Choose your favourite press photograph of the year
Choose your favourite press photograph from the best 100 taken this year. SWNS is the largest independent press agency in the UK, supplying up to 20 per cent of our daily news content. Each year the SWNS news wire supplies newspapers and magazines around the world with some of the most fascinating, captivating and powerful photographs you could ever hope to see. The agency's picture editors have chosen 100 of the most compelling images released through the news wire this...
Destiny 2 is a mean-spirited, broken mess – and I can’t stop playing
Destiny 2's first major DLC release, The Curse of Osiris, dropped a fortnight ago. As is usual for most Destiny updates there were a range of weird idiosyncrasies and bugs, including one example of particularly wild balancing issues (RIP Prometheus Lens) which Bungie handled in either the most tactical or ham-fisted way possible, depending on your point of view on last week's Osiris Exotics-dominated Crucible. The Curse of Osiris reached players in the sixth week of Destiny 2. It introduced...
Four out of five Brits don’t care about the environment at Xmas
Four out of five Brits take an Xmas break from caring about the environment a poll has revealed. OVER eight in ten Brits do not even attempt to justify creating extra waste and additional consumption at Christmas time. Two thirds of us commit unofficial 'eco-crimes' - such as throwing used batteries in the bin and not recycling Christmas cards - even though we know we shouldn’t. A poll of 2,000 adults found the UK throws out over 50 million platefuls...
Why I Watch The Muppet Christmas Carol Every Christmas
Christmas means a lot to me: family… friendship… goodwill to all men… but mainly it means cheese, wine, and movies. And though there are a number of titles with regards to the latter that I find myself drawn back to year after year – Die Hard of course, The Grinch (it’s really so much better than many people believe), and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, to name but three – as far back as I can remember, it was The Muppets...
Government ruled to be ‘blatantly discriminatory’ in ruling that affects 160,000 people with mental health impairments
In an embarrassing defeat for the Government, the High Court this week ruled that part of the rules governing the unpopular Personal Independence Payments (PIP) which replace Disability Allowance are unlawful and discriminate against people with mental health impairments. In February the Government limited the amount of PIP people can claim if they struggle with travel due to psychological distress as they have fewer needs than other disabled people. The High Court found that the DWP’s decision had been based...
Boss of dog’s home jailed for stealing nearly £1 MILLION worth of donations
The boss of a dogs home who swindled the charity out of nearly £1 million donations before blowing the cash on a lavish lifestyle has been jailed for five years. Crooked Simon Price, 53, the ex-chief executive of Birmingham Dogs Home, pocketed cash left by animal lovers in their wills along with his 39-year-old wife Alayna Warner. Suspicions were raised after Price forked out £75,000 on his nuptials to Warner, the charity's Commercial Manager and Head of Fundraising. A court...
London Zoo on lockdown after fire broke out next to the Meerkats
London Zoo is on lockdown after a huge blaze ripped through the cafe - next to the beloved meerkats. A team of 70 fire fighters and ten engines spent two hours tackling the blaze after a 999 call was made at 6.08am. The flames were near the children's petting zoo and meerkat enclosure but Zoo officials refused to say if any animals had been hurt. Flashing blue lights of fire trucks could been seen inside the zoo as at least...
Why we should all be talking about: Hampton and Richmond Borough
Sky Sports subscribers this month have once again been afforded the opportunity to catch up with the trails and tribulations of the Class of ’92 and their non-league outfit Salford City FC. The North-West team have had the eyes of the nation on them over the past few years as they have been transformed from a lowly, semi-professional club into full-time table-toppers. But as remarkable as their accomplishments are, a similar tale has escaped the gaze of the nation in...
The Fantasy Football Blog week 17 – Merry Christmas from FC Fakin’ Run Aboutabit
Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here, Week 2 transfers & preview here, Week 3 preview here, Week 4 preview here, Week 5 preview here, Week 6 preview here, Week 7 preview here, Week 8 preview here, Week 9 preview here, Week 10 preview here, Week 11 preview here. Week 12 preview here. Week 13 preview here. Week 14 preview here. Week 15 here. Week 16 here. I was tempted to cancel Christmas this week. A couple...