Shocking new research by a leading UK thinktank has revealed that the number of children living in poverty is set to soar to 5.2 million in the next five years. With government welfare cuts hitting the households with young families the hardest, more children than ever will be plunged into the depths of poverty under the Conservative government. New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies predicts an increase of more than a million in the number of children living...

Right wing activist Laura Loomer has been banned from Uber after she tweeted about her inability to find a car driven by a “non Muslim.” The former Project Veritas operative tweeted that she was late to a New York Police Department press conference on the recent terror attack because she was unable to find an Uber that was not driven by someone who did not look like they were Muslim. According to news sources her comments then escalated to asking for the creation of...

The celebrity culture of 2017 can sometimes make it feel as though anti-aging surgical procedures are more or less the norm, while every anti-aging cream on the market claims to have the answer to turning back the clock on your skin. Although most of us would agree that although having a youthful, glowing appearance is preferable to the drawbacks associated with bags and wrinkles, it seems surgery and Botox are usually the last resort option in achieving this. If you’re...

Theresa May’s government faced more humiliation last night, unable to contest a vote in Parliament that the opposition had brought calling on the government to reveal reports they had commissioned into the possible effects of Brexit. For months, Labour has called for reports into the economic effects of Brexit into 58 sectors of the country to be made public so that the public is aware of the possible consequences that the government are covering up. Yet another defeat for the...

The Conservative sexual harassment scandal has claimed its first scalp as Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has resigned, admitting he has "fallen below the high standards that we require of the Armed Forces." As even more serious allegations of sexual assault and date rape drugs emerged from Tory Party workers this evening, adding to the scandal that has threatened to engulf the party since last week, Michael Fallon wrote to the Prime Minister to resign his position after it emerged he...

The Silence of the Lambs is a piece of classic horror cinema, and in the great canon of Hollywood horror it sits happily alongside The Exorcist and Nosferatu. The film is being re-released as part of the “BFI Thriller: Who Can You Trust” season and has been artfully up-scaled and rendered in 4K. The visuals are enhanced and do not look that out of place with modern Hollywood productions, aside from the obvious slight dull look to the colours. It...

As a list of 36 Tory MPs mired in sexual sleaze compiled by Conservative MP's researchers, secretaries and office staff going viral on social media, Theresa May was challenged in parliament about repeated warnings to her that party whips were using information on sexual abuse by their MPs to blackmail them. Theresa May was accused of ignoring THREE warnings that political enforcers or “whips" "used information about sexual abuse to demand loyalty from MPs” “Three years ago I brought evidence to...

Today (1 November 2017), a new draft Tenant Fees Bill will be introduced to Parliament. It sets out the Governments approach to banning letting agents from charging tenant’s costly upfront fees in England. The Government claims the new bill will improve transparency in the rental market, as well as affordability and competition. Currently, letting agents charge tenants a fee to rent a property. Fees are sometimes not clearly explained to tenants, so they’re unaware of the actual costs involved in...

If the British trends of recent years are anything to go by, the Basque region of Spain is responsible for a remarkable food and drink offering. Although the rest of the country is most famous for lagers such as Estrella and San Miguel, the northern part of Spain – in particular – has become responsible for brewing a fine selection of dark beers (Amstel Oro, Alhambra Negra, Voll Damm). Brewed by Euskal Garagardoa S.A., the Pagoa range of ‘traditional Basque...