A councillor has slammed an anonymous note left on a rough sleeper's bedding - by someone threatening to throw it away. The mysterious letter said the homeless person's belongings would be 'disposed of' if they were left in a walkway. It was left on the bedding in a walkway in Kingston-upon-Thames, south west London, on January 10, and gave the homeless person just five days to move their things. It said: "To whom it may concern, "You are on private...

Following the success of a number of pop-ups at festivals, and across London, plus a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign – The Vurger Co has announced plans to open its first permanent site in Shoreditch, East London. Aiming to launch in March, the Shoreditch site will have space for around 30 covers, with both indoor and outdoor seating. Here, the plant-based vegan burger pioneers’ full menu will be available. “Fresh but indulgent” burgers will include the best-selling ‘Tabasco Auburger’, made with...

Boris Johnson, whose London bridge project collapsed in acrimony last year after shelling out £37 million on the project, yesterday proposed a 22-mile bridge across the Channel. The Foreign Secretary oversaw plans for a "garden bridge" in London during his tenure as Mayor that would stretch 366 metres across the Thames. But the "garden paradise" was canned by Sadiq Khan, who said he could not justify the £200 million construction. Not that the catastrophic fail has spoilt Johnson's appetite for bridge building....

Tim Hunter has, over the past 30 odd years, worked predominantly in television, directing episodes for stand out shows including Mad Men, Scream, and everything in between.  However, in the 1980s he directed several feature films, one of which was none other than the eerily dark, nihilistic teen drama, River’s Edge. The film is based on a the real life murder of Macy Renee Conrad, who was strangled to death by 16 year old high school student Anthony Jacques Broussard,...

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 19 went okay....

My Life Story, directed by Julien Temple, is a soaring success.  It is the filmed stage show of Graham “Suggs” McPherson, frontman for the iconic 80s’ Ska-Pop band, Madness. Coming in the form of a one man show that expertly blends archival footage, animation and dramatized re-enactment, the show is an autobiographical account of Suggs’ life story structured loosely around his quest to discover more about the father he never had. It is a personal, sprawling spoken word documentary that...

Pixar changed the game for animated cinema when they emerged from under the shadow of Disney back in the mid-90s, and have since gone on to make a string of high-calibre films that have been defined their visual vim and thematic intelligence, achieving significant worldwide success. Nearly everyone has a favourite Pixar film, whether you grew up on the early Toy Story films, or were first introduced to Pixar via the Day-Glo world of Inside Out. These are films built...

Former Medical Director of the NHS Dr Graham Winyard has a stark warning about Jeremy Hunt & Theresa May's plans for the NHS this spring: "Jeremy Hunt and NHS England’s latest big idea is Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs). These bodies would be allowed to make most decisions about how to allocate resources and design care for people in certain areas.   At the moment, that’s done by public bodies whose governance is regulated by statute, set up by parliament after...

A homeless man who was given a sandwich by a schoolgirl said he was overwhelmed by her kindness -- despite staff allegedly telling her to 'let nature take its course'. Selfless teenager Amy McIlroy went to buy homeless lad Liam Anderson, 20, a sandwich from coffee chain Starbucks after she saw him shaking from the cold. Liam said he was "very thankful" to the 14-year-old for the food but "shocked" by the attitude of the Starbuck's staff member who he...