Bank of England confirm new £10 note to commemorate Brexit by being worth £8.60
By Tom Moore The Bank of England have today confirmed the new £10 note will commemorate the EU referendum result by immediately plummeting in value to £8.60. The note, made entirely of foie gras, will enter circulation in September and is set to save the government around £4 billion. A spokesperson for the Central Bank said: “Look we needed to do something. It was either that or raise interest rates and, let’s face it, that’s not going to happen is...
British children copying the drinking habits of their parents
Millions of British children are copying the drinking habits of their parents, new research has revealed. Over six in ten UK adults admit their children copy their drinking habits for both healthy and unhealthy drinks. The results show that if they have a soft drink, the child asks for that too, with eight per cent of youngsters having a fizzy drink every day. If parents drink more healthily, children are also likely to follow, increasing their consumption of water, low/no...
Dad gets tattoo to match his baby’s heart operation scar
Newborn Bobby Davies had the first of two open heart surgeries when he was just three months old after he was born with deadly heart defect, tricuspid atresia. The tot, now seven months, successfully went under the knife in a Glenn Shunt operation just 12 weeks after he was born to increase the amount of oxygenated blood going round his tiny body. Dad Richard, 28, got a tattoo of his son's scar on his chest so his brave little soldier...
Billionaire who claimed “Brexit would make us richer” creates hundreds of jobs – in Asia
Billionaire Sir James Dyson who campaigned for Brexit on the grounds that it would "make us richer" has just announced he is creating hundreds of jobs - in Asia. The entrepreneur condemned Remain campaign claims before the referendum that British exports would fall in the aftermath of a vote to quit the union as “absolute cobblers”, saying Britain would actually be £18.5 billion better off every year if voters back Brexit. But following Dyson's decision to move 500 jobs to Malaysia in 2002,...
Autistic Teen Brutally Beaten By Female Yob Is Left With Horrific Injuries
An autistic 16-year-old girl was left with these horrific facial injuries after being brutally attacked by a female teenage yob in the street. Emily O’Reilly had been walking to a friend’s house on Monday evening (13/2) when she was pulled to the ground by her hair during the unprovoked assault. The teen was then repeatedly punched, kicked and had her face stamped on by the 16-year-old thug who stole her iPhone and bracelet in Darlaston, Walsall, West Mids. Shockingly, Emily...
We’d all be millionaires if we didn’t have bills to pay
The average Brit would be worth £1.2 million more over a lifetime if they didn't have bills to pay, a new study has revealed. On average families shell out an eye-watering £19,187.37 every year on mortgages or rent, insurance, gas and electric. That means over the course of the average adult lifetime of 60.3 years, they will pay out a staggering £1,156,938.41 in direct debits or written cheques. The biggest chunk of that goes on bills - amounting to around £520.22...
Two portions of oily fish a week can reverse damage caused by junk food diet
Just two portions of oily fish a week can reverse the damage caused by a junk food diet, suggests new research. The study shows eating fish such as mackerel, salmon and pilchards twice a week can clear up serious problems caused to the body's immune system by obesity. And supplemented milk could soon reverse changes caused to the immune system by overeating even more dramatically It has long been known that obesity can wreck havoc on the immune system, leading...
Rare dog reported to police after being mistaken for a badger on a lead
A rare dog that was reported to police after being mistaken for a badger on a lead at a car boot sale has now gone missing. Charlie Plumb's Japanese raccoon dog 'Palesa' disappeared from her enclosure on Tuesday. Police attended a car boot sale in Rufforth, York, in early February to reports of a badger being seen on a leash. Charlie, the owner of an exotic animal company, took the misunderstanding in his stride but now fears for Palesa's life. His...
Could dads also suffer from postnatal depression?
Fathers could also suffer from postnatal depression according to new research. Being stressed about looming fatherhood and being unwell increases the risk of becoming depressed before the birth his child and up to nine months afterwards, according to the study. A new study of men in New Zealand found 2.3 per cent get the blues during the last trimester of the pregnancy which nearly doubles to 4.3 per cent following the birth. While fluctuations in hormones are to blame for...