1966 “better than the birth of Christ”, according to Brits

England's World Cup victory in 1966 has been revealed as the landmark moment Brits would love to have witnessed - over the birth of Christ, the construction of Stonehenge and Live Aid. The game, played at Wembley on July 30, remains the greatest moment in England's footballing history and made legends of players like the late Bobby Moore and Nobby Stiles. The match featured Geoff Hurst's infamous 'was it, or wasn't it' goal and Kenneth Wolstenholme's immortal 'They think it’s...

Why therapy, not custody, is the best way to tackle violent crime in the UK

By James Carré-Rice James Carré-Rice was sentenced to a total of more than seven years at Her Majesty’s Pleasure for a string of violent offences. He was described as a menace and considered to be one of the UK’s most dangerous inmates. But against all odds James turned his life around and developed a pioneering rehabilitative system for the New York State Criminal Justice Department that helped divert young offenders from committing more serious crimes. Over 200,000 copies of his...

The Best Motorhome Tech for Your Travels

Going on holiday in your motorhome is a great experience for the whole family, allowing you to spend quality time together either in the UK or further afield. While many have a preconception of motorhomes as being cramped, small and with next to no activities, the motorhome owners of 2018 will tell you that this is entirely false. Motorhoming has becoming incredibly popular as both couples and families are opting for a more relaxing, hassle-free way of travelling. Choosing the...

Forgotten Film Friday: Sexy Beast (2000)

“I’m sweating here. Roasting. Boiling. Baking. Sweltering. It’s like a sauna. Furnace. You could fry an egg on my stomach,” narrates Ray Winstone’s Gary “Gal” Dove, before The Stranglers “Peaches” kicks in and he takes a break from crisping himself under the white-hot heat of the Spanish sun to place an iced hand towel over the nether regions he has concealed behind a skimpy pair of yellow swimming trunks. So begins Jonathan Glazer’s cooler than cool, gangster-heist, love story hybrid:...

Film Review: Pad Man

Based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, Pad Man is the biopic of Lakshmikant Chauhan (Akshay Kumar), the man who dreamt of manufacturing and distributing subsidized sanitary pads to the women of India after seeing the dirty rags his wife was using during menstruation. Due to the taboos surrounding menstruation in his small village and across India in general; it is not just economics, but social mores Lakshmi must do battle against. What may not seem at first cinematic material...

Australia emerging as a key post-Brexit trading partner

Courier records 54 per cent rise in enquiries about shipping to Australia since the Brexit vote. It’s an obvious export market but one that seems in danger of being overlooked, says David Jinks  As retailers and businesses begin to plan their export strategy for a post Brexit world, there is much talk of trade deals with the USA and the huge potential of the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China). But there’s a danger of missing the obvious trading...

Wine of the Week: Noble One 2013, De Bortoli

You know what makes sweet wine so fascinating? The way it is produced. Take ice wine, for example. The grapes are frozen while still on the vine which means the sugars don't freeze but the water does, allowing for a more concentrated grape juice to develop. Port wine vines in the Douro Valley endure an incredibly harsh environment to produce the intense flavours they do, and survive only because the gravel soaks up the heat through the day and releases...

British husband taking legal action after South Korean wife locked in cell & refused entry to the UK – despite Home Office permission

A British husband is taking legal action after his South Korean wife was locked in a cell and refused entry to the UK - despite being given permission by the Home Office. Michael Harbrow's wife Jihyeon, 27, was arrested by border force officials as she got off the plane at Heathrow Airport. She spent "six or seven hours" pleading with officials before being put back on a plane to South Korea without her husband. The couple have been together for...

How the UK Economy Can Grow With Big Engineering Projects

The engineering sector has been a cornerstone of the UK's economy over the years, and will be a factor in building the nation's prosperity as Britain braces itself for a new future. A lot has gone down in the sector and there is a number of issues to be addressed if the economy will see growth in the coming years. Presently, in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA), the contribution of engineering to the UK's GDP is 26% - more...

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