Brad Pitt body double wins top prize for landscape photographs
The man who was the body double for Brad Pitt in the smash-hit Snatch has now snatched himself a top prize - for his landscape photographs. The stunning snaps of Greenwich and Brighton Pier from above by Matt Cooper, 47, are being showcased as part of the Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition. Matt was an actor for more than a decade before he picked up his first DSLR camera on holiday in France. Having once stood in for Christopher...
This graph shows why workers have become the primary users of food banks
The Archbishop of Canterbury poured scorn on the government this weekend saying the largest users of food banks are now people in work. Speaking on ITV's Peston on Sunday he said it was obvious that a lot of jobs are being created, but questioned whether the type of work on offer is beneficial to employees. "The thing we see in the Church of England, and with the other churches," Justin Welby said, "is the majority of people who come to the...
3 Ways to Choose the Best Birthday Gift for Your Wife
Legends say that there is no way to win an argument with your wife, but there is always a way to win your wife’s heart and that is by buying her the gift she always wanted. It can be Valentine’s Day or your wife’s birthday or even if you are trying to make it up for a previous fight, gifts can always save the day for you. If you are like most husbands who always fail to remember their wives...
Sell Your Business Wisely By Avoiding These Common Mistakes
There are many critical steps that are involved in the selling of a business. Information has to go round between parties before any decision is made. Virtual storing of data is a good way for business and individuals to exchange information, especially when they are thousands of miles apart. Some of the advantages of this virtual data technology include easy and fast sharing of information and less paperwork to go through for legal teams during mergers and acquisitions. There is...
The importance of looking after your beard
Many people tend to negate the importance of beard grooming. One of the biggest misconceptions that comes up when having conversations about the beard culture is that having a beard translates to dirt build up and absence of cleanliness. Over the years, the stereotype has faded away and conversations that are more important dominate the beardiful world. Finding a beard maintenance regimen that works for you is half the struggle. Committing to that particular regimen every day of your beardiful...
Black, Asian and minority ethnic children accounted for 60% of all child arrests by the Met Police last year
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) children accounted for 60 per cent of all child arrests by the Metropolitan Police last year, analysis by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals today. The Metropolitan Police made more than 20,000 child arrests in 2016, of which more than 12,000 were of BAME children – the highest proportion recorded by any police force in England and Wales. Across England and Wales, police forces made fewer than 88,000 arrests of children in total last year, down from almost 250,000 in 2010....
New species can develop in as little as two generations
New species can develop in as little as two generations and the findings would have left Charles Darwin excited , researchers revealed. Scientists say the arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a remote island in the Galapagos provides direct genetic evidence of their claims. The newcomer, which belonged to one species, mated with a member of another species on the small island of Daphne Major in the Pacific Ocean. This produced a new species, known as the...
Angered mother demands apology from daughter’s school after worksheet asks children to rate living next door to black people
A mum has slammed a school after pupils were asked to 'rate' neighbours they wouldn't like to live next to - including 'a black person'. Naomi Davis was stunned when her eleven-year-old daughter showed her the worksheet that her class had been given which listed various types of people. The task asked children to rate people in terms of how much they would or would not like to live next door to them - with one being the best and...
Master of posh independent school cleared by a judge of inappropriate behaviour after meeting 17-year-old schoolgirl for sex
A "shabby and immoral" house master at a top £15,000-a-year independent school who had sex with a 17-year-old girl has been cleared of abusing his position. Married Bryan Schalch, 39, emailed the girl – who had a “teenage crush” on him – and kissed her in clandestine meetings in a supermarket car park. Eventually “stuff got more intense”, and Schalch invited her back to his £480,000 home where they had sex on three ocassions. However the relationship ended when Schalch...