Can Chelsea win back-to-back titles?

Chelsea’s title defence has gotten under way in mixed fashion. After suffering a shock home defeat to Burnley, the Blues have come back strong finding last season’s form and winning their next two games, first against Tottenham, and then against new look Everton. You can’t blame Chelsea fans for worrying about how this season would pan out following on from what happened to Jose Mourinho the year after he won the title in 2015. Adding to how badly recent title...

Inconsistent England will get punished Down Under

The inconsistency of this England team continued with defeat to West Indies in the Second Test at Headingley. Many would have expected England to cruise to victory after such a lacklustre performance by West Indies in the first test. To everyone’s surprise though, West Indies showed up and won an enthralling test match by 5 wickets after batting brilliantly on Day Five. Shai Hope showed batting class by scoring his second century of the match, along with the dependable Kraigg...

Film Review: The Limehouse Golem

The streets of Victorian East London must have been a pretty scary place. Before the trendy bars and artisan coffee shops, it was full of dark alleyways, smoky air, questionable characters, and of course murder. It is the latter that The Limehouse Golem is concerned with. Set in Victorian London, Inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy) is tasked with catching the notorious Golem murderer, who has struck terror throughout the Limehouse district of the city. When John Cree (Sam Reid) is...

Beer of the Week: Porterhouse Brewing Co. Plain Porter

In celebration of their 21st anniversary, The Porterhouse Brewing Company have recently begun to supply their range of craft beers throughout the United Kingdom. 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...

Singer releases full version of “Seven Nation Corbyn” with own unique lyrics…

UK-based singer songwriter Sam Harrison has released a full version of the viral Jeremy Corbyn chant with new verses and musical backing. The artist, who claims to have played the 2012 Olympics, the Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury festival naked, released the song after crowds across the country embraced the White Stripes tune in support of the Labour Leader. Lyrics include, "the entire Tory party couldn't hold me back" and "the feeling coming from my bones says affordable homes".  Watch the video in...

Scottish island famous for murder case, bought just weeks after being on the market

A Scottish island which became famous for a high-profile murder case more than 50 years ago has been snapped up just weeks after it went on the market. Little Ross Island, off the coast of south west Scotland, was advertised for offers over £325,000 -- around the same price as a two-bedroom flat in Edinburgh city centre. The 29-acre island is home to a 19th-century, fully automated lighthouse tower.  Little Ross gained national media attention in August 1960 when two...

Arsonist is jailed after destroying £80k police station

A man who burned down an £80,000 mobile police station has been jailed for three years. A court heard drug dealers paid homeless Dwayne Curtis, 46, to destroy the vehicle. He denied arson but changed his plea after CCTV footage recorded his pet dog Charlie Boy following him during the attack. His Staffordshire Terrier was stabbed to death and Curtis was stabbed in the buttocks days before he was arrested over the incident in Southend, Essex. Basildon Crown Court was...

Police appeal after man performs indecent act at this well-endowed National Trust site

  Visitors to a famous National Trust spot at the weekend may have been met with a sight they weren't there to see - as a man was caught in the middle of an indecent act. The car park at the site of the famously well-endowed Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset is known as one of the best places to see the hillside chalk figure. But the naked chalk Giant was not the only one exposing itself on Saturday, August...

Conwoman faked terminal illness to fleece man she met on Plenty of Fish dating site 

A woman who fleeced a man she met on a dating website out of thousands of pounds to buy high end Jimmy Choo shoes has been jailed for two years. Parasitic Beverley Weetman, 34, spun a web of lies, including claiming to be terminally ill, after learning her victim had some money saved up as a deposit for a house. But once she spent all of his cash in 'loans' and gifts she started to distance herself from him, and...

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