The Scottish Labour Party will start their campaign to reclaim Scotland today after leader Richard Leonard unveiled his Shadow Cabinet in Holyrood. Four weeks on from being elected Scottish Labour leader Leonard announced a senior team with no place for the party’s former leader or deputy leader. Kezia Dugdale, who courted controversy when she appeared on I'm a Celebrity, has been dropped from the front bench, with prominent left-winger Neil Findlay coming in to look over Brexit, Campaigns and Party Engagement. Other newcomers...

Generational gaps are making watching TV and playing games together at Christmas near impossible, new research has shown. Despite Christmas TV and family games remaining among the top festive activities for families, most youngsters can’t tell Jim Royle from Basil Fawlty and many over 50’s have never even heard of Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead. That makes getting together around the television or playing games such as charades increasingly difficult. According to a survey by TalkTalk TV over...

While there are several popular text and document formats such as DOC, RTF, ODT or TXT – PDF occupies a very special position. It has become one of the most widely-used document formats, especially online. However while PDF is a format that has numerous benefits and advantages – that doesn’t mean it is the best format to use in every situation. Just like all other formats, there are certain circumstances where using PDF is definitely a good idea, and others...

“Buddy the Elf, what’s your favourite colour?” I have wanted to answer the telephone and say that to someone ever since I first watched Elf, but considering it would probably make me look like a mad man I haven’t. Instead, I quote it in my head every time someone mentions the film. The line itself is silly – no one needs to answer the phone in that way, but Will Ferrell’s beloved character is just the right side of cheerful...

President Donald Trump celebrated the fifth anniversary of the notorious Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings by inviting the CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA) - America’s chief gun lobbyist for Whitehouse Christmas drinks. Five years to the day troubled Adam Lanza shot his mother dead, followed by six school staff and 20 children aged 6 -7 with a semi-automatic rifle, then himself, Donald Trump entertained the head of the NRA - the biggest financial backer of his presidential campaign....

In the irony of all ironies Britain's divorce from the European Union is now costing the country £350 million a week. According to figures released in the Financial Times the value of Britain’s output is now around 0.9 per cent lower than was possible if the country had voted to stay in the EU. That equates to almost exactly £350m a week lost to the British economy — an irony that will not be lost on those who may have backed...

A gay couple have called on their local vicar to step down after he controversially refused to bless their marriage at their village church. Andrew Springett, 38, was left fuming after the Reverend Alan Comfort, 53, said he believed marriages were between men and women only. The vicar cited Church of England rules banning "blessing" same-sex marriages. But he refused to hold a special community event at All Saints Church in Dane End, Herts., despite other ministers offering to hold...

A kind-hearted mum who posted a tongue-in-cheek complaint to Aldi was given a free food shop - and handed the whole lot to her local foodbank. Blogger Gylisa Jayne had to rely on foodbanks during her childhood and always hoped to repay them as an adult. So when the supermarket chain offered her a free Christmas food shop in response to her complaint about a pack of juice smoothies, she decided to give it all away. Gylisa, 25, is known...

Brexit-backing national newspapers The Sun and The Mail are seen to be having the most negative impact on society, according to a new poll. Rupert Murdoch's red top rag was ranked as having a negative impact on society by half of people who participated in the survey compared to just five per cent who said it has a positive influence. The Daily Mail, run by Paul Dacre, ranked in close second with just ten per cent saying it has had a...