The Club at Ten Trinity Square is a new breed of private members’ club
Launched at the just under a year ago, The Ned heralded the introduction of Soho House’s first suit-friendly venue. Housed within London’s former Midland Bank – a Grade-I listed building designed by Sir Edwin ‘Ned’ Lutyens in 1924 – The Ned is a 252-room hotel and members’ club in the heart of the Square Mile; fusing Shoreditch cool with Mayfair stateliness. With eight restaurants, an Instagram-friendly lap pool on the roof and a private, members only vault room, The Ned’s...
Private care provider who apologised after OAP left in agony all night…could be taken back into public sector hands
Bosses at one of Scotland's biggest care providers have apologised to a dying pensioner who was left in agony following a night of staff blunders. Robert McIntyre, 79, has bladder cancer and only months to live is visited four times a day by Cordia staff to have a catheter bag changed. But his daughter Jean says the assigned worker sent to his home did not empty her father's bag during her evening visit. They say that it is the second...
KFC “supplier” DHL “does the dirty by sacking loyal workers & slashing their redundancy”
The delivery company who have been involved with the almost complete shut down of KFC has been accused of mistreating its staff. The GMB union claims workers who have shown nothing but loyalty to DHL and are now being thrown out of their jobs through no fault of their own. GMB, the union for warehouse and distribution workers, has accused DHL of ‘doing the dirty’ after staff were given the double hammer blow of losing their jobs and their enhanced...
Tim Peake has been given the Freedom of his home city for leaving it behind – to go into SPACE
Space hero Tim Peake has been given another gong - the Freedom of the home city. The Army officer-turned spaceman collected the honour following his seven-month trip to the International Space Station, which launched in December 2015. The 45-year-old was given the Freedom of the City of Chichester, where he was born and went to school. He told a packed audience at the Chichester Festival Theatre that his upbringing in the city paved his pathway to space. Peake, the first...
Film Review: Mute
Netflix is famously tight-lipped about the viewership data for their Original releases, and in the case of Mute this might be for the best. For one wonders why anybody would, after the first five minutes, want to sit through the remaining two hours. Duncan Jones, whose minimalist, lo-fi science fiction delight, Moon, saw him thrust into the burgeoning pool of promising directors, was followed by an equally confident display of filmmaking prowess in the form of Source Code. Jones’ third...
Retired builder who turned into a pothole ‘vigilante’ has fixed his 200th – at a rate of one a week for four years
A retired builder who became a "pothole vigilante" has completed his 200th successful repair - at a rate of one EVERY WEEK. Resourceful Reg Winsor, 75, got so fed up waiting for a huge pothole on his street to be repaired that he took matters into his own hands. The job took him just 15 minutes and council roadworkers were so impressed by his handiwork they offered him a full-time position. After taking a two-hour 'course' on how to fill...
Review: Daiva Beautyhouse, Mayfair
Central London, Bond Street, 5.30pm, people, people ev-ery-WHERE. Although just the thought of this can be stressful, I ask you to picture taking a sneaky right down a tucked away side street from Bond Street where you’ll find Daiva Beautyhouse, a little haven just waiting to pamper you fabulous. I was greeted by Daiva herself who made me an authentic green tea, allowing the stress of Bond Street to ooze away. With relaxing music playing and the warmth of the...
‘Jobs and living standards first’ – reactions to Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit speech
As more Conservative MP’s threatened rebellion over Theresa May’s insistence on ruling out a customs union with the EU, Jeremy Corbyn today exposed how fragile her parliamentary majority is by setting out Labour’s red lines for Brexit. The Labour leader said he would work towards an economy that “works for the many, not for the few” and set out the practical reasons why he believes a customs union with the EU is necessary. Corbyn added that he would “not countenance”...
Charity shop worker found £7000 in dollar bills stuffed inside a donated purse – and handed them back to their rightful owner
A young charity shop worker brought a smile to a pensioner's face when she tracked her down to hand over a $10,000 wad of cash - hidden inside a donated purse being sold for a TENNER. The massive stack of $100 bills, worth about £7,000, was found in the lining of the purse which was given to the charity shop for sale. Sophie Condren, the assistant manager of the Shelter boutique in Hampstead, north London, found the huge stack of...