A disgraced councillor suspended by the Tory party for making outrageous comments about the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox has had his ban extended to FOUR years. Dominic Peacock, 61, was given a two year ban in July after he posted a message saying 'I've donated the steam off my piss' to a charity set up in her memory. But after pleading his innocence at appeal and claiming the temporary ban made by Beverley and Holderness Conservative association was...

Fed up Southern passengers are considering chartering their own train to avoid another year of delays, cancellations and chaos. After a sorry year for the Southern rail franchise passengers are now looking to take matters in to their own hands by chartering a train to run from Redhill, Surrey, into London - a route that is among the most heavily affected. Sara Pont is on the committee for the Reigate, Redhill and District Rail Users' Association which met with the Train Chartering...

9th December, 02 Academy Brixton I did not get to photograph Bullet For My Valentine. Originally, this review was going to be a photojournalism piece about the Welsh bands’ penultimate gig of their eighteen-month tour, which was being filmed in conjunction with their finale show in Brixton’s O2 Academy. However, as I parked up I received an email informing me that all of the photo passes had been revoked for the show due to concerns of safety as there were...

Perhaps even more than the big day itself, the lead up to Christmas provides us with enough excitement to last us the year. That's certainly true with a visit to a Christmas market or two, which is why we took a trip to mainland Europe, the spiritual home of Christmas (sorry, Lapland). From the market's beginnings in the 14th century as a place for the town to congregate, sell their wares and sing carols, it's exploded into one of the...

Robo-Butlers, 3D printers and a choose your own dream service could all be part of a hotel service in the future. A new study has uncovered how the travel and hotel experience will be different in a year, 25 years and as far ahead as 2060, finding Neuro-dreaming could soon be a reality. Eco hotels and augmented reality hotels that will transport guests to fantasy worlds are also on the cards, along with made-to-order hotels and hyperloops connecting hotels to the...

By Linda Marric @Linda_Marric Directed and produced by Otto Bell, The Eagle Huntress is a beautifully executed documentary account of how a teenage girl from a nomadic khazkh minority in Mongolia broke thorough a gender barrier upheld by hundreds of years of tradition, to become the first female to ever hunt with a bird of prey on the Altai mountains. Bell used his life savings to fund the film after coming across the story online, relying only on a few...

Of all the central London neighbourhoods, none vaunt quite so many eating and drinking establishments as Fitzrovia. Though there are perhaps more restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and wine bars than there are people – the direct area has very little to offer in terms of other entertainment. Yes, Oxford Street is nearby but for any self-respecting Londoner the busy thoroughfare is a strict ‘no-go’ zone between mid-November and the end of January, once Christmas and the January sales have befallen....

The PM, Theresa May, came under some harsh questioning by Jeremy Corbyn about the lack of funding for social care in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Now new statistics have revealed a postcode lottery on a decent standard of social care provision. Many Labour MPs are campaigning for the Tories to ensure that elderly people are given the dignity they deserve, in their final years, through increased funding. The Government is now allowing local authorities to increase council tax fees to...

The United States of America is now a little over a month away from Day One of its tangoed, toupee’d era under the man known as “The Donald”. Whether Donald Trump performs a volte-face on his more controversial pledges to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country, build that “wall” on the border with Mexico and deport millions of illegal immigrants remains to be established. How good or bad he will be as leader of the free world is to...