Scunthorpe and Wigan are among some of the unlikely places to be enjoying a tourism boost on the back of the UK heatwave. With temperatures set to reach record highs the number of Brits flocking to UK destinations has increased exponentially. Traditional seaside towns Southend-on-Sea, Margate, Scarborough and St Ives are all seeing a surge in popularity. Southend-on-Sea has seen train bookings to the town for July and August up an incredible 210 per cent compared to the same period...

Felix Randau delivers with his satisfying, Chalcolithic revenge thriller Iceman. For those who have been waiting on a wing and a prayer for part two of The Revenant, Iñàrritu’s two and half hour DiCaprio driven epic about a fur trading frontiersmanslogging his way through the wilds of North American after being mauled by a bear to seek revenge on the man who killed his son, the wait may well be over.  Felix Randau’s Iceman is leaner, if not quite meaner,...

For decades, the Soviet Union was the staple movie boogeyman. Spy films, sci-fi, action movies and more often had an accented bad guy from mother Russia (or an alien analogue for one), the spectre of the all encompassing evil of communism. Then Rocky punched communism and over the next few years it began to crumble, first the Berlin wall, then the USSR itself. Culture moved on, we found new boogeymen. Now though, Russia is back in the news, espionage is...

Theresa May's Chequers plan has fallen at the first hurdle after the EU's chief negotiator ruled out allowing the UK to collect customs duties on its behalf. Michel Barnier said the UK wanted to "take back control" of its money, law and borders - but so did the EU. He said the EU would not delegate "excises duty collection to a non-member", effectively sabotaging the compromised plan May put to the cabinet earlier this month. Although both he and the new...

There is currently something of a crisis that has the potential to affect every business across the UK – there is a shortage of individuals with expertise in cyber security. This cyber security skills gap is serious; it has been predicted that the worldwide need for cyber security jobs is expected to reach 6 million jobs by 2019, but that only 4.5 million people will have the necessary skills and qualifications. Here are some important ways that your business can...

Yet spending just ten minutes with them boosts their mental wellbeing

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First mapping of global marine wilderness shows just how little remains

Elisha Greig, 19, has spent the last five years being a part of PSYV in Aberdeen.