We all love the magic of the great outdoors, but this mind-bending puzzle could put your head in a spin. This is the latest puzzle which has the internet in a water-whirl contains 12 words related to water and hydration hidden within the landscape. The makers of Highland Spring created the brain-teaser to highlight how natural hydration can help us improve our productivity and concentration. Karen Crowley of Highland Spring, comments: "We wanted to make something that would challenge people's concentration over...

Starting a new role can be tough for anyone. Making that leap into the unknown can be nerve-wracking enough, but thinking about joining an already close-knit team can give any new starter the jitters. As an employee or manager, the best thing you can do for a new team member is to help them feel at home, as quickly and as comfortably as possible, and what better way is there to do that, than with some team building exercises? Group...

The top 40 British artists have been revealed ahead of the Brits 2017. With Adele, Calvin Harris, One Direction and Stormzy up for nomination among others, a survey has revealed a definitive top 40 of all time, with The Beatles topping the list followed by Queen, David Bowie, Elton John and the Rolling Stones. The survey, conducted by streaming music service Deezer, landed Adele in sixth place with George Michael and The Who close behind. Rock band Pink Floyd only just...

It is a huge week for Labour battling the Stoke and Copeland by-elections. In normal circumstances they shouldn’t worry about it, but these are not normal times. Even with UKIP’s Paul Nuttall shooting himself in the foot virtually every day, Labour could easily find themselves shell-shocked when the votes are counted. So today’s PMQs was a chance to offer those wavering Labour voters a chance to hear the Corbyn roar. Perhaps he could even pretend to like nuclear power for...

Billions of pounds are to be spent on new free schools while the old ones are left to rot. The shocking figures have been revealed as the education sector suffers a funding crisis, with plans to spend £9 billion on new free schools while current state schools are falling apart described as "utter madness"  by union GMB. A National Audit Office (NAO) report today says 6.7 billionn is needed to bring existing school buildings in England and Wales to a...

It’s something I’ve written about before, but even so, I adore Japanese food. Over the past ten years, the UK has become far more accustomed to the land of the rising sun’s national cuisine. And with so many specialist restaurants constantly opening across London, I couldn’t be happier. There’s just something so heart warming about giant bowls of ramen noodles in silky bone broth, demanding to be slurped; slivers of fresh raw fish; dominoes of sticky rice laced with sugar...

This morning's Metro led with the news that British taxpayers footed a £1 million bill for the Daesh bomber who is suspected to have blown himself up in Iraq. Manchester-born Ronald Fiddler had been freed from Guantanamo in 2004 following a legal case that reportedly ran into the millions. On Sunday he drove an explosives-packed 4x4 at an army Base near Mosul, killing and injuring a number of troops. That it comes as a shock that confinement in a known...

The global festival scene is thriving, with a diverse array of unique festival escapes in exciting new destinations. From mountain top snow festivals and exotic Moroccan escapes, to adventures in the Costa Rica jungle, wallet friendly Eastern European hotspots and amazing city festivals to combine with long weekends of culture, gastronomic delights and sightseeing, there’s something for every festival adventurer. Need some inspiration? Here’s 10 unforgettable festival escapes for 2017... Rave in an igloo at Snowbombing Snowbombing. Where to start......

The secret of the buttercup's shiny petals has been discovered by scientists. For over a century biologists have sought to understand why the iconic flower stands out. Now they have shown the petals have an extremely thin outer layer - or epidermis - that measures just one-cell thick. It contains a yellow pigment under which is an air chamber. Dr Casper van der Kooi split the light coming from the petals into rainbow patterns called spectra. He said: "We discovered...