London marathon runner breaks world record for fastest marathon while carrying a tumble dryer
A keen runner has celebrated breaking the world record for the fastest marathon - while carrying a 25-kilo TUMBLE DRYER. Ben Blowes, 44, ran the 26.2-mile London Marathon on Sunday, smashing the six-hour record for carrying a household appliance by just over a minute. He finished the course in 5:58:37, despite previously being unable to carry the tumble dryer further than 15 miles. Ben said: "I'm feeling surprisingly well, my back doesn't really hurt and I have a few black...
Air New Zealand open pop-up shop in Soho to counter our perception of airline food
Air New Zealand has opened a pop-up shop in London's Soho today to counter our perception of airline food. A quarter of Brits think airplane food is worse than school dinners and hospital food, new research has found, while a fifth of people believe bad cuisine is the worst thing about flying long-haul and over half don’t like the food served on planes. The menu on offer at the pop-up, This Is How We Fly, was devised by kiwi...
Vodafone – Britain’s worst mobile phone operator for customer service
At the end of 2016, Vodafone was hit by a £4.6 million fine after being found guilty of failing its pay as you go customers and failing to ensure its customer service staff were trained to properly handle user complaints or settle disputes. Since 2010 Vodafone has been criticised for their awful customer service. In fact, figures from Ofcom, the industry watchdog, showed that in 2016 Vodafone retained its reputation as Britain’s worst mobile phone operator for customer service for...
In Pictures: Gorse fire blackens huge swathe of Devon countryside
This dramatic footage shows a huge gorse fire that raged out of control for eight hours - injuring FIVE firefighters. A huge swathe of the countryside has now been blackened following the blaze at Woodbury Common. which spread across 100 acres of heathland and could be seen for miles. More than 100 firefighters battled the fire which broke out at 2pm on Sunday. One had burns to his face and needed hospital treatment while four others suffered from smoke inhalation....
Theatre Review: Nuclear War, Royal Court
It breathes many breaths, beats as one heart. Maureen Beattie as the woman appears to be a woman lost. Lost in the circles of people who swirl around her like personified nuclei, lost in her own nuclear reactor and the forces of life it connects her to, but which she can no longer propel or support. Beattie plays a woman who is not named by playwright Simon Stephens. We don’t find out much about her except that she is suffering...
Tube buffs pay £50 to ride the last D-stock District Line train
Nostalgic commuters have celebrated the end of an era as the last 'old-style' Tube train finished its final journey. The last D-stock District Line train, introduced in 1980, was withdrawn from service on Friday after the classic trains were phased out for new stock. Just three six-car trains remained in service until Thursday, with the last running its final journey from Upminster, east London, to Ealing Broadway, west London, during the evening rush hour. Tube buffs clambered for a space...
Is Woolworths set to return to UK high streets?
Woolworths could be set to return to UK high streets after their former brand director inquired about reviving the shop almost a decade after it collapsed. The retailers collapsed in 2008 after almost 100 years of trade, but former director of the brand Tony Page believes it still has a role in the future. Speaking to the Daily Star, he said: "I am still emotionally attached to it." He has contacted Shop Direct, the company that owns the rights to Woolworths but is not...
Stunning medieval carvings created by Knights Templar discovered in Royston
A series of stunning medieval carvings believed to have been created by the Knights Templar are proving a hit to tourists deep underneath a bustling town centre. The 800-year-old images were carved into the chalks walls of a deep cave beneath Royston, Herts. Historians believe they depict scenes of the Knights Templar - a band of fighting Christian monks who defended pilgrims to the Holy Land in 12th and 13th centuries. The ancient Royston Cave is known to have been...
Mad Cool Fest Sells Out, Partners with DIY Magazine
Mad Cool festival has sold out. All 45,000 tickets for its 2017 festival are taken, just under three months before the event takes place. Headlined by Green Day, Foo Fighters and Kings Of Leon, the three - day festival takes place at Madrid’s Caja Magica tennis centre, between the 6th – 8th of July. Mad Cool have also confirmed that they have reached an agreement with DIY magazine for them to become the festival’s official media partner for the next two...