Preparations may be underway to sneak US President Donald Trump in to the UK in order to avoid protesters. According to a source close to the White House Theresa May's team are on standby for a visit, which may be confirmed only 24 hours in advance so anti-Trump protesters won't have time to disrupt a visit. The source was quoted as saying: "There is a window of opportunity for the president to visit Britain when he is in Europe later...

Take a look at the loaf of bread you have lying in your cupboard and count how many ingredients there are in it. Typically a standard loaf of bread should contain six ingredients - flour, butter, yeast, salt, sugar and water. But most supermarket-bought loafs contain way more. Warburtons white bread, medium sliced, contains flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin (B3) and Thiamin (B1)), water, yeast, salt, vegetable oil (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm), soya flour, E481, E472e, calcium propionate and ascorbic acid. And it's largely...

On the whole I rather enjoyed my writing career. I phrase that in the past tense as there are only two possible outcomes after sending in this commentary: my editor at The London Economic responds with purple-faced rage at my effrontery in assuming that this publication would ever under any circumstances consider publishing such a naked paean to paid sexual services, to which I would answer mischievously, 'I don't think they're naked.' And that would be the end of that....

QuotedData is publishing a new update note on a company in the Private Equity sector: Standard Life Private Equity - Loading the portfolio SL Capital Partners, the manager of Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), sees the outlook for Europe improving. However, it thinks that some form of market disruption could occur during the next one to two years. This might lead to greater volatility and better prices for those of its underlying funds that wish to make investments. SLPE has...

As post-Brexit realities begin to settle in, many UK industries are struggling to stay afloat against the tide of uncertainty and reduced trade opportunities. One sector which appears to be holding it’s own, however, is construction. Thanks to government-backed programmes, the British construction industry may actually see significant growth in the near future. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has forecast the creation of 179,000 new jobs over the next five years with an annual growth rate of 1.7%. Compared...

By Anna Power The Midult years hit you less like a speeding train and more like a creeping vine that sneaks up on you – slowly, throttling you face and neck first. You may have bopped your way across the dance floor in your twenties and thirties; downed beers, puffed fags, all on about four hours sleep without it taking any toll on your skin, but once over the forty threshold those days are well and truly over. Little by...

Living with cancer can affect people in ways they didn’t expect and aren’t prepared for, and for many men, handling the emotional burden of the disease can be really hard. For many men, traditional roles and responsibilities like having a successful career, or providing for the family are important aspects of their identity – aspects a cancer diagnosis can take away either temporarily, or permanently. New research from Macmillan Cancer Support shows just how hard this can be, with one...

The tide appears to be turning against leaving the EU. A new poll found that 54 per cent of Brits would now vote to stay within the European Union. The poll, by Survation, may indicate to the government that they should opt for a softer Brexit, as the majority of people would now prefer to remain in the single market. Interestingly their research showed that over half of respondents hope that their would be a cross-party coalition of parties working...

A tennis fan has painstakingly constructed the world's first replica of Wimbledon's iconic Centre Court - from 12,000 TOOTHPICKS. Shaminder Singh, 31, started his project ten months ago and has spent 40 hours a WEEK patiently cutting and gluing tens of thousands of toothpicks. The forklift driver bought the teeny pieces of wood from dozens of supermarkets to get the perfect mix of colours for the replica he built in his bedroom. His incredible model of the world's most famous...