Pizza-loving couples can pop the question or declare their love to their other half this Valentine’s Day, with a doughy makeover of a classic romantic sweet. In a throwback to the retro sweet shop favourite, the pizzas feature one of five romantic messages found on Swizzels Love Hearts including ‘Marry Me’ and ‘Be Mine’. ‘I Love You’ can also be ordered along with popular pet names ‘Bae’ and ‘Hun’. Chef Ionut Zaharia at Joe & 'Za’s in Hoxton has taken...

Where most stories concerning plucky underdogs either see them miraculously come out on top or heroically fail with credit and respect intact, The Mercy shows us a third outcome that is much more realistic and true to life. For more often than not our grand plans do not turn out as we may have hoped, and we are left fearing ridicule and failure. The desire to cover up our mistakes is a common one that has consumed us all at...

In this Russian drama, a couple in the process of a bitter divorce has selfishly ignored their twelve-year-old son Alexey (Matvey Novikov) in pursuit of new relationships. When the boy goes missing, the pair are finally forced to acknowledge his existence before they can continue with their lives. Father Boris (Aleksey Rozin) comes across as selfish and uncaring, mother Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) worse. She emphasises how much she wishes she had aborted Alexey in the womb with savage glee, giving...

A perverted nursery school teacher who sexually assaulted a three-year-old boy has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years. James Riley, 42, was caught out after the innocent toddler spoke of the assault, which took place in the toilet, as he was picked up from the school. Discussing what he had done that day as they drove home, the youngster told his mum how he was abused and added: "I wasn't being naughty. It felt strange." The horrified parent went straight to...

Young people have handed in dozens of weapons during a nationwide knife amnesty - including ninja throwing stars and 'sacrificial' daggers. Dozens of lethal weapons were handed in anonymously through designated knife bins by youngsters keen to avoid prosecution for possession of an offensive weapon. Last year's amnesty helped Hertfordshire become one of Britain's safest counties and police are now taking part in another campaign to get knives off the street. A deadly array of sacrificial knives and throwing stars...

Arsenal hope to have Petr Cech, Danny Welbeck and Nacho Monreal match fit for Saturday’s North London Derby at Wembley. With Arsenal sixth place in the Premier League, four points behind their North London rivals, Arsene Wenger was ebullient this morning at a press conference. The Arsenal manager admitted that goal for goal there is no better striker in Europe than Tottenham’s Harry Kane. The Spurs striker just scored his 100th goal for the club against Liverpool last weekend. And...

The Brexit vote has been likened to "turkeys voting for Christmas" after it was revealed the hardest hit areas were the ones most likely to vote for it. A leaked government study detailing economic forecasts of how regions will fare over the next 15 years revealed most regions will be worse off after Britain leaves the EU, but some will fare worse than others. Ironically, the West Midlands and the North East, which voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU, are...

QuotedData investment companies roundup – February 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of January 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. February Investment Companies Roundup The oil price was up again over the month and this helped propel EF Realisation (whose largest asset is a US shale oil company) to the top of the tables. Fast Forward Innovations rose...

QuotedData’s economic round up – February 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored by Martin Currie February Economic and Political Roundup Roundup The major factors at play over January were a weak...