Over half of Brits say current costs would stop them from attending university. Over 50 per cent of people in the UK would now choose not to attend university if they were to start today due to the high level of tuition fees and associated living costs. The research by Newsflare reveals just how many of us would choose not to attend university if we faced the financial pressures placed on student’s starting university now. Of those surveyed, those aged...

Electra to hand back another £350m and drop private equity from name - Electra has completed what it termed as "Phase II" of its strategic review. The conclusions are: Continue to focus on optimising return on shareholder capital. No new investment in current market conditions.  However, should conditions change the Board will consider further investment. A further special dividend of GBP350 million, or 914p per share. This is to be paid on 1 December 2017 to shareholders on the register of members at...

Of all the square mile’s high-rise restaurants, Angler seems alone without a sole selling point that harks on about the view. Let’s be fair - even when the windows are (rarely) clean - the only real scenes observable from the top of the South Place Hotel are into the dreary lives of office clerks, or skyscrapers with ballistic lifts that blast unlucky diners into some of London’s worst restaurants. At Michelin-starred Angler, however, the main focus is on the food...

London is full of wonderful, interesting and sometimes wacky museums. They hold some of the world's finest art and artefacts.  Even better is that most of them are free. Here's 10 of the Best Museums in London as chosen by The London Economic's Billy Ray. The Best Museums in London? We think so, but visit them all and decide for yourself! 10. National Maritime Museum By Sue Wallace at en.wikipedia This free to enter museum contains a trove of artefacts...

A much-loved Cocker Spaniel has been named Britain's cutest pub dog. Rudi, a show-type Spaniel, was handed the accolade in new book Great British Pub Dogs, and was also nominated for 'top pub dog'. The adorable 18-month-old puppy lives with owners Chris and Gillian French and their 10-year-old daughter Mia at the Mitre pub in Richmond-upon-Thames, south west London. Chris, 40, said Rudi was an 'instant hit' with locals in the posh gastropub. He said: "He’s a great pub dog,...

A criminally under loved cut of meat, shin of beef demands to be cooked slowly for a long time, given its natural toughness. When cooked properly, nonetheless, the shin is amongst the cow’s most flavoursome offerings (along with most of the cuts that have fallen out of favour), perfect as the base of a rich ragù sauce. As a result, a delicious, crowd-pleasing, relatively economical meal can be made with some due care and patience. This beef shin ragù recipe...

A property developer has spent the past 30 YEARS transforming a home into his own Venetian palace.A property developer has spent the past 30 YEARS transforming a home into his own Venetian palace. Trevor Wynne-Jones bought a featureless bungalow in 1966 for £13,500 and demolished it, building a new home in its place. A property developer has spent the past 30 YEARS transforming a home into his own Venetian palace. But in the 1980s he embarked on a staggering project...

A peacemaker was stabbed and beaten with a glass tube after he tried to break up a fight. Detectives are hunting two suspects after the 23-year-old victim was left with a broken rib and a laceration to his lung. The man had tried to diffuse an argument between two men and a group of other people on September 23. After an exchange of words, he was chased by the pair into a newsagent in King's Cross, central London. One man...

By Anna Power Opening this year’s London Film Festival,  Andy Serkis’ directorial debut, a biopic of Robin Cavendish, a polio survivor and lifelong disability rights campaigner and with Jonathan Cavendish – Robin’s son, as Producer. Despite a syrupy start, wherein the couple meet and idyllically fall in love at first sight at a cricket match, the film turns towards tragedy when Robin is struck down with polio whilst working as a tea broker in Kenya leaving him paralysed and unable...