The Home Office was responsible for destroying thousands of landing card slips recording Windrush immigrants’ arrival dates in the UK, a former employee has revealed. Despite warnings that the move would make it harder to check the records of older Caribbean-born residents experiencing residency difficulties, it was decided in 2010 to destroy the disembarkation cards, which dated back to the 1950s and 60s, when the Home Office’s Whitgift Centre in Croydon was closed and the staff were moved to another site. According...

A city dubbed the 'Curry capital of Britain' is in a right pickle - after it was discovered that its rivers are being POLLUTED by the popular Indian dish. An underground river which flows through Bradford, West Yorks, became stained yellow from food waste dumped by local curry houses. The problem lies with Bradford’s ancient plumbing system which means age-old buildings often dump their waste into its subterranean becks One of the major culprits are Indian catering businesses whose washing-up...

Andy Anokye, 31, is accused of raping four women as well as charges of false imprisonment and ABH

The history of the shuffleboard game dates back to 15th century England. Back then, it was known as shove ha’penny - a pub game where players would shove silver pennies across a wooden table. In time, the game became more popular and started appearing in country houses across England. Three centuries later, the English colonies in North America were playing the shuffleboard game. But shuffleboard hasn’t been relegated to the history books, as it’s seen a resurgence in recent times...

When it comes to the world of cryptocurrencies, Ethereum is not far behind Bitcoin. In fact, this decentralised system offers a number of different properties and advantages when you buy Ethereum compared to Bitcoin. With its implementation across several businesses Ethereum is set to continue to grow and so now is the perfect time to invest. Despite this, many are still uncertain whether Ethereum is really better than Bitcoin and if its offerings outweigh that of the cryptocurrency making headlines....

Jeremy Corbyn says the Conservatives "don't want you to vote" in the upcoming elections after the party refrained from posting anything about the looming deadline for registrations. You are required to register by 17 April to vote in the local and mayoral elections in England on 3 May, but the Tories have yet to send out any reminders about the cut-off. That's in stark contrast to the elections in 2016, when they sent out a prominent warning on their Facebook...

Do you have what it takes to start up a new business? - Try our quiz below. These top 20 challenges that a study of 500 entrepreneurs found were the toughest to conquer for a new business. Nearly one-fifth of those polled said they worked a minimum of 13-hours every day in their first year of setting up their business, with seven per cent slaving away for 16 hours or more every day. One entrepreneur confessed the hardest thing about...

A cheeky artist has added their own unique touch to a town highlighting a number of potholes - by drawing bright yellow penises around them. Bright yellow penises painteed around potholes in Haverhill, Suffolk The vigilante graffiti artist, whose identity remains a secret, has drawn the penises in many shapes and sizes in what seems to be a call for action. Pictures show clusters of potholes, each painted with fluorescent yellow phallus, in Haverhill, Suffolk. Bright yellow penises painteed around...

Venue: The Black Heart, London Date: 11.4.18 Support: Future Love, Wallflower Photos: Graham Berry (@BlkTPhotography) Angular alt-rockers Press to MECO played a killer album set at Camden’s Black Heart last week to celebrate the launch of their second album Here’s to the Fatigue. They even brought rising stars Wallflower and Future Love along for support, who brought the house down in their own right.   Future Love Future Love Future Love Wallflower Wallflower Wallflower Press To MECO Press To MECO...