London’s first 100% vegan pub to open in Hackney
Following the resounding success of Club Mexicana – a supper club renowned for serving some of the city’s best vegan street food – Founder Meriel Armitage has collaborated with Publicans Luke McLoughlin and Sherri-lee Estabrook to launch London’s first entirely vegan pub. Opening in Hackney next week (Friday 19th January), The Spread Eagle on Homerton High Street is being re-launched with an entirely vegan offering from bar to kitchen, designed as a ‘modern take on a classic East End boozer’....
First of the 46 activists on trial for protesting Government backed DSEI arms fair found guilty
In the first two of a series of trials over the next few weeks, nine out of ten activists were found guilty of Obstruction of a Highway today (12 January 2018) at Stratford Magistrates Court. Over 100 people were arrested in September 2017 outside the Excel Centre in east London, during the DSEI (Defence & Security Equipment International) arms fair, which takes place every two years. Likely the largest event in the world, the fair attracts international arms dealers from...
The Weekly Cocktail Recipe: Dingle Gin Old Fashioned
One of the oldest, most celebrated classic cocktails in existence, an Old Fashioned has a typical base of bourbon mixed with Angostura bitters and a sugar cube, garnished with a sliver of orange peel (plus a cocktail cherry in some cases). No, there’s nothing wrong with the original, but the base – like all classic cocktails – has been constantly tinkered with over the past 100 years – much to the dismay of many purists. Some bars favour rye or...
Kingfisher lands on camera and takes incredible picture of its partner
This is a world first moment in which a kingfisher lands on a camera and captures a picture perfect photo of another kingfisher standing on a branch. Lesley Garven, 40, who has been a wildlife photographer for 10 years now, witnessed the incredible moment on 9 January at midday. The beautiful photos show the male kingfisher sitting on Lesley's DSLR camera, just after he captured the picture of the female kingfisher on a leafy branch. She said: "It certainly was...
“Arrogant” Surgeon admits branding his initials on patients livers
An "arrogant" surgeon who branded his initials on the livers of two patients has been spared jail and fined £10,000 in the first case of its kind in British criminal history. Simon Bramhall, 53, told a nurse "I do this" when she saw him about using an argon beam coagulator to burn the letters 'SB' on one unconscious patient's organ. He carried out the bizarre assaults at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital on two separate occasions in 2013. An alarmed colleague...
MasterChef finalists Billy and Jack launch London’s first 24-hour supper club in support of Cancer Research UK
Tying in with World Cancer Day on Sunday 4th February, MasterChef 2016 finalists Billy Wright and Jack Layer will host a one-off supper club with a difference in support of Cancer Research UK. Taking over Plum + Spilt Milk, the Great Northern Hotel’s restaurant, in Kings Cross, Billy and Jack will attempt to cook for 24 hours straight, touting the event as ‘London’s first 24-hour supper club’. A bid to raise money for Cancer Research UK, the pair intend to...
Family take on Chelsea owner Abramovich over plans to extend ground in “right to light” dispute
A family have taken on billionaire Roman Abramovich in a David and Goliath battle after they objected to plans to extend Chelsea football ground in a 'right to light' dispute. Plans for £1bn new Stamford Bridge stadium could be derailed completely after Nicholas Crosthwaite, 69, and his family took out a High Court injunction in May against the proposed 60,000 capacity stadium which will block out sunlight from much of their home. Abramovich's club have been locked in the dispute...
Calls for Government to intervene to protect Carillion workers rather than “prop up failing company bosses”
Tragic example of failures of privatisation and outsourcing requires Government to intervene to protect public sector work, says GMB. GMB, the UK’s general union, demands the Government intervene and protect Carillion workers’ jobs and pensions – rather than focussing on bailing out a failing private company. Carillion, one of the government's biggest contractors, is struggling under £1.5bn of debt, including a pension shortfall of £587m. The government is meeting Carillion and the Pensions Regulator today (Friday) to discuss the services...
Activist who camped in tree to protest hotel development faces huge legal bill to appeal court ruling
An activist who camped in a tree to protest a hotel development is facing a crippling legal bill of up to £50,000 after losing his appeal against a court ruling. Simon Byrom, 49, lived 20 feet above ground in a sycamore tree for a week to demonstrate against a 225-bedroom hotel being built in a historic part of town. The community councillor slept in a leaky tent which overhung wooden hoardings around the perimeter of the site in the Cowgate...