Watch – Angus Robertson tells PM May indyref2 ‘will not be denied’
In a rousing speech, which will have SNP supporters beating their chests with pride, Angus Robertson told delegates that a second referendum "will not be denied." At virtually the same time PM May told her spring conference that Scottish and welsh nationalism needs to stop, and a united UK is needed. However, this would have been ignored north of the border, and this video clip is what they will be watching this evening. Watch video here
Bristol Punks IDLES Extend UK Tour
A week ago I found myself in the middle of a mad scramble. Bristol natives IDLES had just dropped their utterly disgusting debut album, Brutalism, and their show at the Moth Club in Hackney was utterly sold out, even to slow-poke press like me. I'd searched out their Facebook page, Twitter and their PR for a hot ticket - no joy. For people like me who were too slow off the mark on the IDLES hype train, there is hope yet....
George Osborne appointed as new editor of London Evening Standard
Ex Chancellor of the Exchequer and current Tory MP George Osborne has been named as the new editor of the London Evening Standard. Osborne will succeed Sarah Sands in early May as well as continuing to fulfil his other commitments as an MP, editing the paper on four days a week. Speaking following the announcement Osborne said: “This is such an exciting and challenging job and I’m thrilled to take it on. The Evening Standard is a great paper, testimony to...
Protests: What are they good for?
We live increasingly, it seems, in an age of protest. Sales of cardboard and marker pens must surely be at an all-time high, as the public laces up it boots and takes to the streets in favour of, or, more commonly, against any number of causes. Fracking being proposed in your area? Have a march. Don’t like the new US President? Organise a protest. So it was on 4 March that some 250,000 people took to the streets to demonstrate...
Timelapse video shows Chicago River being turned green for St Patrick’s Day
A timelapse video has been released showing Chicago River being turned green in time for St Patrick's Day. The system of rivers and canals running through the US city is dyed green annually and usually lasts around five hours once it has been turned fully green. The tradition actually arose by accident when plumbers used fluorescein dye to trace sources of illegal pollution discharges. The dyeing of the river is still sponsored by the local plumbers union. Fluorescein dye was banned...
GP who had “sixth sense” for diagnosing illness dies after failing to spot he had life-threatening sepsis
A tragic GP who had a "sixth sense" for diagnosing illness has died suddenly after failing to spot he had life-threatening sepsis. Shiv Sekaran, 48, passed away after the immune system attacking infection led his kidneys to fail last Saturday (March 11). His death from sepsis comes just a week after the government issued new NHS guidelines on treating the condition within one hour of symptoms being spotted. The weekend before his death Shiv had arrived home from a holiday...
Thrifty bride takes the bus to her own wedding
A thrifty bride stunned her guests and passengers when she travelled to her wedding - onboard a regular bus. Yvonne Gorman, 34, opted to take public transport after deciding it would be too difficult for guests to find parking spaces near her city-centre wedding venue. She stunned passengers - and her groom Jim Lease - when she and 13 guests arrived for her big day on board the i4 Trentbarton bus service in Derby. Stunned passengers watched on as the...
Has the X Factor bubble finally burst?
Dwindling audience figures seem to have taken a hit on participation rates in the much maligned talent show X Factor. After record-low audiences for the 2016 series finale it looks like 2017 has got off to a rough start with audition queues resembling more of a parish church talent contest than a national television competition. Only a handful of people queued for auditions in Swindon today after just ten people turned up for the show's auditions in Kent earlier in the week....
Forgotten Film Friday: Slacker
By Michael McNulty Hello and welcome to this week’s instalment of Forgotten Film Friday. Dubbed the voice of Generation X, Richard Linklater’s 1991 film, Slacker, put him on the map. Helping to propelling independent filmmaking in the nineties, Linklater’s film marked the birth of Austin, Texas’s filmmaking culture and inspired Kevin Smith to make Clerks. Set in the sleepy campus town of Austin, Texas, Slacker structures itself around a series of encounters. The camera travels leisurely, tracking its characters, who...