TORY social club must pay out £35k after sexists allegedly branded female members a “witch” and a “cow”
A TORY social club must pay out £35,000 after sexists allegedly branded women members a “witch” and a “cow” – and prevented them joining the committee. Three women were awarded damages after a landmark legal challenge against the Conservative club. They say one committee man told a fellow male member that women would never serve on the committee “as long as he had a hole in his a**e”. Irene James, 67, also says she was told: “You’re as welcome at...
Fire ravages Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai
A fire has torn through part of the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai - home to Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. The club was in the news recently for the lucrative signing of Carlos Teves and is managed by Gus Poyet. Loan players currently on the roster include Demba Ba and Óscar Romero. The blaze was reported to have started at around 8:30am with no explanation as to what caused it. Shocking footage showed the blaze engulfing one end of the ground during the morning rush...
Tens of thousands of youngsters have “dropped out of the school system”
Tens of thousands of children are not being educated either in school or at home, a report has revealed. A generation of kids are being left behind by a combination of bullying, difficult upbringings and having special needs, according to the study. A leading charity is calling on the Government to take urgent action to help identify and support those who drop out - often for months or years at a time. Off the radar of schools and other services...
Watch – Definitely not smelly cat…as it uses its owner’s toilet
This cat amazed its owner by using a human toilet, without any prompting or training. Lorna Forgione, 45, her water and assumed she had forgot to turn the tap off. However, when she walked into her bathroom she found her cat using her toilet. Support worker Lorna said: "Nobody taught him to go to the toilet he just seemed to learn how to use it all by himself. "He sat on the lid, did his business and then scratched the...
Trump Could Add Volatility to Europe and German ETFs
Trump tweeted that he had a great meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Now here are his tweets in full, “Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!” Now, these tweets could add volatility to Europe, specifically German stocks. Moreover, it...
PRINCE2 Project Management Framework Updated for 2017
PRINCE2 is world-renowned for being the best project management framework out there right now. 2017 will bring the first proper update to PRINCE2 for nearly a decade. This follows lots of feedback from project management personnel all over the world. The main aim of this update is to bring PRINCE2 into the world we live in today. A lot has changed in the working world since 2009 (the last update), and project management is different to how it was back...
A billion barrels of recoverable oil found off the coast of Scotland
A billion barrels of recoverable oil has been found off the coast of the Shetland Islands in what has been described as the "largest undeveloped discovery" of oil in UK waters. The oil field is located 60 miles west of Shetland in the Greater Lancaster Area, a single hydrocarbon accumulation which is believed to be the largest undeveloped discovery on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Hurricane Energy, which made the discovery, has seen its shares rocket as they announced plans to begin...
Boom Burger: For year-round Caribbean vibes in West London
Every year as the great British summer begins to draw to a close millions of people descend on Notting Hill to embrace its vibrant Caribbean heritage in Europe's biggest street party. Amongst the vibrant costumes and traditional dances two facets that are guaranteed to pull big crowds is the carnival atmosphere and plethora of West Indian food on offer - but you don't have to wait until August to get a taste of that. Founded by Jamaican Josh De Lisser and...
Thousands watch the first ever live-streamed smear test
Thousands of people went online to watch the first ever live-streamed smear test today. Anna Cribb, 40, went through the cervical screening procedure live on the ChannelMum.com Facebook page, with the video currently up to 11,000 views. 'Hey Mummy' vlogger, Anna, from Hampshire, volunteered for the live test having had her own scare and treatment to remove pre-cancerous cells after a routine smear test in the past. She said: "Having had abnormal smear test results when I was younger that resulted...