"What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary."  Valentine's Day has arrived once again leaving men across the World scratching their heads as to how to be original and romantic. And while giving her the moon might sound quite impractical, giving her an experience of NASA certainly...

By Rachel Colgan The recent announcement made by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to offer properties up to the value of £350K to London and UK residents for three months prior to being opened-up to the open market, will hopefully make a small difference to those Londoners ready and wanting to get onto the property ladder. This announcement was made in response to research from the Mayors’ office confirming that new new properties in the capital were being sold overseas. The Mayor...

The dining room interior at Flour & Grape is very Zone 6. It might even be satellite town suburban. There’s lots of uncool brickwork and cagey metal, low-hanging orangey glow lights and amongst it all are locals. Some of them may be a little more well-heeled than those you find in, say, Woking, but they’re locals nonetheless. All this pleases me greatly. I am very Zone 6 on account of having been born in it, and very suburban satellite town...

More than 10,000 drivers have been issued £1.5MILLION in fines at a single London junction in just three years. The single junction in wealthy Wimbledon has caught around ten motorists a day. The junction in wealthy Wimbledon generated almost one and half million pounds for Merton Council, assuming those motorists paid the full penalty fee of £130. A Freedom of Information request submitted last month has revealed that 10,971 drivers were caught out by three possible traffic violations at the...

The trade association for the amusement and gaming machine industry has called for a cut down in fixed odds machines after new research revealed they are causing huge welfare losses in the most deprived areas of Britain. According to new research costs of problem gambling associated with fixed odds machines (FOBTs) has topped £10 million and is concentrated in economically deprived areas. A worrying 121,000 FOBT users could be classes as problem gamblers, each suffering an average annual loss in...

Children as young as TEN have been caught in school with knives, razor blades and even MACHETES, shocking police figures have revealed. West Midlands Police reported that 119 children have been caught carrying and using blades in the last 18 months. The force also revealed that two counts of attempted murder were both reported in Birmingham schools since September 2016. Cops received 69 reports of children carrying blades to school in Birmingham - with one 13-year-old found with shards of...

A terraced house collapsed leaving a gaping hole in a street where homes fetch over £1.5 million. The two storey property in West Hampstead suffered a total collapse with floors and the frontage reduced to rubble but the roof left intact but hanging precariously without any support. Residents living next to the boarded up property were evacuated as firefighters tried to make the property safe. London Fire Brigade said: "One fire engine and one fire rescue unit and 10 firefighters...

A joint select committee inquiry into the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion have criticised the big four accountancy giants. They were accused of “feasting” on the beleaguered company and one of the four had managed “to play all three sides.” Evidence was brought to the inquiry that indicated that these accounting juggernauts have billed for £71m worth of work from Carillion since 2008. KPMG, acted as Carillion’s auditor for 19 years, billed the construction giant £20.2m. PwC, Deloitte, and Ernst and...

The manufacturing industry is one of the sectors that have discovered the advantages of extending business to the online world where most of the consumers get their services from. E-commerce has allowed manufacturing enterprises to offer more convenience by giving other businesses easier access to goods. Product discoverability has increased significantly as manufacturing companies capitalise on various e-commerce tools. Effective B2B e-commerce in manufacturing, however, depends on the ability to structure a website that meets the demands of the audience....