New research has unearthed a series of shocking stories of London business owners who have been forced out of their premises because of spiralling rents, with one committing suicide after a 200 per cent rent increase. 230 small businesses have united to call on London politicians to join them in confronting the capital’s affordable workspace crisis. Members of the East End Trades Guild will meet the Hackney and Tower Hamlets mayors on Tuesday and ask them to commit to their agenda​....

Donald Trump boasted that he received 52 per cent of the female vote in the 2016 election even though he was running against a woman last night. The claims, which we aired during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, have quickly been marked as false - with people quick to point out that the stat is based on the number of white women who voted. According to Washington Post the exit poll shows he got only 41 per cent of the...

Though New World wines are undoubtedly punching with the best in 2018, I’ve always been enamoured with Old World reds – particularly Italian. Of course, South America produces some outstanding bottles (Chilean Carmènère, Argentinian Malbec), some English sparkling wines have begun to seriously compete French Champagne and New Zealand is quickly becoming the home of Sauvignon Blanc. But there’s just something about Italian reds which reaffirms my belief that - as Ernest Hemingway said - “wine is the most civilised...

A vicar has become the first to be banned from the ministry for 'spiritual abuse' - for putting a teenage boy he was mentoring under "unacceptable pressure". Reverend Timothy Davis preached to the lad with such intensity that he was "deprived of his freedom of choice", the Bishop's Disciplinary Tribunal found. He began mentoring the 15-year-old after moving in with his family in 2013 and held private one-to-one prayer sessions that would last up to two hours. His family allowed...

A second 1066 invasion is set to go ahead after a delegation from Normandy plans to descend on Bristol in a bid to poach businesses opposed to Brexit The French special envoy will arrive in Bristol next week with a large bus brandishing a faux-classified advert stating: “Hot Entrepreneur Wanted. Someone allergic to post-Brexit tariffs, legislation and restrictions preferred”. It is part of a campaign which will also run mocked-up front page stories on several national newspapers including The Times,...

A campaigning farmer is demanding the terms "pig-out" and "eat like a pig" are removed from the dictionary - claiming they're unfair and offensive to the animals. Fergus Howie, 43, has written to the Oxford English Dictionary to demand that the "derogatory" terms are removed or redefined. The term "pig-out" is defined as "a bout of eating a large amount of food e.g 'a junk food pig-out'". But he says that despite the stereotype, pigs are no greedier than any...

Ticketing outlet and event guide Skiddle have announced they will be partnering with Safe Gigs For Women; working together to combat sexual harassment and assault at live music events. The partnership will see Skiddle championing and supporting Safe Gigs For Women, aiming to reduce the number of cases of sexual harassment at gigs, club nights and music festivals by taking part in a series of campaigns, awareness raising events and fundraising activities. Whilst Safe Gigs For Women are established in their work with...

An eco-friendly woman is so green she doesn't even own a bin - and fits all her monthly waste into a JAM JAR. Canny Adele Morgan, 23, recycles virtually everything and generates hardly any rubbish. She turns all her food into compost, makes her own toothpaste, cleans her home with vinegar and orange peels and uses pillow cases as shopping bags. Adele uses coconut oil as a moisturizer and make-up remover and her toothbrush is made of bamboo. The brush...

A woman sparked debate after criticising children who used her household bin to throw away rubbish. Posting on a Facebook group, the woman said: “Bins outside someone’s front door are not public bins.” But other social media users hit back and said the children should be praised for using bins rather than dropping litter. The woman wrote: "Just a reminder. Bins outside someone’s front door are not public bins. “Allowing your child to put their rubbish in our bin is...