Spruce Springclean tops poll of “best business names in Britain”
Spruce Springclean, a carpet cleaning shop in Cornwall, has been named the best business name in Britain, according to a new survey. It was followed by the rib-tickling Surelock Homes, a Portsmouth-based locksmith, and the Planet of the Grapes – a wine bar in London. Four in 10 Brits say that a witty or memorable business name is likely to make them use that company over a similar one. And one in 10 say they can remember funny company names...
Song To Song: Film Review
Terrence Malick has seemingly become so committed to his own self-aggrandising brand of philosophically indulgent, freeform filmmaking that one could arguably be justified in calling him the Michael Bay of arthouse auteurism. Granted, it’s impossible not to be intrigued by the output of a director who’s driven solely by his own artistic vision, but contrary to popular belief, Malick is not some sort of celestial, cinematic being: his earlier works – Badlands and The Thin Red Lines – may have...
Pilot captures stunning footage of Boeing 787 contrails
A pilot has captured stunning footage of the contrails of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner over eastern Russia. Contrails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust, typically at aircraft cruise altitudes several miles above the Earth's surface. They are composed primarily of water, in the form of ice crystals. Lou Boyer was piloting a Boeing 747 flight from Tokyo to Alaska when he saw the contrails over eastern Russia. The Dreamliner was flying towards Asia when Boyer spotted it passing...
£176 billion Nestle could keep Blue Riband in UK for £1 million
New research has revealed £176 billion company Nestle could keep production of the Blue Riband in the UK for just £1 million. Nestle announced it was going to move production of the iconic chocolate biscuit to Poland in April. Some 300 jobs in Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland are jeopardy despite the biscuit been primarily consumed by the UK market – meaning it will have to be exported BACK into this country if production moves to Eastern Europe. GMB is...
The sick man of Britain: The NHS turns 69
In 1853 in the run up to the Crimean War John Russell quoted Nicholas I of Russia as describing the Ottoman Empire as "the sick man of Europe". Over the years the term has been applied to most failing states within the continent and as 2016 ticked around it was Britain's turn to inherit the mantle. Following the Brexit vote and on the back of a crumbling economy, chaotic political landscape, eroding global influence and domestic social conflict most continental commentators agreed that...
Wildlife campaigners fear Brexit will see record levels of dolphins washed up dead on British beaches
Wildlife campaigners fear that more dolphins will be found washed up dead on British beaches - because of BREXIT. Almost 200 dolphins and porpoises have been found dead on Cornish beaches already this year with the sharpest-ever rise recorded between January and April. Most of the protection for the mammals comes from the EU but once we leave campaigners say even more will die with no replacement legislation currently proposed. A petition urging Fisheries Minister George Eustice to put laws...
10 ways the iPhone pillaged the world
By James Fox It's ten years since Apple first released the iPhone, which was to become the most successful products from the most profitable tech company ever. For many, including James Titcomb at the Telegraph, it will be a cause for reminiscing about how much harder it was to navigate an unfamiliar city, or of trying to remember a world without apps and threaded texts at our fingertips. Its worth remembering though, that the consequences of Apple and its products...
Former City Lord Mayor jailed for making indecent images of children
A former city Lord Mayor has been placed back in chains for making and distributing indecent images of children. Neil Taggart, 65, was jailed after he admitted eight child sex offences when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court, West Yorks. Taggart, who was a leading figure on Leeds City Council for more than three decades, was sacked "as soon as the party became aware of the allegations he was facing". Following the verdict hearing on June 5, Councillor Judith Blake,...
Children dice with death by playing “chicken” game in the road
These shocking photographs show children dicing with death as they dodge cars by lying in the middle of a busy ROAD. The three children appear to be playing 'chicken', a game involving waiting as long as possible in the way of cars, before jumping away at the last second. In one of the images, two of the children are seen lying in the middle of the road, while another image shows one the children running out on to the...