Australia’s leading tea retailer – T2 – offer the country’s largest range of premium tea and tea wares sourced from across the globe, including their own Matcha blend – a Japanese green tea that has become incredibly popular in the UK, in recent years. As well as making a delicious cup of tea, T2’s special edition Matcha blend can also be used as flavouring for various foods, making the product absolutely ideal for recipe use. This week’s recipe is a...

Over two hundred Scottish schools that have been constructed under PFI (private finance initiative) are in some way owned by investment funds located offshore. This means that 80 per cent that could be at least partly located outside of the UK. PFI schemes have come under criticism recently as schools, hospitals and other large public sector build projects are locked into huge payments over a number of years, that can typically range up to 30. Many public institutions are struggling to...

Another day another senior Labour figure has backed Owen Smith over Jeremy Corbyn to become the next Labour leader. Yesterday Sadiq Khan decided to announce he was backing Smith and said in his opinion that Corbyn couldn’t win the next election. Now Scottish Labour Leader Kezia Dugdale has said that she will also be backing Owen Smith to become the next Labour leader. Dugdale said: "Owen Smith gets my vote. I believe Owen can unite our party, and move us...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent New research reveals areas who voted for the UK to leave the EU have seen a positive effect on their local property market. But areas that voted ‘Remain’ have seen a significant drop in activity. The figures demonstrate the ‘psychology of Brexit’ and its impact on property market confidence for the first time. The research conducted by haart estate agents looked at registrations, listings and sales data...

There was a worrying spike in racially motivated attacks after the UK decided to leave the EU Referendum, across the UK. It has been reported that there were over six thousand reported race crimes in the UK in the four weeks after the UK opted for Brexit, which was showed an increase of a third on the same period on 2015. Now new shocking figures released have shown an increase of race hate attacks on Britain’s railways. The data was...

Former Saturday Kitchen presenter James Martin is reportedly in talks to replace Chris Evans as the new host of Top Gear. Evans quit Top Gear after the public failed to warm to the new line-up, with the BBC Radio 2 disk jockey backed up by Friend's star Matt Le Blanc and Eddie Jordan amongst others. Now Martin, a self-confessed petrol head, looks to be in talks about taking the reigns. According to the Sunday People, Martin lost out to Evans when...

After London Mayor Sadiq Khan decided to back Owen Smith for leader rather than Jeremy Corbyn in yesterday's Observer, he was always going to face some amount of criticism. It didn't take long for Corbyn supporters to vent their anger, they roundly booed Khan at a Corbyn rally last night. The divisions in the party continue to grow and as Corbyn loses even more support from senior figures in his party, the grassroots support appears to grow and appear certain that...

The Burkini debate in France has left most of us in disgust at the French government's decision to ban the full-body swimsuit, but one cartoonist has summed it up better than most. French illustrator Pierre Marchetti, who goes by the nom de plume "Nawak", drew a cartoon that addresses the choice faced by Muslim women - whether to betray the laws of their country or the customs of their faith. French prime minister Manuel Valls said the swimsuit is based on the "enslavement...

With the fear of terrorism at an all time high, 2016 looks to be the summer of the 'Safecation' as Brits flock back to Butlin's and Benidorm. But for those returning from their annual getaway, staying safe could have come at a big cost. A new survey commissioned by SPANA has revealed choosing a destination that was too ‘British’ and choosing a destination that was too ‘touristy’ topped a list of the things holidaymakers regret about their travels. Being too lazy...