Tesco has been accused of quietly reducing the size of its toilet rolls - by increasing the size of the HOLE in the middle. Keen-eyed shoppers reckon the cardboard tube in the centre has expanded by 1cm while the overall width has remained the same. The revelation comes after a number of brands and supermarkets have reduced the size of products or raised prices to offset the affects of Brexit. Tesco insists there has been no change to the nine-pack...

A wolf-sized otter weighing close to eight stones once roamed the Earth's ancient swamps, a new study revealed. The ancient species was almost as twice as large of present day otters and had features similar to an otter and a badger. It also had powerful jaws to crunch large shellfish and freshwater mollusks which would have been their main food. The otter named Siamogale melilutra lived some six million years ago and belongs to an ancient lineage of extinct otters,...

How to French plait, who Barbie’s boyfriend is and all the words to Olly Murs’ ‘Troublemaker’ are just some of the top 50 things only Dads of Daughters will know, according to a new survey. A study of 500 dads with daughters under the age of 18 has revealed that knowing all the members of One Direction, how to paint nails and understanding the term ‘pirouette’ are also among the list, with knowing how to dance with her on their feet...

A former library basement has been transformed into a virtually bomb-proof storage facility to become London's supposed answer to Fort Knox - for just £18 per week. The 10,000 sq/ft underground facility is up to 40 ft below ground and has one-metre thick ferrous-concrete walls. It has been designed to be virtually bomb-proof, fire-resistant and watertight and is aimed at people who need a secure facility following the Hatton Garden heist. Super-rich clients looking to hide Picassos, jewels and other...

The pressures on NHS have been highlighted again in a new study. The research found that forty per cent of doctors have admitted to falling asleep while driving their vehicles home after a night shift. This has even led to some NHS staff cashing into other cars with fatal consequences. Other staff mentioned close calls with other road users, that could have ended in disaster. The study polled 1,100 NHS workers to gauge how serious this issue was. These worrying...

IT engineer and extreme swimmer Michael Ventre is hoping to swim 3,800 miles from New York to London alongside a support vessel – a feat which has never been attempted before, which aims to raise money for Oxfam. Michael, who successfully swam the English Channel in 2011, plans to make his world-first attempt at swimming the Atlantic in April this year. The unprecedented open water challenge will take him between four and seven months and will present an incredible test...

The Beslan School Massacre in Russia began on September 1st 2004 and lasted for three days before special forces brought it to an end. Of the 1,100 hostages held by the Chechen rebels, around 385 were killed, 186 of them children. Us/Them is a physical theatre response by playwright Carly Wijs and features two protagonists, a boy and girl, who interweave around the audience a web of their very different imaginary accounts of what it was and may have been...

In celebration of Scottish poet and writer Robert Burns’s Birthday (25th January), Burns Night takes place this week. Falling on Wednesday, a great number of Burns Night events are taking place across the week to celebrate. From Scottish-inspired set menus to whisky tastings and the occasional deep-fried Mars bar, here’s our pick of the best food and drink events to celebrate Burns Night in London. Mac & Wild One of London’s best Scottish restaurants, Mac & Wild will host a whole...

Today Google has announced a new initiative to rid the internet of fake news. Fifty thousand pounds of seed capital has been offered to the group that can find claims online and determine whether or not they are true. But for such a pitiful amount of start-up cash you’d be better throwing the money down the drain. The problem is that it’s near impossible to fit fake news into an algorithmic solution. It is often more a manipulation of facts...