You can put a price on happiness – and this is how much it is
Happiness is an extra £508 a month say Brits, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 adults revealed money really can buy you happiness - but in contrary to common belief we don't need millions to put a smile on our faces. More than three quarters of those who took part said they would be happier if they had more money to splurge on a holiday abroad, weekends away or day trip with the family. The research also found...
“Why are the Government singling out the charter of fundamental rights to be the only piece of EU legislation that they wish to repeal?”
“Why are the Government singling out the charter of fundamental rights to be the only piece of EU legislation that they wish to repeal?” Asked Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke this week. “I have yet to hear an example from anybody of a case where the charter of fundamental rights has been invoked in a way that anybody in this House would wish to reverse. We have not been given an example of an area of law that we have been...
Landmark court case considers whether to decriminalise street prostitution
By Tara Carey Today, the High Court is considering a case challenging the criminalisation and continued punishment of prostituted women, brought forward by several women who were pimped into prostitution as teenagers. If successful, the case will bring an end to the shameful practice of labelling and punishing victims of abuse and exploitation for something that was in a large part done to them. The effect of prostitution-specific records on women regarding jobs, housing and family life is excessively disproportionate...
Beer of the Week: Weird Beard Brew Co. Mariana Trench
Launched at the beginning of 2013, Weird Beard Brew Co. operates from a site near Ealing and produces a number of hop-driven beers alongside classic styles. With the aim to “satisfy, enthuse and be enjoyed by whoever the drinker,” Weird Beard offer a number of core beers as well as some occasional specials and one-off brews that push creative boundaries. Beginning life as South Seas pale ale, Mariana Trench - ‘A Transpacific Pale Ale’ – was initially brewed with Pacific...
A 103-year-old Bristol Rovers fan still goes to every home match – after arriving at her first by steam train
A 103-year-old Bristol Rovers fan still goes to every home match - after arriving at her first by steam train. Kitty Thorne, 103, could be Britain’s oldest female football fan, and has followed her team since 1954. She is so dedicated to the League One team that she could not bring herself to watch their die-hard rivals, Bristol City, beat Manchester United 3-1, reports Bristol Post Kitty, who lives in Trowbridge, Wilts, used to head off on the lunchtime train...
Dramatic bodycam footage captures terrifying moment teen thug points gun at female police officer – before pulling the trigger
Dramatic bodycam footage captures the terrifying moment a teenage thug points a gun at a female police officer - before pulling the trigger. PC Jemma Follows, 29, had her Taser drawn when yob Reece Lones emerged from a door of a house and aimed the weapon at her head. Lones, 19, was heard pulling the trigger of the handgun, which was later revealed as a fake, before fleeing. PC Follows is heard on the recording asking Lones: "What are you...
Killer strangled teen to death in violent snuff movie fantasy sex game before wrapping her in cling film
A thug has been found guilty of murdering a teenage girl by strangling her as part of his "snuff movie fantasy" before stashing her body in a clingfilm-covered wardrobe. Evil Ashley Foster, 24, had only been released from prison three days before he throttled 17-year-old Megan Bills to death during a sick sex game. The church-going teenager's body was found badly decomposed at a hostel for former lags in Brierley Hill, West Mids., on May 3 last year. Jobless Foster...
Review: The Simon & Garfunkel Story, Richmond Theatre
There are few bands that can claim they truly rivalled the dominance of the Beatles in the 1960s, but like the proverbial 'boxer', Simon and Garfunkel certainly stood toe to toe with them. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's relationship is a fascinating story that is straddled across a fascinating era in history. The duo met in elementary school in Queens, New York, in 1953, and went on to become one of the biggest folk rock acts ever. They won 10 Grammy Awards, had one...
PMQs: “As the ruins of Carrillion lie around her, will the PM work to end the racket between government & private companies?”
Today Prime Minister's Questions was dominated by the collapse of Carillion, with the leader Jeremy Corbyn of The Labour Party attacking the 'too cosy relationship' between successive Tory governments and private companies: "This isn't one isolated case of Government negligence and Corporate failure. It's a broken system. "Under this Tory government Virgin & Stagecoach can spectacularly mismanage the East Coast Mainline and be let off a £2 billion payment. Capita & ATOS can continue to wreck the lives of millions of...