Say goodbye to same day appointments under crumbling NHS
Patients are to lose the "automatic right" to see a doctor as part of a rescue plan to ease pressure on a dwindling workforce of GPs. Health bosses at Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group are understood to be the first in the UK to introduce the measures county-wide as part of a care plan overhaul. Patients who call up asking for a same-day appointment with a doctor will not "automatically" get one, under the plans approved this week. Instead, callers to...
If N’Golo Kante doesn’t win PFA Player of the Year, football is unofficially dead
Sport News 24/7 The modern game of football is, rather entertainingly so, marred with all of modernity's frenzied hype and the many million tweets, posts, likes and shares that come with it. The unqualified opinions of those with a pained propensity to vent their frustration on fan cams and footy forums as a means of therapy. It's worked out pretty well for ArsenalFanTv's Troopz & DT. But there comes a point, when opinion doesn't matter anymore. Once all the polls...
Shocking! 4 million people can’t afford to eat sufficient amount of food
The UK has left the EU and is also leaving it’s poorest families starving. Theresa May has promised that Britain will flourish in this brave new world, but before that happens (which many feel is unlikely) she needs to ensure the population can eat three meals a day. A new survey by the FSA (Food Standards Agency) found that eight per cent of those questioned are facing low food security, so around four million adults in Britain are not able...
What Cars Would The Disney Princesses Drive If They Were Real?
Disney princesses have been around since the 30s and have been inspiring girls around the world ever since. With a number of films, spin offs, albums, video games, theme parks and attractions under their belt, there is very little that we don't know about them. Up until recently one of those mysteries was what cars would they drive if they were real. But, thanks to our friends over at OSV we now know the answer. The vehicle leasing company have created a...
Sausage dog rescued by firefighters after it gets stuck between fence railings
A sausage dog that got stuck in a railing outside its home for half an hour had to be saved by firefighters. Desperate dachshund Milo was running around in the garden while waiting for owner Sarah Jane Thompson when its long body got stuck in the garden gates. Sarah was putting her six-week-old daughter into her pram ahead of a walk in the sunshine on Monday when over-excited Milo lodged itself between the garden and the street. The panicked dog...
There’s (regrettably) no such thing as Brexit buyer’s remorse
Who would win in a second referendum? That has been the question on everyone's minds following the referendum in June and the barrage of revelations that followed it. All the indicators point to Remain, but I'm not convinced. Since the shell-shock referendum I've been mindful to remove myself from the same cliques that I operated in when taking a national view of the state of play, and I can tell you that in those circles there's no big indication of Brexit...
Forgotten Film Friday: Seconds (1966)
By Michael McNulty The end of another work week and it’s time to kick back in front of the box and settle into another great film. TGIFF: Thank God it’s Forgotten Film Friday. John Frankenheimer’s Seconds is a science fiction thriller with a pinch of horror delicately sprinkled over top. Released in 1966, the film never found an audience and was so poorly received at Cannes it was booed. This was the result of the commercial popularity of screen heartthrob,...
Fear Eats the Soul: Film Review
By Linda Marric First released in 1974, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats The Soul has become one of the German filmmaker’s most poignant work to date. This beautifully crafted melodrama deals with themes of love, alienations and racism in post-war Germany. Credited by some as being single-handedly responsible for reviving German cinema after the war, Fassbinder’s films were part of the New German Cinema movement, and saw him become one of the most influential directors of his time, at...
Don’t Knock Twice: Film Review
Never mind knocking, you’d be better off giving this uninspired urban chiller from director Caradog James the widest of berths. His 2013 debut feature, The Machine, may have garnered enough critical praise to suggest he was a filmmaker who could talk the talk, but Don’t Knock Twice, his stagnant second film, indicates that he’s yet to acquire the creative confidence needed to walk the walk. What makes this filmic failure all the more frustrating is that within the narrative is...