Brits are turning to cleaning to de-stress
Millions of Brits admit they find tidying therapeutic rather than a chore, a study has found. Eight in ten adults reckon tidying and organising is a real stress buster - whether it be filing away important documents, having a pristine desk at work or labelling files. Four in five people even said they find mess stressful, while 63 per cent don't feel on top of things unless their items are in the "right place." As a result, the average adult...
Fitness fanatic saves police officer’s life using martial arts technique learnt on YouTube
A 5ft 6ins labourer has told how he saved the life of a police officer being strangled in the street - by using a martial arts move he learnt on YouTube. Joshua-Jon Hill, 26, was on a bus travelling home from the gym when he saw a thug grappling with a policeman on the street with his hands around the officer's neck. Brave Joshua-Jon ordered the bus driver to stop and leapt to the officer's aid during the attack in...
The Lakes Distillery offers £1 million of shares to the public, starting at just £10
England’s premier whisky distillery, The Lakes Distillery is offering the public a chance to invest in the brand, with £1 million worth of shares available through Crowdcube, which allows a minimum investment of £10. The money raised will then be used to produce whisky for stock and to invest in new warehousing and distribution facilities. Officially launched at the end of 2014, The Lakes Distillery is homed within the Lake District National Part, five miles north-west of Keswick, close to...
McDonnell: Labour will end the era of government turning a blind eye to tax avoidance
John McDonnell says Labour would end the era of government turning a blind eye to the scandal of tax avoidance if they were in government. In a statement following the leak of financial documents the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says the Tories have "refused to act" to stem the flow of taxable money moving offshore. The so-called Paradise Papers have implicated several high-profile people, including royalty, revealing the secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth. The 13.4m files expose the global environments...
“Paradise Papers” link Queen to million-dollar offshore investments
The Queen has been implicated in the latest data leak of financial documents being dubbed the "Paradise Papers". The leak shows how the powerful and ultra-wealthy secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens, and were revealed as part of a 100-strong media investigation which has been exposed today. According to the BBC the Paradise Papers show that about £10m ($13m) of the Queen's private money was invested offshore. It was put into funds in British Overseas Territories the Cayman...
One in five Brits trapped in working poverty
A damning study has today revealed one in five Brits are now trapped in working poverty as inflation continues to outpace wage growth. Ahead of Living Wage week (6-12 November), KPMG’s annual Living Wage report reveals 21 per cent of people in the UK are still earning below the real Living Wage, meaning that an estimated 5.5 million employees are struggling to get out of in-work poverty. Around 59 percent of those earning below the real Living Wage indicated a sharp...
Michael Fallon spotted out for the first time since sex shame scandal
Disgraced MP Michael Fallon has made his first public appearance since his resignation as Defence Secretary, amid allegations of sexual misconduct among MPs. He earlier admitted touching a female journalist’s knee and has since denied making lewd comments to colleague Andrea Leadsom. The former Defence Secretary quit his job earlier this week, admitting his behaviour had "fallen below the high standards that we require of the armed forces". Announcing he was standing down earlier this week, he said that there...
This is a Pivotal Moment in History: Xi Jinping’s New Era
Forget Article 50, forget Trump's inauguration, the most important political event of 2017 was last month's Party Congress in China. The National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is held twice a decade to decide the line up of the Party leadership and to set the tone of the CCP's future governance of China. This October's Party Congress was the 19th in the Party's history, and it marked the beginning of a “New Era” for China, and for the...
Nottingham Panthers – A true ‘British’ underdog story!
I’ll be honest, I don’t know that much about Ice Hockey. In fact, what I do know, comes from the Mighty Duck films and watching players fight each other on YouTube. But recently, Ice Hockey has tweaked my interest and it’s all because of one team, The Nottingham Panthers. Britain loves an underdog. Whether it be Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards throwing himself off a ski jump, Leicester City winning the Premier League at odds of 5000-1 or those Jamaican Bobsledders,...