Brain stimulation ‘may reduce food cravings’
Researchers found that stimulating the brain to alter its natural reward system shows "promise" in the treatment of obesity
Young man stabbed to death in south London “was homeless”
Police say the victim was found with multiple stab wounds in Mitcham
Celebrity chef’s restaurant given one-star hygiene rating after dirt and mould found in food preparation area
Marco Pierre White Steakhouse, Bar & Grill Birmingham was given a zero rating in 2014
Shocking images show McDonald’s balloons washed up on European coastlines at a rate of nearly one a day
Campaign group Blue Planet Society compiled the images to lobby the fast food chain to scrap balloons in addition to ditching single us plastic.
Man dies three days after being repeatedly stabbed in London street
Osman Shidane, 20, attacked in Ruislip, west London on Tuesday evening but died in hospital on Friday.
Flashbacks to ‘93: Cliffhanger
In 1993, Sylvester Stallone was going through, shall we say, a challenging period. He’d had a few box office disappointments. The Rocky series seemed to have played itself out with 1990’s poorly received fifth entry, and Stallone had attempted to shift into comedy, making disastrous choices in Oscar and Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot! The latter is one of Hollywood’s great practical jokes, as Stallone’s longtime box office rival Arnold Schwarzenegger pretended to be interested in making the film...
Who are the real terrorists in Gaza?
What is a terrorist? Someone who uses violence or intimidation for political ends? Noam Chomsky's remark ”It's only terrorism if they do it to us" points to the reason the UN have never been able to agree a definition – western governments and their allies routinely use violence and intimidation to coerce and demoralise civilians. The Israeli government's answer to this linguistic quandary is to invert the meaning of the word. According to Minister of Strategic Affairs, Gilad Erdan, the...
First there was fake news. Now – with the launch of The Bespokist Society Guide to London – there’s fake travel made genuinely funny
In 2017 the concept of ‘fake news’ swept the world and became the Collins word of the year. Now in 2018 a new book takes the concept a step further – fake travel which readers will be desperate to believe is real. The Bespokist Society - a mysterious collective based in a biospheric winery - takes readers on a tour of London’s hippest hangouts from pampering bottom parlours to herbal dance venues, via 24-hour hanger shops and roving Marmite trucks....
SnowPak Invests in Offline to Dominate the Online Snow Travel Market
According to Pew Research Center, millennials comprise 35% of the US workforce, as well as being the largest generation of consumers. This means that they have the means to pay for what they want. Young people aged 17-34 today will spend more than $200 billion annually starting in 2017, and $10 trillion in their lifetimes. At the same time, technology has flooded their lives with information that’s readily available but often impersonal or inaccurate. Success is often driven by popularity over...