Selfish driver completely blocks ambulance by parking on double yellow lines just inches away from the rear door ramp
This selfish driver blocked an ambulance when they parked on double yellow lines – just inches away from a ramp used by paramedics to carry patients on board. Shocked paramedics tweeted snaps of the maroon Nissan which pulled up as the crew went into a house to help a poorly patient. The ambulance had its back doors wide open and the ramp was clearly down when the car was casually left on double yellow lines. Paramedics have released photographs of...
“New” RBS unit contains almost 100% of senior staff from old business that would “let customers hang themselves”
The scandal at RBS doesn’t look like it will over anytime soon after a powerful parliamentary committee discovered more worrying business practices. They said that the vast majority of managers at scandal hit RBS restructuring group, GRG, were handed jobs back in a “new” company, supposedly breaking from past issues. The new unit was set up after the unethical practices at GRG had been exposed, for example one memo to staff said “let customers hang themselves.” GRG was supposed to...
Donald Trump “overwhelmingly backed” to serve a second term as President
Donald Trump is overwhelmingly backed to be re-elected in 2020 after he announced he would run again. Even with a multitude of candidates offered by bookies, the 71-year-old is trumping the market with a total of 58 per cent of all bets on him to be re-elected in the last hour. Odds have been cut on Trump reaffirming his position from 5/2 into 15/8, suggesting an implied 28 per cent chance of winning to a 34 per cent chance of...
20 film adaptions that are, in fact, better than the book
The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins and Jurassic Park are among the book-to-movie adaptations Brits prefer in film-form, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 adults found that after reading the book and seeing the story unfold on the big screen, many were won over by the movie version of classic tales. Other stories people preferred to watch rather than read include Jaws and Forrest Gump. The 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Mary Poppins...
Dog owners will play over 2,000 rounds of fetch in their lifetime
Dog owners trek more than 1,000 miles, play 2,080 rounds of fetch – and call their pet’s name 3,120 times while walking them each year, a study has found. Exercising their dog will also result in owners having 1,040 conversations with other animal lovers a year with the average pooch spending 17 minutes of each walk off the lead. But owners will also have to untangle their dog’s lead more than 1,000 times and put up with 1,040 arguments –...
Film Review: Game Night
Coming off a string of Daddy's Home 2, Bad Moms' Christmas and The House, a Febraury release "WASPs in a pickle" comedy was a sign of oncoming dread to me. As it happens, Game Night is unashamedly huge fun that drags the American middle-class comedy from the gutter. It's love at first sight for Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams), their highly competitive nature bringing them together. When they can't conceive, blame is placed on Max feeling inadequate against...
Donald Trump to announce he will run for re-election in 2020
Breaking: Reports are emerging that Donald Trump is set to officially announce that he will stand again in the 2020 Presidential race. He is also expected to announce that his campaign manager will be Brad Parscale, who was digital director for his 2016 campaign. On June 20, 2016, Trump's original campaigns manager in 2016 Corey Lewandowski was sacked and replaced by Paul Manafort who in turn was replaced by Kellyanne Conway after connections to the Ukrainian President and various dictators...
Pool player accused of stabbing opponent to death following row over rules of the game
A pool player stabbed his opponent to death in the street following an argument in a pub over the rules of the game, a court heard. Lyndon Smith, 47, is accused of plunging a blade into the chest of John Joyce, 20, after they couldn't agree on what pool rules to follow for a £20 bet. Birmingham Crown Court was told Smith had been playing with the victim and his friends at the Market Tavern, in Bilston, West Mids., on...
Skinny tracksuits or jeans?
We are in a fantastic time for men’s fashion. Whilst it was once the case – and not too long ago – that what a man wore was directly related to what he was doing at the time, nowadays fashion is merging in the menswear sector and nowhere is this more apparent than in what he chooses to wear on his lower half. Skinny Joggers It’s amazing to think that it is only in recent years that these entirely comfortable,...