Pollution kills more than 50,000 people in Britain every year
Pollution is killing over 50,000 Britons and nine million across the globe each year. Pollution has been blamed on killing 50,235 or 8.30 per cent of all UK deaths in 2015. Overall the rate of death attributable to pollution in the UK was 78.68 per 100,000 deaths. Most of these deaths are due to non-communicable diseases caused by pollution such as heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Yet the toll is greatest in poor and...
Mums expose decades long cover up of baby defect drug still prescribed to thousands of women amid calls for an inquiry into “National Scandal.”
Two mums who exposed a cover up of a drug associated with baby defects for 40% of mums-to-be prescribed it finally had their day in Parliament. A late Thursday night House of Commons debate heard the horrendous story of how the dangers of epilepsy drug valproate to pregnant women had been covered up for 40 years. And how decades on it is still being prescribed to pregnant women without adequate warnings. Labour MP Cat Smith called it a "national scandal"...
Restaurant Review: Polpo, Soho
After London, Venice has quickly become my favourite European city. Compact, charming and boundlessly beautiful – with its picturesque vistas, compendium of canals and Italo-Byzantine architecture. Ignore the American tourist complaints of “this damn curb ain’t wide enough” or “what’s with all these goddamn tourists?”; avoid being fleeced for €80 to ride a gondola around the canals – and it’s almost impossible to avoid swooning over the city’s serene pulchritude. And so, it’s hardly surprising that restaurateur Russell Norman is...
Beer of the Week: Porterhouse Brewing Co. Hersbrucker Pilsner
In celebration of their 21st anniversary, The Porterhouse Brewing Company began to supply their range of craft beers throughout the United Kingdom earlier this year. Initially opening Ireland’s first brewpub, The Porterhouse Brewing Company was launched by cousins Liam LeHart and Oliver Hughes, spotting an opportunity to compete against the bland beers being produced by mass-producing breweries at the time. Since then, the brewery has developed a four-strong core range, while The Porterhouse in Temple Bar still serves just the brewery’s draft craft beer brewed...
How Businesses Can Take Advantage of iOS 11 For NFC Marketing
With the launch of iOS 11, Apple have introduced NFC capabilities to a much wider audience of smartphone users, enabling businesses to interact with and market to their customers in far more creative and engaging ways. For those who are not familiar with NFC (Near Field Communications), it’s a technology that allows contactless communication between an NFC enabled device, such as a smartphone, and an NFC chip. These chips can be embedded into a range of promotional products such as...
Fantasy Football Blog week 9: the climb continues
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. Whilst game week 8 wasn’t a classic, sometimes you just have to grind the results out to make progress. 45...
Interview: Michelin-starred chef Alyn Williams
With the UK & Ireland regional competition taking place next month, S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2018 is well under way. Set across 21 global regions, 210 semi-finalists having selected, chosen by ALMA – the International School of Italian Cuisine. Taking place at Aveqia in London next month, the UK & Ireland semi-finals will see ten semi-finalists face off against one another, preparing their ‘signature dishes’ for a panel of acclaimed chefs. This year’s chef judging panel includes Angela Hartnett MBE, Alyn Williams,...
61% of children waiting to be adopted in England are part of a sibling group
“Our girls are stronger together - a real team” Did you know that over three-fifths (61%) of children waiting to be adopted in England are part of a sibling group? That’s the focus of this year’s National Adoption Week, running until 22 October. The campaign aims to encourage more adopters to come forward and to consider adopting brothers and sisters together. Having the comfort of being adopted alongside their siblings can help children, who may have already experienced significant trauma...
Nine simple words stopped man jumping from London’s Waterloo Bridge
A stranger has been reunited with the suicidal man he stopped jumping from a bridge with nine words: 'It will get better mate, you will get better.' Jonny Benjamin, 29, had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder – a cross between schizophrenia and biopolar disorder - before he prepared to kill himself. Neil Laybourn, 34, was just crossing Waterloo Bridge himself when he spotted Jonny, rushed over and uttered the nine words which saved Jonny's life. They spent the next 25...