The Fantasy Football Blog week 11 – We need to talk about Rodriguez
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. I’m very happy with the side at the moment. FC Fakin’ Run Aboutabit may have slid down the table last week, but there are no...
TLE Sports Podcast – 03.11.17
</a ></a >Sport News</a > 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter @davidjdewinter In this jam-packed episode, Richard and David discuss the managerial changes at Everton and Leicester City, evaluate Claude Puel's appointment at the King Power Stadium and debate the potential successors to Ronald Koeman at Goodison Park. Also featuring a lowdown of the clubs at the wrong end of the Premier League table, an analysis of the impressive form of English...
International Biotechnology beats benchmark on strong listed portfolio performance
International Biotechnology beats benchmark on strong listed portfolio performance - In the year ended 31 August 2017, International Biotechnology Trust's NAV rose from 575.1p to 672.9p, including a significant currency gain, equivalent to 14.4 pence per share. The NAV returned 20.9% in. Over the same period, the Shareholders total return was 30.5%. This compares to a rise in the Nasdaq Biotech Index of 21.7% and a gain in the All-Share of 14.4%. The fund's first dividend payment was made to shareholders on 31 January...
Are you paying attention during film trailers? Take the test
There’s nothing better than a trip to the cinema - the smell of freshly popped popcorn and the excitement of going to watch a film you’ve waited months to see. You sit through each gripping trailer in anticipation, munching your way through your cinema snackbox. But while you were sipping on that jumbo-sized soft drink, did you pay attention to the forthcoming film releases? Cineworld has created a brainteaser of a puzzle to test your film buff knowledge. Set in...
Leaked: The Labour document that aims to “transform society”
A document on the Labour Party’s democracy review has been leaked outlining how the party plans to involve its hugely expanded membership to become a mass movement which can transform society. As of June 2017, Labour had 552,000 members, far out-performing the Tories 149,800 members and Lib Dems 102,000 members. And now the party plans to seize on its rapidly growing supporter base in order to transform society by working closely with its member-base and affiliated organisations. Included in the plans are three phases...
Phone-ccidents on the rise as tech absorbed Brits get injured on the move
Millions of Brits have been involved in "phone-ccidents" - an embarrassing or painful mishap while using their phone. A fifth of adults have walked into someone while trying to multitask on their mobile while another one in five have tripped over. An unlucky one in eight have even ended up hurt or injured, with almost a third claiming to have narrowly avoided disaster while distracted by their devices. Twenty seven of the 2,000 mobile users polled even admitted their phone...
Third species of orang-utan recognised…but just “800 remain”
A third species of orangutan has been recognised - but less than a thousand are still alive, warns new research. Previously only two species of orangutans were identified – the Bornean and the Sumatran orangutan. Now, researchers have described a new great ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan. But it is the great ape species at greatest risk of extinction, with only around 800 remaining individuals in upland forest regions of North Sumatra. Two species of Indonesian orangutans had previously been...
The 5 most terrifying serial killers ever depicted in film
By Sam Inglis Films menace us in many different ways. We’ve been scared by ghosts, by aliens, by monsters, vampires, zombies, demons and supernatural murderers. I like films with all of these threats in them, but the ones that scare me, that truly get under my skin, are serial killer films. Dracula, Pennywise, The Wolfman, Damien, Sadako and Freddy Kruger are all very different threats, but they all have one thing in common: you know they’re not real. When you see...
Tory Britain: Where child poverty soars as the rich get richer
The number of children living in poverty is set to soar to 5.2 million in the next five years as the richest members of our society get richer. New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted an increase of more than a million in the number of children living in poverty, more than reversing all the progress made over the past 20 years. The shocking numbers come as new OECD figures reveal the gulf between the rich and poor...