Tory minister’s resignation makes Boris Johnson hypocrite if he stays
Today, on Clear Air Day, the Chelsea and Fulham MP Greg Hands who has always told his constituents he would oppose athird runway at Heathrow announced that he was forced to resign as Theresa May is insisting on bringing out the whips to get the majority she needs in a vote on the airport's expansion on Monday. The minister's resignation over the Heathrow vote leaves Boris Johnson in a major pickle The Foreign Secretary has also always expressed his very...
Corsica: A week in the Isle of Beauty
Read about Jay Williams's first week in northern Corsica here We begin our second week on Corsica with a trip to St Florent, a cosmopolitan marina town known as the ‘St Tropez of Corsica’, armed with a picnic lunch. Although it’s always nice to shop local, I have to admit that the Spar stores here are amazing, with endless charcuterie choices. I found the general rule to be that the gnarlier looking the salami, the tastier, if that helps. Some...
William Wallace actor is helping campaign for a Scotland-wide Wallace Day
"Vote Wallace" message being shouted out in Glasgow city centre today (Thur) as an actor, dressed in full Braveheart regalia, encouraged people to back the Wallace
Horses ‘can read human emotions’
They combine facial expressions and voice tones to perceive our emotions, say psychologists
Dogs really can recognise how people are feeling – just from the look on their face
Research suggests that our four-legged friends know us even better than we do ourselves at times
Bin lorry driver caught this dramatic picture of a menacing storm brewing
Rich Renton, from Duns in the Scottish Borders, was driving with two colleagues on his usual collection route when the looming cloud caught his eye.
Pub man dresses as octopus to predict World Cup results
The tentacled fortune teller so far has a success rate of 64 per cent
Seneca Global Income & Growth – Cutting back on equities
Seneca Global Income & Growth - Cutting back on equities - Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust’s (SIGT’s) manager continues to expect a global recession in 2020, with a global bear market in equities in 2019. In anticipation, it laid out its strategy of gradually reducing the trust’s exposure to shares in companies and recent events have served to reinforce its view. The manager highlights the benefit of SIGT’s ability to invest across a range of different asset types, which it says...
But who will pull the pints? Hospitality leader issues dire warning about impending workforce shortages
A hospitality leader has warned that there is likely to be severe workforce shortages in the industry unless action is taken. Kris Gumbrell, CEO of Brewhouse & Kitchen, says the loss of free movement will undoubtedly cause big issues in the hospitality sector which has a heavy reliance on European workers. A KPMG report for the British Hospitality Association found that EU nationals made up more than 75 per cent of waitstaff, as well as 43 per cent of the...