Sanctuary for discarded inflatables opens in Majorca
This is the scene as the summer holiday season draws to a close - thousands of abandoned inflatables, once loved, now considered redundant by their former owners. A ‘sanctuary’ for discarded inflatables has opened in a hotel in Majorca in response to the overwhelming amount of blow-ups left behind by guests. Every year, holidaymakers bin their inflatables rather than make room for them in their luggage or deal with the hassle of carrying them around. As a result of the...
Dinner at Padella is actually worth queuing for
While being herded like cattle through Gatwick airport recently, one member of a particularly raucous stag weekend roared: “England – the only country with queues longer than the entire flight home.” Like the birth right to complain about literally everything, and to make terrible decisions at the Polling Station; queuing is so ingrained into our culture and every day lives, it’s almost as British as the Monarchy, the ‘stiff upper lip’, or wholly unnecessary apologies. To use the most well-mannered...
Craft beer: Big can be beautiful, but independence is key
By Justin Hawke, owner and brewer at Moor Beer Company When TLE editor Jack Peat wrote that we’ve got to stop thinking “craft” means “small” in response to BrewDog's ascension into Britain’s 100 Biggest Alcohol Brands I, as someone often referred to as a ‘craft brewer’, tended to agree. There is however a ‘but’. Being small is not necessarily a sign of a brewer that is uncompromising in their approach to producing a quality product – something well-made and full of flavour....
Saudi Arabia lift the ban on women driving
Saudi Arabian state television announced on Tuesday evening that women will be allowed to drive in the kingdom, with driving licenses to be issued to men and women alike from next summer. The order was issued by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and was announced by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ultraconservative kingdom is the only country in the world to have until now forbidden women from driving, and it is common for foreign male chauffeurs, mostly...
Mansion with huge hole in garden put up for sale for £25m – here’s why
A home at the centre of one of London's biggest planning controversies has been put on the market for £25 million - complete with a giant hole in the garden. On the face of it the Grade II listed Georgian home, on Brompton Square, in Knightsbridge, has just about everything a wealthy buyer looks for in Prime Central London. It has a sought-after address, boasts one of the area's largest private gardens and has the potential to be turned into...
All the information about “block making machines” that you must know if you are in the industry
Do you like the world of building, and do you want to be up-to-date on all these kind of news? Do you have a construction company and you must keep up-dated on all innovations? Is this issue a big interest for you? Discover here all you need to know about concrete block machines, as well as how to find the best ones in today´s market at the most affordable prices. The world has changed in recent times, and with has...
Are VPNs really private?
A VPN (Virtual Private Network), lets you connect to the net through a server run by means of a VPN provider. Virtually Private Network technology was basically developed so as to allow workers who are far-flung to connect securely to a company network so as to gain access to the company resources when far from the company. VPN which is now commonly referred to commercial VPN services which allow the users to privately access the net via their servers. Ordinarily,...
Fair Cop ? – Facebook page of police driving badly gets taken down TWICE
Red-faced police got a Facebook page which blasted the driving and parking habits of officers taken down TWICE after claiming they were being 'victimised', it was claimed today. The 'Unmarked police cars of Cambridgeshire' page was set up by traffic vigilantes to shame police for what it said was their poor parking and bad driving. It has more than 2,000 followers and receives up to 125 videos a week of officers acting like they are 'above the law'. The site...
Traces of life found in 4 billion year old rocks
Life on Earth really did begin around 4 billion years ago - increasing the chances it could be abundant throughout the universe, according to new research. Evidence of living organisms has been found in Canadian rocks dating back 3.95 billion years. They represent some of the earliest known life following a similar discovery in Australia two years ago in even older sediment going back 4.1 billion years. The latest finding published in Nature adds to evidence life began a remarkably...