The modern world can be a very busy place and with mobile phones, trains and emergency services that busy place can also become rather noisy. A new study that looked in to the nation’s most annoying noises found that loud eaters, screaming kids – and the “Go Compare” song are all high on the nations list. Coming first on the list was snoring, with six in ten British adults wishing they could do away with the intrusive nightly sound effects...

A recent article by a dairy chief executive describes an industry in crisis, stating that demand for milk products are falling. It blames health professionals for warning the younger generations away from dairy, and speaks of a new ‘three-a-day’ dairy campaign to be launched soon. This initiative will promote daily portions of milk, butter and cheese. But hang on a minute: why are we being told yet again to ignore the experts? At the risk of stating the obvious, surely...

It is a story that will melt your hearts, like the sun melts his ice-pops, after over £150,000 was raised on-line for an old Chicago ice-pop vendor, who had been snapped pushing his cart in some difficulty. Fidencio Sanchez, 89, from Chicago, had to come out of retirement after his daughter passed away and needed money to care for her children, after he was given custody of them A total stranger opened a GoFundMe page after seeing the distress Sanchez...

The author Lionel Shriver gave a speech at the Brisbane Writers' Festival recently outlining how the culture of hypersensitivity was a threat to fiction writing. How, she asked, could authors create fictional worlds and characters if every word they wrote was policed and every plot scrutinised for bias and – God forbid – cultural appropriation? Shriver outlined a no-win scenario for authors: depict people from outside your social group and you're accused of stealing their experiences, have no minorities in...

Brexit and what it means to the UK is something that is yet to be resolved. One of the only issues that seemed to have been put in place was that PM May would trigger Article 50 without a vote in Parliament. However, now that has been questioned by the House of Lords. The House if Lords Constitution Committee has published a report that has stated that by-passing Parliament and triggering Article 50 would be “unwise,” “constitutionally inappropriate” and “set...

By Courtney Greatrex Enterprising young men and women are right to ditch conventional jobs to carve careers online says Natasha Courtenay-Smith, the author of a new book, The Million Dollar Blog. This week new research revealed the top five 'dream' jobs include writing, blogging and vlogging but few are actually successful in their quest to earn a living writing about what they love. Mainly because they lose interest around the six month mark and expect instant fame and fortune. Entrepreneur and...

Cannabis is widely used across the UK, in the treatment of illnesses and simply for recreational use. It remains an illegal drug, but an influential group of MPs want it to be made legal for medical use. Cannabis is already used as a medicine in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, Israel, and over 20 states in the US. Germany and Switzerland import the drug from Holland for medicinal purposes. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy Reform wants similar laws...

A huge change to constituencies across the UK may cost the Labour party a huge number of seats, possibly wiping out their chances of forming a Government again. Having lost Scotland to the SNP further cuts in their MP numbers would leave them a huge task to win a majority in future elections. Their situation is not helped by Corbyn’s current poll ratings, which are said to be the worst since 1950. His own seat is due to be abolished...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter The TLE Sports Podcast returns after a summer break.  In this episode Richard & David de Winter discuss the start of the football season, Sam Allardyce's first match as England manager, the conclusion of the US Open, England's upcoming tour of Bangladesh and the Vuelta a Espana and the Tour of Britain.