Teenager who can only paint using eye movements has artwork placed in exhibit
A wheelchair-bound teenage girl, who struggles to use her arms and hands and can only paint using eye movements, has had her artwork exhibited. Greta McMillan, 13, spent years trapped in a quiet world with communication limited to a sequence of blinks - for yes and no - tiny facial expressions and small sounds. The teenager was limited by her Cerebral Palsy but is now able to communicate after the local community rallied round to fund an "eye tracker" computer...
Would you eat these fried chicken doughnuts?
Ma’ Plucker of Soho's Beak Street has combined fried chicken with doughnuts to create new "Dirty Doughnuts". The eatery has created three dirty doughnuts including fried chicken with peanut butter, streaky bacon served on a jam filled doughnut, fried Chicken with jalapeño jelly served on a honey glazed mini doughnut and pulled BBQ Chicken with apricot jelly served on a smoked paprika mini doughnut. The doughnuts are served exclusively as part of Ma’s Dirty Birds & Doughnuts Afternoon Tea alongside a...
G4S management had been warned 3 years ago about staff behaviour at the centre
BBC Panorama reveals how a detainee was choked by a member of staff at a G4S run Immigration Removal Centre Tonight BBC Panorama reveals footage of a detainee being choked by a member of staff at a G4S run Immigration Removal Centre. The incident is part of a culture of abuse captured by undercover filming, along with widespread self-harm, and attempted suicides by detainees. The undercover filming was carried out by a member of staff, a detainee custody officer whose...
In pics – Secret nuclear bunker that has remained hidden…for more than 40 years
These pictures show the inside of a top secret nuclear bunker that has remained hidden - for more than 40 years. The site, built during the height of the Cold War, has been buried beneath a Grade II-listed building since it was built in the mid 1970s. These pictures show the inside of a top secret nuclear bunker that has remained hidden - for more than 40 years. But it has now opened its doors to the public for the...
GALLERY: Birdskulls
In what must have been the best-value gig in London of the evening, Friday night saw a trio of the country's most exciting punk crop roll through the shadowy confines of the Old Blue Last. First up, Bloody Death kept it wavy in a low-key run-through of some Rock On, Aged cuts, sounding like a stormy Seahaven, followed by an intense Meggie Brown, bathed in red light and thoughtfully seething behind her mic. Brighton's Birdskulls meanwhile are following in the...
Sheffield Wednesday break Guinness World Record for largest ‘cake ball’ weighing 285kg
Sheffield Wednesday has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest 'cake ball' which weighs a staggering 285kg. Chefs used an astonishing 278kg of flour, 277kg of butter, 277kg of sugar and 4,443 eggs to create the record-breaking cake - shaped as a football. It was unveiled on Sunday, September 3 as part of the club's 150th-anniversary celebrations. The club tweeted: "The Owls have smashed the Guinness World Record for the biggest cake ball! A huge 285kg! #swfc #swfc150." The...
Recap: These are the Labour “experts” who publicly doubted Jeremy Corbyn
If the run-up to the 2017 General Election was notable for anything it was for the self-promotion of people who claimed to be loyal to their party. On the one side there was Theresa May, who although proclaiming to be captaining a strong and stable ship was actually seeing her leadership constantly challenged by the likes of Boris Johnson and co who have long had their eyes on the premiership. And then there was Jeremy Corbyn, who has suffered a...
Coastal communities among the most deprived in UK, report finds
The picturesque seaside resorts many of us visit are not what they seem to be. Behind the sunshine (and showers) is a worrying level of deprivation. The Social Market Foundation has found that the coastal communities of the UK are among the worst off for employment, health, education and earnings. Behind the sandcastles and picture postcard vistas average wages are £3,600 a year behind the national average. The Think Tank found that five of the 10 local authorities in the...
Voice controlled speakers to change device interaction
A powerful voice… How voice controlled speakers will change the way we interact with our devices Created in 1924, the IFA Show in Berlin is one the world’s largest tech shows. Unlike the US’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Germany, the consumers and not just the industry can also get a chance to look around the show and marvel at the innovations revealed by manufacturers such as Samsung, LG and Sony. Booming market Harman's Michael Mauser, Executive Vice President; Co-President...