The man introduced the natural world to virtually everyone in the UK has spoken out against Brexit and the decisions of senior Tories, including the ex-PM David Cameron, which led the vote to leave the EU. The 90-year-old presenter believes that the decision to abandon Parliamentary democracy in favour of a referendum has left the UK in an awful state. His comments were immediately attacked by right-wing news outlets who have put him in the same box as Gary Lineker,...

It sometimes appears that Mhairi Black is taking on the Tories single handedly. The young SNP MP has made many moving speeches to the House, hoping to improve the lives of the poorest in society. This time she urged all Conservative MPs to watch Ken Loach's new film I, Daniel Blake. She is doubtful they will, but she urges then to see it and to understand the lives of the poorest in society. She savages HMRC, The Tories and Concentrix...

Millions of households across the country could be literally giving burglars a helping hand, according to a new report. Over the last 12 months, more than a half a million British homes have been broken into, with each theft netting thieves an average haul worth £2,267. But despite these shocking figures only a third of people have a burglar alarm or security windows, less than one in five rely on light timers and one in ten has external security cameras....

Anyone who has been on any tour tour of any brewery or distillery will know that the “water source” is what separates that brand from any other. It’s the same old codswallop every time. They regale notions of terroir, locality and the illusion that their patch of land on God’s green earth was their divine calling to create a spirit so worthy that even the angles take a share. It usually goes something like this: “Only the purest spring water...

Will Hayward discusses the economics of news journalism, and why Joe Media has been able to explode onto the scene.

BAE Systems is definitely an acronym and not a shortened version of baby or babe, according to the firm’s founders. Confusion has arisen of late over the pronunciation of the aerospace company after bae came into popular use. But the company’s founders are keen to avoid confusion. Lord Ballemthew, the third duke of Rushmoor, said: “It’s embarrassing for a company which supplies some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions to be associated with this juvenile...

Almost half of the 87,201 noise complaints made about Heathrow Airport over the last year were made by the same ten people, according to official statistics. The airport received an average of 274 complaints a day between the start of July and end of September, but just ten people made 48.86 per cent of those. Heathrow told Telegraph Travel that the figures reveal that on average those ten people made a complaint every 90 minutes, although there were many more people who...

Vegan food sales are up by a whopping 1,500 per cent in the past year, according to new figures released to coincide with World Vegan Day. More than half a million people in the UK now say they follow the vegan lifestyle, which is  up by 260 per cent in the last ten years, and a third of the population identifies as 'flexitarian', which simply means they are cutting down on their meat consumption. There is a lot of people switching...

Do the very rich pay their fair share of taxes? The general consensus across the country would probably assume they don’t, well a new report seems to confirm our suspicions. A third of British super-rich people are having their tax situation investigated. Some people may also be surprised that it is only a one in three of the richest people who might be fiddling the system, but it is at least a start. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is running...