Film Review: Studio 54
On April 26, 1977, Studio 54 opened its doors for the first time to crowds desperate to get the other side of the velvet ropes and past the blacked out doors that kept them out. For many, the name undoubtedly conjures up images of whirring disco balls, celebrities and the seductive allure of debauchery. Here, on the sweaty pit of the dance floor, crowds of Quaalude popping, disco-beat boppers welcomingly fell face forward into a world of vice and hedonism....
Mental health charity urges Department for Work & Pensions to delay Universal Credit roll-out
Today the National Audit Office (NAO) has released a damning report into Universal Credit (UC) – with a focus on how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has not done enough to protect and support ‘vulnerable claimants’ including disabled people and people with health conditions. The report says that because of the pressures of delivering UC, staff ‘lacked the time and ability to identify claimants who needed additional support’ and ‘felt overwhelmed by the volume of claimants reporting health...
Youngsters ‘could suffer lifelong hearing problems by listening to loud music through headphones’
Scientists, who studied more than 5,000 children aged nine to 11-years-old over three years, found one in seven of the youngsters had suffered some hearing loss
Regenerating human body parts could become a reality after a major scientific advance
A stem cell has been identified through which the humble worm regrows a head, brain or other tissue - a breakthrough that has huge potential for people.
Human brain ‘wired to prefer foods that are packed with fat and sugar’
Researchers found that its reward centre values them higher than those containing just one or other - but not both
The sunshine vitamin protects you against bowel cancer
Higher levels of vitamin D concentrations in the blood was "significantly associated" with lower bowel or colorectal cancer risk
Patient sued hospital as given breast implants without consent.
Donna Finegan-White, 44, elected to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer due to a family history of the disease.
Tiny frog trapped in amber 99 million years ago gives up its secrets under a CT scan
The tiny creature lived alongside dinosaurs in the Cretaceous
Canaltime: A relaxing break on Britain’s inland waterways
Who says that an escape to the beach is the only holiday where you can truly relax and unwind by the water? Or that you have to leave Britain to experience a completely unique family break? In our constant quest to find holiday destinations which allow us to completely de-stress and recharge our batteries, we rarely look to our own backyard for inspiration. Which is why there has never been a better opportunity to visit a CLC World Travel Centre...