By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The spiralling cost of home ownership in the UK has continued to see many priced out of the market, with those fortunate enough drawing on the bank of mum and dad as the only option in getting that first foot on the ladder. However, research by eMoov found that it isn’t just those at the start of the property ladder struggling to get by in the current...

A 37-year-old man from Milton Keynes has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated assault on Wednesday. A pregnant woman aged 34 was shopping in her local convenience store close to Milton Keynes, when a man racially abused her. It is claimed he followed her to her vehicle and began to physically attack her, launching kicks to her stomach. A man tried to intervene but was attacked also. The female victim was rushed to hospital, and tragically the baby could...

After a brief spell of hope, the controversial Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been given the green light. The £18 billion project is being financed by the French and the Chinese, with plans for new power stations to be based on Chinese designs as part of the deal. According to the BBC, the Chinese agreed to take a stake in Hinkley and at Sizewell in Suffolk on the understanding that the UK government would approve a Chinese-led and designed project...

London has been dubbed a 'Beer Boom City' by the Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA. The 2017 edition of the Good Beer Guide (GBG) charts the remarkable rebirth of brewing in London, naming the capital a beer boom city almost half a century after dubbing it a “beer desert”. The guide lists 69 breweries, with five more due to open in the near future. “London is once again one of the world’s great brewing cities,” editor Roger Protz says. “Choice for...

Strength: 4.2% Brewed: West Norwood, London Founded in 2014 by brothers Ed and Sim Cotton, The London Beer Factory operates from South-East London’s increasingly trendy West Norwood. Dedicated to crafting beers with character, unique flavours and distinctive qualities, they are also the first ever UK brewery to use 360° cans, with a unique ring pull design that allows the lid to be removed completely, allowing a full spectrum of tastes and aromas to be enjoyed, without the need for any...

To be honest we thought the figure might be higher, but a new Australian study has found that one out of every five CEOs are actually psychopaths. Quite worrying and kind of makes you kind of glad you’re not one. I’m happy to be broke and a little bit weird rather than rich and possibly capable of murder, and possibly even enjoying it. Although journalist comes sixth in one table of careers with the most psychopaths, and even more worryingly,...

Trends and crazes come and go with the turn of the season, yet it’s unlikely that the kitchens focussing on small sharing plates that arrive at the table as and when they are ready will be vanishing any time soon. And though this rapid increase in popularity has managed to divide opinion over the past year or so; it’s clear that sharing plates venues are the in thing for 2016. They are the the Pokémon Go, the Facebook politicians, and...

Brits are giving their neighbours the cold shoulder, according to new research, with six out of ten people saying they would not feel comfortable asking their next-door neighbour for a cup of sugar. With the Great British Bake Off set to start tonight it seems we Brits are no longer the sociable folk we once were. Gone are the days when we would chat over the fence and leave our doors open, with one in ten saying they don't even know the name...

The session started with a planted question, about the size of a pine forest in Norway, Tim Peake would have put a picture of it on Twitter. Back down on Earth Marcus Fysh, Con, asked about the valuable knowledge in technical skills and engineering which should be offered to some kids, “taking their talents as far as they can go.” What he meant was “give the div kids a spanner and leave the posh ones to go to the grammar...