The Guardian has set its sights on breaking even next year but can its membership schemes and pleas for cash work, or will it be forced to forego its commitment to quality journalism? Despite increased revenues from its digital advertising and membership schemes, which rose 15 per cent to £94.1 million in the year to April 2017, the newspaper publisher is reported to be considering a paywall plan B. At this point in its three-year turnaround plan, this could be...

Dangerous criminals stole jail cell keys from guards in order to free more than 500 lags as they went on the rampage during a 15 HOUR prison riot, a court heard. Senior prison officers "lost control" of a large part of HMP Birmingham after violence erupted at the Category B jail on December 16 last year. Jurors were told how wardens were forced to evacuate after being pelted with pool balls, cans of paint and sprayed with water from fire...

Girlpool Support: Ian Sweet The Village Underground 7.9.17 In the time since their last visit to London, Girlpool have plugged in and turned it UP. Their second album, Powerplant, saw the duo move away from the bedroom harmonies and no-frills production of Before the World Was Big and fill out their backline. With a drummer, an additional guitarist and a saxophonist, Cleo and Harmony sound positively huge in the caverns of the Village Underground. Older cuts like 'Ideal World' and 'Cherry Picking' are...

Modern parents are throwing away a quarter of meals they cook because of fussy eating habits. New research has revealed of the 1,460 evening meals parents prepare for their family each year the equivalent of 394 of those are getting thrown away. The poll of 2,000 parents found eight in ten regularly end up throwing away at least part of their children’s uneaten meals, with salad the dish most likely to be left followed by meat and veg, stir-fry and risotto. Forty-five per...

Supermodel Joanna Krupa was painted in tiger stripes by the animal charity PETA outside Westminster, Central London, in order to put pressure on wild animals being used in travelling circuses Supermodel Joanna Krupa was painted in tiger stripes by the animal charity PETA outside Westminster, Central London, in order to put pressure on wild animals being used in travelling circuses. Supermodel Joanna Krupa was painted in tiger stripes by the animal charity PETA outside Westminster, Central London, in order to...

A newlywed bride is lucky to be alive after she was bitten by a venomous spider on her HONEYMOON. Victoria Ross, 32, was just two weeks into her marriage with company manager Brian, 33, when she was nipped on the right leg by a tiny 1 cm-long violin spider on July 4 during her honeymoon to Jamaica. The account executive from Bingley, West Yorks, was left with an inflamed red raw leg covered in pus-filled boils so horrifying doctors were...

A simple gnocchi recipe using store cupboard ingredients.

By Michael McNulty Attila Till blends fantasy and reality in his Hungarian comedy-cum-action thriller, Kills on Wheels, about a trio of wheelchair bound hit men. Zoli (Zoltán Fenyvesi) and Barba (Ádám Feteke) are best mates, both with disabilities, who live in a rehabilitation centre and who have a passion for comic books. Zoli is in urgent need of spinal corrective surgery, but his pride prevents him from accepting money from his estranged father to cover the costs. Marginalized and resigned...

It’s a brave soul that opens a new restaurant in Chinatown. Rental prices are notoriously expensive - around half a mill a year for a decent-sized place. How many meals do you have to serve just to cover those costs alone? So I arrived a Hot Pot for a pre-cinema meal hoping, for their own sake, it would be a success. The signs were good; ‘display eating’ has always been a popular choice of dining experience, from crêpes suzettes at...