As a web designer, you need to be ahead of the curve in terms of digital trends and changes to the all-important Google search engine. Every web designer optimises websites to rank highly on Google, so it is important to be in the know of the latest changes, as well as the ones that are coming in the next few months. So far in 2018, we have already seen updates to combat the 'fake news' epidemic. Low-quality, spammy content now...

A corrupt police officer who stashed half a million pounds worth of seized drugs at his home has been ordered to pay back just £135,000 today (Tues). Disgraced inspector Keith Boots, 55, had his assets seized after he stashed enough narcotics at his home "to keep a 1970s rockstar and his band entertained''. Boots, along with his son Ashley Boots, 30, appeared via video link from Doncaster prison, South Yorks., in Leeds Crown Court today (Tues). Boots had been jailed...

The government has launched a recruitment drive for nurses in the Caribbean despite ongoing concerns over the treatment of the Windrush generation. Nurses from Jamaica are to be targeted as potential recruits for the health service, the government has revealed, in its latest move to try and help mitigate the UK’s nursing recruitment crisis by looking overseas. It shows hallmarks of the years following the Second World War, when the British government began to encourage mass immigration from the countries of...

A six-year-old refused to accept defeat after bullies told her: "You can't play football, you're a girl” -- which resulted in her leading out England Women for a World Cup qualifier. Jessie Adams had initially joined in a small-sided game on the field during lunchtime but was told to stop playing after tackling another pupil. She returned home in tears to her shocked parents who took to social media to tell of their daughter's ordeal. The Sheffield United-mad youngster has...

Ex-Premier League footballer Brian Deane remained tight-lipped over speculation he’s part of an English-based consortium in talks to buy Chesterfield Football Club. The striker, capped three times by England, dodged questions about the potential takeover bid, saying: “I can’t really comment at this point.” Chesterfield, which is on the brink of relegation from League Two, has been put up for sale by owner Dave Allen and a deal was agreed with a Chinese firm before Christmas. However, it is understood...

A prolific swindler has been jailed for assuming the identity of a dead man to illegally claim almost £100,000 in benefits. Robert Lewis, 61, had a false driving licence and National Insurance number in the name of Mark Shales, a court heard. He was paid around £20,000 a year through a combination of benefits from Exeter City Council and the Department for Work and Pensions. But it turned out that Mr Shales had died in Jersey in 1995 aged 33....

Following a week when the Conservatives were publicly outed for institutional racism and systematic poverty peddling the cartoon doing the rounds on social media depicted crowds of people gawping at the royal family's latest arrival as a homeless baby goes unnoticed on the street. With the political arena reaching fever pitch over the upcoming months it comes as a poignant reminder of how the big issues are easily buried in Britain, and for every piece of doomsday legislation that lies...

Students at a university are clashing over LIBRARY seats - as they battle to finish their dissertations. Undergraduates are reporting seeing furious rows over chair availability as deadlines approach. University of Bristol student Rob Angel tweeted after seeing two fellow student clash over a seat in the uni's Arts and Social Sciences Library (ASSL). He wrote: "Just seen a full blown argument between two students over a seat in the library. The end is near!" And the Bristol University Library's...

A top QC took £75 from his chamber's funds to pay for private treatment when his daughter got a splinter in her finger, an employment tribunal heard. And when fellow barrister Karen Gillard leaked the story about Anthony Metzer, QC, to website Legal Cheek she was sacked, the hearing was told. Miss Gillard, deputy treasurer at Goldsmith Chambers, told the tribunal how Mr Metzer would employ family members and their friends and pay them more than other interns. She said...