Who loves the cello? Everyone. Everyone loves the cello. Everyone loves the cello because the cello is amazing. It’s the violin’s sexy, bigger brother, without all those horrible screechy scratchy noises that make you want to tear off ears with your bare hands and mail them to Peru. Or so we all thought! If you’re reading this in hope of a charming appraisal of a beautiful cello recital that you could take your significant other to as a touching Valentines...

“Aliens pouring into our country”. “The Swarm on our streets.” The first is a Daily Mail headline from 1938 and the second is from the same newspaper in 2016. Following two visits to the Calais 'jungle' last year I was struck by the numbers of unaccompanied children and young people I saw there. They were a part of the ninety thousand lone children assessed to be among the refugee population across Europe (a figure regarded as understated by Save the Children). These children were at the mercy of hostile authorities, people smugglers...

The Daily Mail has been tarred with the same brush used to purge fake news sites from online dictionary Wikipedia. Editors voted to ban the Daily Mail as a source after deeming the news group “generally unreliable”. The move is thought to break new ground for the encyclopedia which rarely puts a blanket ban on publications beside those peddling untruths or provocative material. According to the Guardian the editors described the arguments for a ban as “centred on the Daily Mail’s reputation for...

The livestream will be broadcasted on Facebook Live & Instagram Live on Friday 10 Feb at 9:30 AM PT/ 5:30 PM UK / 6:30 PM EU and will be a special opportunity for fans to get up close and personal with Linus and Christian. Alongside answering burning questions from fans, Galantis will also run through the exciting plans they’ve got in store for 2017. The duo will speak about new music releases, upcoming residencies, and their Spring tour schedule -...

A teenager has baffled doctors with a mysterious condition that causes him to cry tears of BLOOD. Akhilesh Raghuvanshi, 13, started bleeding from his nose three years ago and his parents initially dismissed it as “dehydration”. But soon he was bleeding from his eyes, ears and mouth almost every day – even seemingly losing blood through his skin without being cut or scratched. He is currently under the observation of top doctors in India in a bid to diagnose his...

A homeless man who rescued some DUCKS and raised them as his own has been left devastated – after they were removed from his care. Russ O’Conner says he saved the animals and raised them on the street. He kept them in a cardboard box but the conditions of the two ducklings fell foul of the authorities and police have now taken them away. The RSPCA said it took action following a number of calls from concerned members of the...

With the referendum resulting in the UK leaving the EU, businesses in the UK and internationally held their breath for its effects.  With plummeting exchange rates, even industries that were booming in 2016 pre-Brexit are feeling the effects. The office of National Statistics declared that 2.20 million people are choosing E cigarettes with 59% of them identifying themselves as smokers. A total of 8.7 million Brits has used and/or sampled vaping, proof that the vaping industry is on the rise....

Following Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to issue a three-line whip on the Brexit vote fresh calls for his resignation are once again ringing around the halls of Westminster. Yawn. Ever since the Labour leader was voted in with the biggest mandate in the party’s history he has had to fend off opposition from within. He has received more resignation letters than he has had hot dinners in his time as leader, but he has continued nevertheless unperturbed. And now, less than...

International development charity Practical Action has been awarded the Zayed Future Energy Prize in recognition of its pioneering approach to renewable energy and sustainability. The charity was selected as the outstanding candidate by heads of Government, high-level UN staff and international development experts for its significant impact on hard-to-reach communities. CEO Paul Smith Lomas picked up the award from Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal during a presentation ceremony at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2017. Dr Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of the...