The ‘Holy Grail’ of whisky will go under the hammer – estimated to fetch close to £1million
The 60-year-old Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 will be up for auction at Bonhams Whisky Sale in Edinburgh on 3 October, with offers expected from £700,000 to £900,000
Teachers threatened with daily fines unless they pay £300 to park their cars at work – TEN TIMES more than before
With parking permits fifteen times the price of residents, teaching staff are raging at the 'shocking' cost to their day.
Shift workers ‘more vulnerable to developing depression’
The discovery could lead to better personalised treatments for bipolar disorder and other forms of depression
It would take eight months to watch every new film and documentary put on Netflix
But you would need to be unemployed and avoid socialising to have the time to do it.
At least nine times more people sanctioned under Universal Credit than under old system
The Government has released statistics detailing how many people who need support from benefits are being sanctioned – having their financial support cut or stopped entirely because they’re not able to do the things that are being asked of them, such as attend appointments with a work coach or Jobcentre Plus advisor. Universal Credit (UC) is gradually replacing a combination of other benefits, including Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), provided to those who aren’t currently able to work due to a mental...
Futuristic innovations set to “transform” the NHS
'Social prescriptions', smart beds and digital programmes for diabetes are among the futuristic innovations which could transform the NHS in the near future, it has emerged. According to a new report, patients will soon be connected to social networks of people living in similar situations to learn to manage their own conditions from others who have gone through the same illness. Virtual reality could also become commonly used to help paralysed patients to walk by training with brain-controlled robotic systems....
Britain’s most bizarre health and safety rulings revealed
Not being allowed to give a colleague a paracetamol, filling out a form to use plasters and a ban on birthday cake candles are among Britain's most bizarre health and safety rules. Researchers who polled 2,000 workers also found one in five aren’t allowed to change light bulbs in their workplace. And another fifth are banned from wearing flip-flops in the office amid safety concerns. The study, conducted by international animal charity SPANA, also found some workers are only provided...
How would Prime Minister Boris Johnson govern Britain?
They're not just whispering it any more. Boris Johnson's supporters are openly talking about him as the next prime minister. Everything is going exactly as Johnson planned. His article in the Daily Telegraph caused precisely the controversy he wanted. Boris' tasteless jokes about Muslim women's attire were carefully chosen to create the maximum outrage in the right places. Demands for an apology were always going to lead to a loud defence from his allies in the media and the Tory...
Ash Dykes begins mission to walk the length of the Yangtze River
British adventurer and extreme athlete Ash Dykes has reached the Yangtze river on the Tibetan Plateau and has officially begun #MissionYangtze, his third world-first record that will see him traverse 6,437km (4,000 miles) alongside the Yangtze River on foot over the coming year. The Yangtze River is the world’s longest river to flow through a single country and has never been walked - until now. Ash will face wildly varying climates throughout his year-long trek, from freezing cold sub-zero temperatures...