Our beloved pets can be a delight to be around, but dealing with the hair they leave on the seats, floors, clothes and other surfaces around the home can be less than amusing. If, like other people, you have found cleaning up pet hair to be a huge challenge, there is plenty you can do about it. And this doesn’t involve debating whether or not having a pet was a good idea in the first place. Here are some ideas...

Dogs could be used to study obesity in humans after it was discovered that their gut harbours similar genetic material. Researchers found that the gene content of the dog microbiome showed many similarities to humans and was more similar to ours than the microbiome of pigs or mice. This microbiome, the combined genetic material of the microorganisms, have more similar genes and responses to diet in humans and dogs than established before. Dr Luis Pedro Coelho and colleagues from the...

Shipyards in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea and Spain now eyeing up critical defence contract, GMB investigation reveals GMB, the union for shipbuilding workers, today said in the aftermath of the blue passports fiasco, Ministers must reverse their decision to put a crucial £1 billion order for three new military support ships out to non-UK bidders. New Fleet Solid Support ships are needed to service the UK’s £6.3 billion Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and their strikeforce of new...

Goddamn, how good was DOOM? The 2016 imagining was far better than it had any right to be and is still talked about as one of the best FPS's releases in recent times. But more than the gore, the gameplay and the all-round kick-assness of donning the Doomslayer garb again, it was Mick Gordon's grinding, unrelenting soundtrack, which perfectly adapted to your actions as you ripped and tore your way through demon-infested Mars, descending into the belly of hell itself....

  This week the Undercover Policing Inquiry finally releases the cover name used by the most notorious of the police spies that infiltrated anti-racist organisations during the explosion of anger sparked by the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and at the time of the subsequent Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. This officer, referred to as N81 and part of the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) operated under the name of 'Dave Hagan.' Movement for Justice (MFJ) was one of the organisations he was sent to...

Venue: 02 Forum Kentish Town, London 13.4.18 Photos: Graham Berry ( Black Tea Photography) Dutch symphonic metallers Epica barrelled into town last week in a shroud of searing light, gigaintic riffage and sweeping orchestration. TLE tog Graham Berry was on the barrier to capture the action as Simone Simons lead the braying room through fresh cuts from The Holographic Principle. Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica Epica The Holographic Principle is out now on Nuclear Blast Find...

  Last night a general debate on anti-Semitism took place in the House of Commons. A debate which really ought not be necessary in 2018. Anti-semitism should have been consigned to the dustbin of history a long time ago. But sadly, it was necessary. Anti-Semitism is a problem across British society. According to data from Campaign Against Anti-Semitism 2016 saw the highest number of anti-Semitic crimes ever recorded, a 45% increase since 2014. Much of today’s debate focused on anti-Semitism...

Frank Cochran, 60, used a Taser to terrify his victim who was left an emotional wreck after years of abuse

Although best known for brewing ‘the black stuff’, an experimental Guinness brewery has existed at St. James’s Gate in Dublin for over 100 years. The latest in a line of the brand's experimental breweries, Guinness Open Gate Brewery was set up with an aim for brewers to explore new ideas and develop small batch beers to be served in the onsite tap room. Beers selected for further development are then brewed in greater quantities in Brew House 4 at St....