Knives out over Nornickel
Environmental groups are upping the pressure on Whitehall to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), with the Green Alliance urging the government last week to ban petrol and diesel cars by 2030. That highly ambitious timeframe for phasing out combustion engines would do wonders for reducing air pollution. Unfortunately, it also assumes everything is rosy on the supply side. As the ongoing saga surrounding Russia’s Nornickel (formerly known as Norilsk Nickel) should make clear, adequate supplies of the metals...
The benefits of pilates
Are you looking for a full-body sport? Do you want to rejuvenate your body? The only option to achieve this is pilates, unlike bodybuilding exercises, which focuses on working the entire body part to the same type. Pilates exercises improve muscle strength through balanced development. In addition, flexibility and range of motion in muscles and joints. Many people see pilates as an exercise of rehabilitation, rest and relaxation. But the truth is that it serves as the basis of any...
Enough is enough – I have suffered anti-Semitism first hand, and the last thing we need is grandstanding
By Ariel Moshe, co-founder of Jewish Voice UK Yesterday, on the 26th March 2018, people gathered in London’s Parliament Square under the #EnoughIsEnough tagline. The gathering was in protest at the Labour party’s perceived anti-Semitism problem. The protest was called for jointly by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council, to coincide with them delivering a letter to the Parliamentary Labour Party. Now firstly we need to address the issue of whether or not Labour does actually...
ZAND added to Loud Women Fest 2018
Self-confessed "ugly" popstar ZAND has been announced to play at this year's Loud Women Fest. The one-day festival takes places at both The Dome and Boston Music Room in Tufnell Park on Saturday 15 September 2018. Speaking about the festival, ZAND says: "I'm so excited to be on the bill for a festival with such an important message, along with playing alongside some of the sickest female and non-binary punk bands about in music at the moment! Feminism is lit." Known online for speaking out...
Everyone should read the Migration Advisory Committee’s first report into the UK labour market and Brexit to dispel some dangerous myths
Despite the atmosphere of fear created in the Brexit debate: European workers in general do NOT take British jobs. They do NOT drive down wages or undercut minimum wages. They are less inclined to come to the UK in the current climate. Our economy is set to suffer if fewer arrive to work here. This could also lead to shrinking populations in some regions of the UK. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) interim report into the effects of Brexit on...
Parts of the Amazon thought uninhabited were actually home to up to a million people
Parts of the Amazon previously thought to have been almost uninhabited were really home to thriving populations of up to a million people, new research shows. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that there were hundreds of villages in the rainforest away from major rivers, and they were home to different communities speaking varied languages who had an impact on the environment around them. Huge parts of the Amazon are still unexplored by archaeologists, particularly areas away from major rivers. People had...
Florists create the world’s first bouquet made out of cheese and biscuits
A florist has teamed up with innovative cheese specialists Norseland to create the world's first bouquet made out of cheese and biscuits. The bouquet, which consists of ten mini Jarlsberg cheeses, five packs of Peter's Yard biscuits and the new edition of handmade straw chicks, was sculpted by the Oxfordshire florist and has an RRP of £30. It also features stunning foliage including different varieties of eucalyptus, ruscus and thlaspi. Lisa Harrison, Senior Brand Manager at Norseland said: "We were inundated with...
Journalist crushed to death as “deliberately” mowed down by truck after exposing alleged political and mafia links to mining
The family of tragic Sandeep Sharma, 35, claim he asked police for protection
“continue to fight for improved fire safety in all high rises,” says Lab MP after six fire engines rushed to flats blaze
An MP has renewed her pledge to fight for improved fire safety in high rise tower blocks after a blaze caused the evacuation of a block of flats. Leeds MP Rachel Reeves has campaigned for improved inspections and safety at the city’s residential blocks. The Leeds West MP said: “My thoughts go out to residents in Poplar Court after the very worrying fire reported earlier this morning. Six fire engines have rushed to the scene of a fire which engulfed...