Red Bull Air Race: Breathtaking final day at Ascot shakes up championship
Lucky spectators saw plenty of drama at the fifth round of the Red Bull Air Race Championship at Ascot this weekend. The breathtaking aerial track race sees daredevil pilots flying 20 meters or so off the ground through a winding course made up of inflated pylon gates. They are travelling at 200 miles per hour and pulling 10g of force through the turns. The stunning Ascot course has the pilots skimming the top of trees and weaving past the Ascot grandstand...
Modern War Heroes “Forgotten About”, New Study Finds
War heroes that served in Iraq and Afghanistan are being "forgotten about", according to a new study that unveils a shocking lack of awareness around modern warfare. Despite the ongoing sacrifices made by heroic men and women, more than three quarters of people feel British soldiers and veterans are often neglected after returning from duty or leaving the armed forces, with eight in ten UK adults think British soldiers and veterans should have more support when they come back from service....
Jeremy Hunt Has “Green Light” to Start Privatising NHS
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has the green light to start privatising the National Health Service, according to Owen Smith. The Labour leadership candidate accused the Tory government of secretly dismantling parts of the NHS and handing them over to the private sector. Department of Health (DH) figures show the amount spent on private sector health services has more than doubled to 7.6 per cent of the NHS budget since the Conservatives came to power in 2010. Mr Smith said: "It is...
Blu-Ray Review: Louder Than Bombs
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt Louder than Bombs deals with an ex-actor (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons (Devin Druid and Jesse Eisenberg) try their best to confront their fractured feelings of their lives and each other on the eve of an exhibition of their deceased wife and mother (Isabelle Huppert). This somber tale is the first English-language feature from Norwegian director Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st) And for the most part, this fragile piece does well to hold together....
Man who punched himself in face over EU banana straitening story, won’t fall for project fear
A man who literally couldn’t deal with the story that the EU was going to enforce the straitening of bananas, so punched himself repeatedly in the face until he was unconscious, has said he won't let project fear scare him over over predictions of a meltdown in the UK economy. Tim Shields, 47, from Dartford said: “I remember the day I read about the EU banning all bendy bananas, well I remember up until I knocked myself out. I was...
Brexit may take place in 2019 as UK “not ready”
This news will anger the millions of voters who voted for the UK to leave the European Project. There is a fear that Britain is “not ready” to leave the European Union, meaning the UK might remain part of the EU for a few more years. This would give the Conservative Government more time to ensure the exit is in the best interests of the UK and the more generous trade deals have been negotiated. However, many Brexiteers will be...
The melting pot: how Toronto’s ethnicities have influenced its food scene
Canada’s reputation precedes it: it’s the world’s capital of cool as proved by the most awesome Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. It’s so unhomophobic it’s progressed from being gay-friendly to gay-neutral, it’s pumped money into its arts and culture, it has America’s amenities and Europe’s refinement, it gave us Drake, and it’s an almost-perfect example of how different ethnicities can live in the same communities. As a microcosm of the country’s progressive thinking, Toronto is a pretty unique place. Flying to...
Labour NEC wins case to ban new members voting rights
In a high court decision, Labour’s ruling body, the NEC, has managed to overturn right of new members to vote in the election for the next leader of the party. Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn will go head-to-head in September but 130,000 newly paid up members who signed up less than six months ago, will be cut from the contest. They will not be able to vote and it is thought many of these members would have voted for Jeremy...
How much will Brexit cost the UK? £75bn a year!
Ok we can’t be sure on this statistic, but if anyone could give us a decent estimate it would be the Institute of Fiscal Studies. They have calculated, that if we trigger Article 50 and leave the European project once and for all, the cost would be £75bn a year. This would equate to almost three grand per household, a huge figure. They believe that the country would be poorer by 4 per cent of GDP per annum. If the...