Camden KFC turned into nightclub
KFC transformed its latest London restaurant into a nightclub for its grand opening this weekend. The brand new Mornington Crescent KFC launched with blacked-out windows and high-tech lighting as it became a hip hop club for the night. And given that you're probably going to end up there anyway, this came as a godsend to clubbers who managed to feast away while strutting their stuff. Top DJ Bradley Johnson and BURST spent the evening spinning tunes behind the counter for...
Riot police disperse Rashan Charles demo throwing missiles at officers in Dalston, London
Riot police have charged protestors in Dalston, Hackney, North London, after protests at the death of a local man during an arrest turned violent. Protesters had gathered in Kingsland Road, Hackney, after a non-violent vigil during the day, holding Black Lives Matter placards, and banners asking for answers from the IPCC investigation into the local lad’s death. But as riot police filled the streets and mattresses were set on fire, bottles and fireworks thrown, violence broke out about 8pm. Right...
Yobs nick whisky bottle filled with coins meant for dementia charity
Thieves have been branded as “sick and cynical” after raiding a store and making off with charity cash being raised in support dementia research. The break-in in the early hours of Monday is the latest in a string of burglaries at retail outlets in Hawick, Roxburghshire. An estimated £600 in coins stacked up in a gallon whisky bottle were snatched. The manager of the Iceland store, Bill Innes, told of his outrage at the raid. He is convinced the culprits...
The Weekly Cocktail Recipe: Mr Lyan’s ‘London Calling’
This month, award-winning mixologist Ryan Chetiyawardana has collaborated with Waitrose to create a selection of gin-based cocktail recipes. Best known as Mr Lyan, Ryan Chetiyawardana has garnered quite a reputation with his bars White Lyan and Dandelyan. Opened in 2013, in Hoxton, White Lyan was the first bar in the world to use no perishables (without fruit garnishes, or ice), serving a collection of mesmerising pre-batched cocktails. Most of those cocktails are available to buy outside of Mr Lyan’s bars,...
Forget tech, we need respect for football referees
With a ball yet to be kicked in the 2017/18 season football's elite players are already generously offering their two penneth on how to "make refereeing better". Barcelona star Gerard Piqué, who is known for regularly hitting out at refereeing decisions, told Japanese magazine Soccer Kings that he wants to "change the refereeing system" in order to "eliminate injustices and to ensure there would be less controversy". Hefty promises for such a complex discussion, but the worrying thing is that he's missing the...
Hope and Glory Festival Announce Additions to Stellar Line-up
With just one week to go until Liverpool’s newest boutique festival HOPE & GLORY takes over the city centre, the festival have announce more additions and surprises to the bill, taking place across the weekend of the 4th, 5th and 6th of August. Alongside the previously announced Black Grape, the first 1,200 early birds to purchase festival tickets, will also be treated to a headline performance from Liverpool’s very own Cast on Friday 4th August at St. George’s Hall. This ‘not so’ secret...
Are uniforms become less…. uniform?
By Susanne Malim, Managing Director of Jermyn Street Design As usual, this summer saw Wimbledon officials strictly enforcing the players’ “all whites” dress code, enforcing the view that we are all sticklers for formal attire at every occasion. Uniforms and dress codes certainly play a role in certain situations, but, times are changing! In response to changing trends, corporatewear designers are bringing laid back style and individuality to uniforms. Given the evidence behind this growing trend, Wimbledon officials may even be...
Cocaine-themed birthday cake – complete with fake lines of coke and rolled up £50 notes, made for woman’s boyfriend
A woman had a cocaine-themed birthday cake made for her boyfriend - decorated with fake lines of coke, ecstasy tablets and rolled up £50 notes. Stacey Morris, 22, wanted to surprise her boyfriend Ollie, 23, with a cake he would remember at his party. The decorated Victoria sponge was "just a joke" and Stacey was inundated with thousands of messages after she posted pics on Facebook. A number of people commenting on the viral photos joked it had "Jeremy Kyle...
Sea Beast of…NEVADA – large mouthed fish was top predator after mass extinction
A sea monster that hunted "like the great white shark" more than 250 million years ago has been dug up... in the Nevada! The six foot long beast had huge jaws and three parallel rows of razor sharp teeth - with several smaller ones inside its enormous mouth. Palaeontologist Dr Carlo Romano said the creature hunted similarly to the modern great white shark. It would have pursued its prey, then bitten it - before swallowing the hapless fish whole. Scientists...