Bald bloke reckons he’s created a miracle cure for baldness – in his conservatory
A bald pensioner claims he has invented a 'miracle cure' for baldness after years of home experiments. Despite his pate, Anthony Smith, 80, is 'very optimistic' he will soon have a full head of hair after perfecting his secret formula. The former lab worker for North Thames Gas began working on the product following his retirement in 1994. And he now hopes to sell the recipe after positive results testing on himself. A bald pensioner claims he has invented a...
The Fantasy Football Blog Week 24 – It’s time to save our season
Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here, Week 2 transfers & preview here, Week 3 preview here, Week 4 preview here, Week 5 preview here, Week 6 preview here, Week 7 preview here, Week 8 preview here, Week 9 preview here, Week 10 preview here, Week 11 preview here. Week 12 preview here. Week 13 preview here. Week 14 preview here. Week 15 here. Week 16 here. Week 17 here. Week 18 here. Week 19 here. Week 20 here. Week 21 here. Week...
When I started the largest independent food bank in Britain I thought it’d be a stop gap – But the government hasn’t got the message
We are almost at that time of year when the press office teams at the, increasingly corporate, food bank operators pump out the annual reports and latest figures for the millions who were helped by their food bank operation in 2017 .Their figure will give the main stream news the headline for the day. Film crews will be sent to the nation’s establishment food banks to report on the ever increasing numbers. Viewers and listeners will, as they do at...
Getaway driver with no legs jailed for leading police on 90mph car chases
He used hand operated rods attached to the accelerator and brake pedals to steer the vehicles - but crashed them on both occasions
Man jailed for stealing £26K of chairs that police were “too busy” to investigate
Business owner Jack Whiteley, 69, captured perfect CCTV of thieves making off with garden furniture - even noting down the licence plate of the van they were taken in
Watch – Unknown ‘supercolony’ of 1.5m penguins discovered in Antarctica
A previously unknown ”supercolony” of Adélie penguins has been discovered in the Antarctic, living on the Danger Islands, located off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The islands are both incredibly remote and surrounded by thick sea ice.In total there were 751,527 pairs of penguins living on the islands – more than the rest of the Antarctic Peninsula combined. “Until recently, the Danger Islands weren’t known to be an important penguin habitat,” said Professor Heather Lynch, an ecologist at Stony Brook University who co-led...
Alright for some! MPs to get 1.8% pay rise – to £77,379…almost double what public sector staff received
It might be freezing outside but the most bitter you are likely to feel, is knowing your MP has just got a pay rise. From 2018/19 they will take home a 1.8 pay rise, taking their pay to a chunky £77,379 a year, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said. Last year MPs only got a 1.4% pay rise, so they will be lining their pockets even more in the next round of pay hikes. Our MPs salaries will have risen...
This car won’t be going anywhere today, after it was turned into a block of ice by a burst water pipe
This Londoner won't be able to drive to work today (Fri) - because their car was trapped in a block of ICE. The frozen motor was left unidentifiable after being turned into a block of ice by a burst water pipe. This Londoner won't be able to drive to work today (Fri) - because their car was trapped in a block of ICE. Workers were scrambled this morning to repair the pipe, but the car, in Tower Hamlets, east London,...