Restaurant Review: Lahpet
Unlike so many other South East Asian cuisines, I’d be surprised if I weren’t the only Londoner unfamiliar with Burmese food until recently. According to Dan Anton, co-owner of Lahpet in London Fields, this is likely due to the relative lack of Burmese nationals anywhere outside of Burma (or Myanmar). Leaving complex political situations aside, if (like me) you are uninitiated, you’ve been missing out. Located in the railway arches of London Fields, at the edge of the park itself,...
FIVE pythons have been found slithering around a London park
Animal rescuers have found five PYTHONS slithering around a park - in LONDON. 'Monty', a four-foot-long royal python, was found on Wednesday night in Battersea Park, south London - making it the fifth foreign snake found there in as many weeks. Last month three juveniles and an adult were discovered, prompting concern from animal welfare officers. The python is native to sub-Saharan Africa and is a non-venomous constrictor and can grow to 5ft long. Animal rescuers have found five PYTHONS...
‘Wet nurse’ mum donates 600 gallons of breast milk
A miracle mum has donated more than 600 GALLONS of her own breastmilk to help hundreds of other parents feed their babies. Selfless Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, 29, devotes ten hours a day to her “labour of love” and says it’s like a full-time job. The mum-of-two has Hyperlactation Syndrome which means she pumps around 225oz (1.75gallons) of breastmilk a day - almost ten times the 27oz average. Credit: 'Steffi K Photography / SWNS.com'Breast milk donor Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra feeding her daughter Sophia....
Convicted murderer wins share of £200,000 compensation payout from bungling police force
A convicted murderer has received tens of thousands of pounds from a police force following a botched investigation into the killing of a promising football star. Levi Walker was one of four men originally found guilty of the "execution-style" murder of Kevin Nunes. Nunes, who had been on the books of Tottenham Hotspur, was found dead in a country lane in Pattingham, Staffs., on September 19, 2002. Narel Sharpe, a soldier on leave from Iraq, who was killed on Oldbury...
Signed, sealed, delivered: The Postal Museum opens for business
London’s latest heritage attraction, The Postal Museum, has opened its doors to the public for the first time. The opening marks the end of an ambitious year and a half project, which commenced on 4 February 2016, to convert a disused Clerkenwell printing factory into the new museum site, and bring the disused ‘Mail Rail’ tunnels back to life as a ride for the first time in their 100 year history. Friday 28 July 2017 will see The Postal Museum...
Private jet firms cash in on pre-season tours and overseas transfers
Private jet firms are cashing in on lucrative international pre-season tours and overseas transfers. With two weeks to go until the start of the season Premier League clubs have already shelled out lucrative amounts to bring players in, with Man City splashing over £200 million and both Chelsea and Manchester United parting with over a hundred mill. The clubs are also finding themselves arranging fixtures in far-flung destinations, which has proved to be a boon for private jet firms. Matthew...
Controversial vicar said words such as ‘Pride’ and ‘Gay’ are being hijacked by the LGBT community
A vicar says words such as 'pride' and 'gay' are being "hijacked" by people who "seek to normalise LGBT activity as part of mainstream life". Reverend Melvin Tinker, slammed his fellow clergy for hosting a special service to mark Pride and LGBT 50 celebrations and said: "where there is light, there tends to be a shadow and so coinciding with this is a Gay Pride rally." Reverend Melvin Tinker. A vicar says words such as 'pride' and 'gay' are being...
Book Review: The Streak
Frankly I blame beer for it, this whole obsession over sporting records. If it wasn't for beer's foaming head giving the men who drink it equally foaming heads would we really care who scored how many goals or runs in however many games in the year of one's father's birth? Such statistics are shouted, scribbled on napkins, or carved into foreheads in certain waterfront drinking establishments in order to settle arguments. Those arguments in turn begin in order to settle...
Alleged fraudster denies trying to swindle £10,000 by falsely claiming he lost his wife and son in the Grenfell Tower fire
A suspected fraudster denied trying to swindle nearly £10,000 of pounds and goods by falsely claiming he lost his wife and son in the Grenfell Tower fire, a court heard. Anh Nhu Nguyen, 52, tried to scam a council and charities out of cash, clothing, food and electronic goods by pretending he had lost his home and "worldly possessions", it is claimed. He posed as a victim for nearly two weeks, and was put up in a Holiday Inn, Southwark...