Mike Ashley’s retail empire is under fire again. A new report by the Business, Innovation and Skills committee has accused Sports Direct of not treating his workforce as humans. Ashley, who runs of Europe’s largest retail operations and Newcastle United, must personally be held accountable for the companies operational failures. One MP even said the retail giants working practices were like a Victorian workhouse. Ashley recently had to appear in front of MPs due to the business being investigated for...

New Data has indicated that the UK economy is really struggling due to Britain’s vote to leave the EU. The pound has fallen after additional claims the economy could contract by 0.4% in the third quarter of 2016. Data from Markit’s Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) shows a “dramatic deterioration,” in the economy. These levels have not been seen since the banking crisis, which saw the Government step in to save a number of the United Kingdom’s major banks. The PMI...

This latest act of generosity by billionaire Sports Direct and Newcastle United owner comes after a recent report compared his businesses to a ‘Victorian Workhouse’. The report outlined a series cruel and demeaning working practices which Ashley denies any culpability for. “Quite frankly those little tykes have a bleedin good of time of it”, said Ashley. Ashley points to some of the benefits his employees at Sport Direct have access to such as the donkey to work scheme, subsidised lunchtime...

British athletes are training using 360° and 3D simulations of course layouts ahead of major competitions. Digital headset technologies are being used to integrate 3D video in new ways, aimed at providing a real benefit to a wide variety of summer sports including sailing, canoe slalom and triathlon and potentially winter sports such as bob sled, skeleton and ski slalom. The new project, named VR-Vantage, is the latest development in an eight-year technology partnership between BAE Systems and UK Sport....

Review By Leslie Byron Pitt As the United Kingdom almost begrudgingly trudges towards Brexit and certain political parties seem hell bent on eating each other alive, my second viewing of High-Rise has firmly confirmed that it's one of the best films of the year. Ben Wheatley's adaptation of 70’s civilisation falling afoul to modernisation and rampant capitalism is not as cutting as J.G Ballard’s original novel, but it’s a wry cynical take of Ballard’s work. Managing to be a darkly...

Product review: Epson eh-tw5350 Projector Now I am not going to lie, I was a little daunted at the prospect of reviewing a projector as it seemed like a bit of a boring gadget to me (it just reminded me of giving presentations at work) and a bit to techy, but for some reason my husband insisted that we needed to take a look at this product right now. I wasn't sure why he was so keen for me to...

In modern day life, there are uncountable sources of irritation constantly flung at us from all directions, especially when eating out is involved. Dining companions immersed in the screen of their mobile phones, slates instead of real crockery, argumentative waiters, ‘gourmet’ burgers that are insistently over-cooked and over-sized... The list could go on and on - yet one thing that’s more infuriating than almost anything else is the ‘no-reservation’ culture that’s sweeping London’s restaurant scene – forcing us to queue...

World-class freerunners Ryan Doyle and Will Sutton were let loose aboard a docked DFDS ship last Friday. The pair had the run of the vessel while it was moored at Newcastle and performed a variety of stunts and tricks gliding through passenger restaurants, accommodation and vast outdodeck spaces. A video of the stunt has become an online sensation having reached more than 100,000 people through views, likes and shares across social media channels. Max Foster, Passenger Director at DFDS commented: “We were thrilled to see...

The fall-out from the coup attempt in Turkey has taken another twist, as the country suspends the European convention on human rights. The deputy prime minister, Numan Kurtulmus, said: “Turkey will suspend the European convention on human rights insofar as it does not conflict with its international obligations.” Over two hundred people were killed and thousands were wounded in the violence that followed the coup attempt. Erdoğan himself was almost captured but escaped while he was at staying in the holiday...