You may already be familiar with Adobe Flash Player, after all, most internet browsers will utilise the software. If you are not familiar with it or aren’t exactly sure on the purpose it serves, then here is a short introduction to give you a flavour for its usefulness. When surfing the internet on your browser of choice (be it chrome, safari, internet explorer, etc.) it will be utilising applications called plug-ins. The most popular plug-in is Adobe Flash Player, which...

PWR BTTM have unveiled the music video for ‘Answer My Text’ from forthcoming LP Pageant (May 12, Big Scary Monsters/Polyvinyl). Directed by H.S. Naji (who also directed ‘West Texas’ taken from Ugly Cherries), the video sees Liv Bruce bring to life the colorful lyrics of ‘Answer My Text’ as the rage, sadness, and anxiety of a text message relationship takes over with escalating internal and external drama. The vid is also accompanied by some pretty snazzy PWR GIFs, available here for...

Sticks are been sold for almost £20 in the trendy North London suburb of Stoke Newington. A florist situated next to a park has come under fire for selling sticks - for a massive £18. Botanique in the North Hackney hipster haunt of Stokie has around eight pieces of wood around a foot long for customers to hang on their walls. The wall hangings range from £12 to £18 with various shapes and sizes, with some including notches to hang clothes from. Most are...

Militant Hinduism is on the rise in India with the RSS-BJP coalition demonstrating that the far right is growing worryingly active. Rooted in Hindutva - an ideology seeking to establish the hegemony of Hindus and the Hindu way of life - the ruling parties have been adopting economically disastrous policies as well as encouraging militant activities against minority communities, especially Muslims, while providing incentives for deepening the crisis of casteism inside the Hindu community. In Uttar Pradesh, a state that has...

Days after the resignation of their only MP Douglas Carswell UKIP seem to be scraping the barrel with an 18 year-old who was too young to even vote for Brexit last year. Councillor William Jones was co-opted to Cullompton Town Council at a full meeting last week. He will sit as a UKIP representative in the Devon town after choosing the party he claims best represents the interests of young people. The teen, an apprentice junior surveyor at Mid Devon District Council said...

The only fully-rotating structure in the world is due to reopen this summer after years of faults. The Glasgow Tower holds a Guinness World Record for being the tallest freestanding structure and is the only structure on the planet which is capable of rotating 360 degrees. The formerly named Millennium Tower is set to re-open from April 1 for the summer months. Customers will be able to learn about the history of Glasgow as they ascend to the top in...

A grieving son has told how he watched his 97-year-old mum die just weeks after being robbed in her own home by an evil thug who ripped her rings – from her FINGERS. Gran-of-eight Elsie Bird was an avid Stoke City football fan who was expected to live until she was 100. But her health took a severe turn for the worse after lowlife burglar Jason O’Connor, 41, smashed his way into her home in October last year. The callous...

Stunning photos show millions of beautiful daffodils in full bloom as the UK enjoys a sunny spell at the beginning of spring. Grampian Growers in Montrose grow around six million daffodils and those stems are now being prepared to be lifted in June after being planted two-and-a-half years ago. The yellow flowers cover an area of 1,000 acres and managing director Mark Clarke, 52, said the plants will soon be picked and sold. He said: "Of the six million stems...

London might not have the large-scale cycle culture of other cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam but that doesn’t mean it isn’t one of the best in the world to explore on two wheels. The city’s central boroughs offer relative compactness and with public transport on the pricey side, getting on your bike could mean discovering a new side of the city and saving some cash to boot.​ ​ Hiring a bike is easy in London While dedicated cycle lanes are...