Meet the Van Life Community: Hannah & Ollie…
What is Van Life? Or rather, what is #VanLife? Some of the more ardent Instagram users will probably already know all about #VanLife. But for the not-so-social-media-aware, Van Life is a community of people - often slim, attractive, bohemian-looking, millennials - who document their nomadic journeys around the world, in converted vans, on Instagram. Search #VanLife on the photo-sharing media platform and you'll find over 2.6 million posts - mainly of VW campers parked in front of eye-wateringly-beautiful sunsets, pristine mountains...
Film Review: Red Sparrow
Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) is a famous and respected dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton) is a CIA agent in Russia who botches a meeting with a mole. After a horrific leg break, Dominika must retire, and is persuaded by her nefarious uncle in the SVR, Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts), to become a 'sparrow'; a highly trained sexual manipulator who can worm their way into the lonely lives of men like Nate. Lawrence really poured everything she...
Father who is fighting to get daughter back from legal mess in Dubai enlists MP’s help
The father of a British woman who faces jail in Dubai after witnessing a drunken brawl has enlisted his local MP to help bring his daughter home. Asa Hutchinson, 22, was arrested in Dubai after witnessing two male friends scuffle in a hotel corridor with a "drunk" Swedish man they were taking selfies with. Since the arrest on April 29 2016, it has been claimed she has been framed for her friends' offences, including theft and assault, and now faces...
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