Workers demand answers from Jacob Rees-Mogg as passport production is shipped from his “own back yard”
Workers in Bathford have demanded answers from local MP Jacob Rees-Mogg after the decision was made to ship production of the UK's new blue passports to Europe. GMB, the union for De La Rue workers, is demanding Jacob Rees-Mogg stand up for workers at the firm which currently make British passports - from attack by his own Government. De La Rue which has a manufacturing site at Bathford in Rees-Mogg’s North East Somerset seat, has held the contract to manufacture British...
This is the Cambridge Analytica page Leave.EU don’t want you to see
A web page linking Leave.EU to Cambridge Analytica has been leaked online after being deleted in the wake of the Facebook scandal. The data-mining company was exposed by whistleblower Christopher Wylie in the Observer for harvesting 50 million social media profiles of US voters which was used by Donald Trump's adviser Steve Bannon in the election. But Brexit links to the firm have largely been buried until now, with this Guardian article currently the subject of a legal complaint on behalf of...
Parents – ditch tech and hang out with your kids on holiday
Kids want their parents to ditch their phones, spend less time worrying about work - and stop taking embarrassing snaps of them when they are on holiday, a study has found. A poll of 1,000 6-12-year-olds found youngsters also reckon mum and dad spend too much time reading books by the pool instead of having fun and take too many naps. But the poll, by Marella Cruises, found children are most annoyed by parents who insist on making them wear excessive...
Congratulations, you’re going to waste TWO WHOLE YEARS of your life
Watching kettles boil, waiting for buses and standing in line at the post office - it all adds up in the end to a considerable chunk of wasted time! The average Brit spends the equivalent of more than TWO YEARS of their lives 'killing time', it has emerged. Researchers found we typically waste 42 minutes a day waiting for everything from friends to buses and trains. Standing in a queue at the supermarket and sitting in traffic also leave us...
Film Review: Unsane
Shot on an iPhone7 Plus, and costing just over $1 million to make, Steven Soderbergh’s latest feature film Unsane is a ballsy & brave foray into thriller territory from a director who has never been afraid of pushing the boundaries, and making do with what is available to him in the pursuit of innovative projects. Staring Claire Foy (The Crown) as a young woman who finds herself involuntarily committed to a mental institution, Unsane manages to offer a truly riveting,...
Film Review: Pacific Rim – Uprising
Fans of watching big robots and Kaiju-style monsters hitting each other repeatedly, destroying everything around them for good measure, rejoice! Everyone else, you might want to sit this one out, because if you were expecting anything resembling a coherent story from the follow up to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 blockbuster behemoth Pacific Rim, then you will be sorely disappointed. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight, and starring John Boyega - who incidentally is also credited as producer on the movie -...
Scientists have discovered a way of making naughty food healthy
Scientists at Anglia Ruskin University are carrying out research that promises to make some of our favourite processed foods healthier. A talk in Cambridge this Saturday, dubbed "Burgers, bacteria and heart disease: Making sense of the processed food debate", will unveil how some of the nation's most loved meals could become far less harmful. Dr Erridge has discovered that many processed foods contain chemicals that cause our immune systems to be over-activated. Molecules called PAMPs (pathogen associated molecular pattern) are released...
Syrian pop-up restaurant launched in Shoreditch to raise funds for children’s hospital
A new pop-up kitchen has launched in the heart of London Shoreditch to raise funds for a children’s hospital in Syria. Run by Syrian refugee Imad Alarnab and charity Help Refugees, Imad’s Choose Love Kitchen invites customers to ‘experience the true taste of Syria’. Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the famous flower market on Columbia Road, the new restaurant serves a traditional 3-course Syrian meal, cooked by one of the most famous chefs from Damascus. All the...
Is AI about to raise the standard of concierge living?
By Tom Shrive The robots are rising. Artificial intelligence (AI) powered smart home assistants - like Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana, Google Home/Now and Amazon Echo/Alexa - are working their way into our everyday lives. AI is becoming more appealing across the board, completing simple tasks such as checking the weather, ordering groceries, or arranging your calendar. AI is rapidly developing in sophistication and it won't be long before these assistants can contact British Gas to schedule boiler checks or have...