Transfer window winners and losers as Premiership clubs spend a record-breaking sum

English football clubs spent a record £1.4 billion this transfer window, with £210 million was spent alone on deadline day - also a new record. This whopping amount of money spent by Premier League clubs could have been higher if a number of high profile signings had gone through. The likes of Alexis Sanchez, Virgil Van Dijk, Ross Barkley, Riyad Mahrez and Thomas Lemar, were all eager to move away from their clubs, but the eye-watering sums offered on these...

Spirit of the Week: Havana Club Rum Tributo 2016

Rum is finally getting the moment in the sunshine it deserves. Once the reserve of popular (read: mostly terrible) cocktails such as Mojitos and Daiquiris, the spirit’s premium, sipping expressions are finally beginning to receive some apposite recognition across the globe. The first in a new limited-edition run of ultra-premium expressions, Havana Club Tributo 2016 pays homage to the know-how of Cuban rum masters, as a tribute to the best rum that Cuba has to offer. Joining The Iconica Collection,...

Social media meltdown after Cycling Weekly publishes ‘Token attractive woman’ caption

This week’s Cycling Weekly caused controversy when an editorial error saw a text holder (A caption to accompany an image which is updated before the publication goes to press) read 'Token Attractive Woman'. Twitter user Carlos Fandango who noticed the mistake published the image on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chapeau_Velo/status/903333298361032704 Upon the issue being flagged to them, Cycling Weekly issued an apology on their official Twitter account. The apology read: "Unfortunately during the magazine's production process a member of the sub-editing team decided...

WATCH: Is Russia behind right-wing anti-immigrant Twitter accounts with eight numbers in?

This chilling interview in which LBC’s James O’Brien speaks to journalist Mike Hind who has been investigating thousands of accounts flooding Twitter with right-wing, anti-immigrant, pro-Brexit and pro-Trump propaganda is truly eye-opening.   There are 63,000 accounts with names followed by eight digits like @DavidJo52951945 - outed this week in the Times for having Russian links. The tweets of the self-styled “passionate Brexit supporter" with a Union Flag profile picture, over 100,000 followers on Twitter tend to support Brexit, Ukip, anti-Islam...

What this banker did in front of young girls is horrifying  

A highflying banker was chased down The Mall by angry teachers after they noticed his manhood was 'poking out from his shorts' as he sat next to young girls. Robert Moore, 56, was confronted after the Italian teachers became concerned over how 'unusually close' he was to four schoolgirls on a bench in St James's Park, central London. The American, who flits his time between his home in New York and a £1.3 million London pad, was sat next to...

Watch – 30 youths brutally attack man with special needs

A shocking video shows a group of 30 youths launch a vicious attack on a special needs victim that witnesses feared could have killed him. The disturbing footage, which was widely shared on social media, appears to show a teenager initially shoving the defenceless man to the floor. Several members of the yobbish teen group then proceed to kick, punch and stamp on his head and body while he lies helplessly on the ground. A shocking video shows a group...

Third of sick notes are given out for mental health issues

There is a huge increase in the number of people who are taking time off from employment due to mental health problems, according to new figures. One in three sick notes are handed out for mental health issues, in total 5730,000 cases were reported last year. The stigma around mental health conditions has alleviated somewhat in recent years as many public figures have talked openly about their own issues, and how they have struggled. This number has risen 70,000 in...

Film Review: Stratton

Based on Duncan Falconer’s book The Hostage, Stratton follows John Stratton (Dominic Cooper), a Special Boat Service operative, who along with a secret services team is trying to intercept a batch of deadly biochemical weapons. The weapons find their way into the hands of former Soviet operative Grigory Barovsky (Thomas Kretschmann) who plans to drop them on London and there is only limited time for Stratton to stop him. Dominic Cooper tries his best in the central role but the...

The Weekly Cocktail Recipe: Negroni Inglese from 45 Jermyn St.

Forget monotonous mojitos, Club Tropicana Mai Tais or mawkish, emetic ‘coolers’ - the humble Negroni is the ultimate summer cocktail. A perfect balance of bitter, herbal and underlying sweet flavours, the Italian icon makes for an ideal aperitif; refreshing thanks to its succinct bitter notes. Since its initial creation, allegedly in Florence during 1919, the drink has seen various reiterations. Some of the most popular include the ‘Sbagliato’, made with Prosecco instead of classic gin, or the ‘Boulevardier’, which traditionally...

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