My Nan was lovely and my main carer – she brought up me, my sister and brother and a cousin. My mum has been there throughout my life. She wasn’t a drug user or drinker but she just couldn’t cope with kids. When I look back...
The Weekly Cocktail Recipe: Patrón New Fashioned
In 2016, UK tequila sales reached a record £173 million, driven by an increased interest in higher end agave-spirits. Tequila has seen such an exponential rise in popularity in recent years that Mexico is currently undergoing an agave plant shortage, as reported by Reuters earlier this year. Once synonymous with shot glasses, salt and lime; tequila has become a popular cocktail component in bars across the globe, with particular focus on ultra premium spirits. With this, it’s perhaps unsurprising that...
Mother mourns her four ‘angels’ killed in an arson attack
Demi Pearson, 15, and her younger siblings Brandon, eight, Lacie, seven, and three-year-old Lia died in a house fire
Watch – Baby turtles ‘almost four times as likely to die from eating plastic than adults’
Post mortems on almost 1,000 dead turtles found more than half of babies - and about a quarter of juveniles - had swallowed plastic, compared to just one in seven adults
Watch Historic Remainer – Devon & Cornwall were once part of France
They can sometimes seem like being in a different country and now geologists believe that Devon and Cornwall were once part of France. Their theory comes after studying the chemical profile of the west country counties' rocks which have more in common with France than the rest of the UK. For centuries scientists thought England, Wales and Scotland were created by the merger of two land masses, Avalonia and Laurentia more than 400 million years ago. Then the continents on...
Investment companies roundup – September 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. September Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in August GRIT Real Estate Income floated on the UK Stock Exchange in August. Of the $449m of its market capitalisation, it raised an additional $132m for the float. Scottish Mortgage Trust, Baillie Gifford...
Economic round up – September 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – September 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital. QuotedData’s Economic round up – September 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies...
Teenager sentenced for killing a seagull with an airgun
Edward Mosley, from Newquay, Cornwall, appeared at Truro Crown Court
Politicians with wide faces are regarded as more corrupt
The finding adds to previous studies suggesting men with wide faces have higher levels of testosterone - and are more likely to consider cheating on their partners.