Are Jeremy Corbyn, a Pug and an Avocado the new-age emoji’s we’ve been waiting for? It’s already hard to resist not ending every text message with an emoji. But now we have even more reason to get excited, with a fresh new batch of modern images ready to depict our everyday conversations. The birth of the mini graphics came about in 1998 when Japanese employee Shigetaja Kurita was working on a mobile internet platform. While many people could be forgiven for presuming...

The craft beer industry is full of gimmicks - said the trans-gender beer to the portable brewpub - but this one ain’t fooling anyone. Months after being bought by SABMiller and then passed from AB InBev to Asahi, Meantime Brewery has opened Britain’s smallest craft beer bar in Greenwich to give the impression that they're still craft at heart, paying homage to their locality and creating the illusion that they're a personal brand. A funny stance from a brand that produces...

“Bring Your Own Semen” cookery classes are set to be launched in London by a renowned sex educator. Amateur chefs are promised they will be taught how to use semen as a cooking ingredient in cakes and other desserts as well as main courses. The cooking class, which will go ahead in London once just 30 people register their interest, will discuss the health benefits of semen and cook using the intimate substance. Renowned sex educator Alix Fox said: “While...

An Italian restaurant in London has made an attempt at the Guiness World Record for ‘Giantipasti’ with an antipasti board featuring a mouth-watering array of 62,100g of ingredients! The board, which includes 16,000g of cured meats, 13,000g of cheese and 13,000g of vegetables, stretches the length of the entire restaurant at a whopping ten metres long, and is looking to set the first ever record of its kind. It took a dedicated team three hours to build the feast for guests to...

A severely disabled mum-of-two who struggles to walk more than a few metres has had her mobility allowance axed – because she can squeeze someone’s THUMB. Mel Wiseman, 43, suffers from debilitating multiple sclerosis (MS) and is unable to walk unaided for more than five metres. She qualified for disability benefits but has now had her £87-a-month personal independence payment (PIP) cut. Assessors from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) visited her at home in July and decided she...

The contemporary adage that our squared-eyed kids spend too much time in front of the television may be wide of the mark, according to new research, which shows modern children may have mastered the balance between tech and play. A study of boys aged 6-12 found that although they spend a shocking total of 29 days and nine hours a year playing video games, they will spend five days,16 hours playing sport, will play outside for two hours each day and spend 103 hours on their...

Rough sleepers could face fines of up to £1,000 in a borough nicknamed Bread and Lard Island because of its large houses, according to reports. Rushcliffe Borough Council are set to introduce £100 fixed penalty notices to homeless people which could increase to £1,000 in some instances. Borough representatives say rough sleepers had been "causing a nuisance" in West Bridgford, but Local MPs say the measures "punish victims of the housing crisis". King Timothy Baker wrote on the BBC East Midlands Today's Facebook page: "Where...

Brewed: Greenwich, London Strength: 5% ABV Founded at the turn of the millennium in a small flat in Greenwich by Brew Master Alastair Hook and some like minded friends, Meantime has since become one of the leading breweries in the British Craft Beer revolution. Having set up their state-of-the-art brewery in 2010, just a stones throw from the Prime Meridian, as well as opening The Tasting Rooms - a venue that offers the chance to tour, drink and shop in the company’s...

Modern children are able to operate a TV remote control before they can recite the alphabet, according to shocking new research. The average British child can confidently channel-hop at the age of four years and ten months, but don't have a full grasp of the alphabet until they are almost five years-old. But the loss of traditional skill sets may not be all doom and gloom. Nine in ten adults admit their children have a better of grasp of tech than...