Watch – REAL-LIFE BANANAMAN…The raw vegan student who eats 150 bananas a WEEK
Student Dane Nash's diet is totally bananas - he eats up to 150 of the fruit A WEEK. The 21-year-old starts every day with a smoothie made of TWELVE nanas and downs up to 10 more throughout the day. He gets 80 per cent of his calorie intake from the tropical fruit, with most of the rest coming from spinach - of which he consumes more than 2lbs per day. Dane follows a strict 'raw vegan' diet - only uncooked...
Osprey catches double fish supper from a lake in fascinating images & video
Plunging into a Scottish loch, this majestic osprey emerges triumphant with a DOUBLE FISH SUPPER. Spectacular pictures capture the moment the majestic bird of prey folds its wings and plunges down into the water. The osprey then snapped up two massive trout -- but didn't managed to hold on to them for long. The incident was documented by amateur photographer Mark Chrimes who was on a holiday in Scotland with his friends The 51-year-old, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has taken...
North Ferriby United announce signing of £200m Neymar
A non-league football team claimed to have clubbed together to sign the world's most expensive player Neymar Jr - by raising season ticket prices to almost £3m. North Ferriby United sparked a hilarious reaction on social media as they photoshopped Brazilian striker Neymar, 25, on to their very own green and white-striped kit. The Villagers, who were relegated from the National League last season, then craftily added that their season tickets had increased to an eye-watering £2,845,212. The price of...
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities invests in toll road operator
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities invests in toll road operator - VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities has become a significant investor in Tasco JSC (HNX: HUT), a leading toll road operator and real estate development company in northern Vietnam, via a private placement. Tasco's private placement raised USD23 million by issuing 21% of post-investment common shares to several investors including company management, with the largest acquirer being VOF, which invested USD11 million. Tasco will use proceeds of the private placement to help finance future infrastructure...
Wine of the week: Marques De Casa Concha Syrah, 2014
OK, so who switched winter on? Following two months of what promised to be a glorious summer normality has returned to the shores of Britain bringing with it wind-swept and rain-drenched mugginess that has sufficiently clouded our memories of deck chairs in the garden and strawberries and cream in the fridge. Ain't it always the way. If my memory serves me well, the first few weeks of August are generally the days in which Britain decides to take a rest...
Million pound London moped phone robbing gang face trial
A gang of moped raiders armed with hammers, knives and a gun stole £1 million worth of mobile phones and tablets in 17 raids on stores across London, a court heard. The gang of young men allegedly raided Three Mobile shops where they would smash their way in with a battering ram, break into the stock room and swipe the latest handsets, before escaping on waiting mopeds. Security guards placed in some stores overnight by the mobile company were brutally...
Senior clergyman who took nearly 600 images of men in public toilets on his phone…spared jail
A senior clergyman who took nearly 600 images of men in public toilets on his phone was spared jail. The Very Reverend Martin Thrower, 56, was given four months in jail suspended for two years after being caught filming a teenage boy in a shopping centre toilet. Police found the married priest's photos on his phone but he denied having a sexual fetish with men in toilets. The grey-haired rector of the village of Hadleigh with Layham and Shelley in...
LIVE REVIEW – Goat
W/ The Moonlandingz, Jane Weaver Brixton Academy, London 29.7.17 For the uninitiated, Gothenburg's Goat are known for generating a psychedlic feast in their live shows, but tonight's performance looks more difficult to predict than most with such a rich and varied line-up - particularly with an appearance from The Moonlandingz scheduled in the middle of it. Brixton Academy is the perfect setting for the night, with its sloped floor and surrounding bars providing a festival-like atmosphere. Jane Weaver takes to...
Is the date dead?
In a world of app dating and social media stalking, it’s hard to remember a time when we didn’t already know TMI about our date. We’ve taken window shopping to the extreme and along with it, we’ve thrown out the traditional date in favour of something far seedier. We know what they do for a living, how many pets they’ve got and who their ex-partner was. For some, they’ve even shown us their aubergine emoji. So with all the background...