Restaurant Review – The Perfectionists’ Café, Heathrow
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food It’s no secret that airport dining has never been saluted with any real positive acclaim. A number of benefactors contribute to the less than superb reputation, though the most prominent is, perhaps, the often necessary rush throughout the period of time between passing through customs and boarding the plane. Increasingly strict security regulations (no liquids over 100ml, no shoes, no smiling, etc.) that are as time consuming as they are intrusive are partially to...
Russian Football Official Tells Hooligans To “Keep It Up”
Igor Lebedev, a member of the Russian Football Union, has sparked outrage after Tweeting words of encouragement to hooligans in France. The leading football official and member of parliament claimed that the assault on English fans in the lead up to Saturday’s Group B encounter was vindicated, blaming local authorities for failing to prevent such outbreaks of violence. Writing in a series of posts on Twitter, Lebedev said: “I don’t see anything wrong with the fans fighting. Quite the opposite,...
Sadiq Khan Bans Body Shaming Ads From The Tube
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has banned body shaming adverts on the Tube. He announced Transport for London would no longer run ads which could cause body confidence issues, particularly among young people, saying the ads could “demean” women and encourage them to conform to unrealistic or unhealthy body shapes. Protein World's "Are You Beach Body Ready" campaign stirred debate when they were erected across the London Underground network last year, but Boris Johnson failed to act on the harmful marketing...
We spend 48 days having sex, so 49 people have died
By John Locke, Northern Correspondent. According to Wikifacts the average human spends 48 days of their life having sex. This is of course an average and may be less or may be more dependent on sexual activity and length of life. Think how much more a person does in their life other than have sexual relations. They work, they sleep, they eat, they laugh, they help each other, they write, they create music or art, they nurse others, they care...
US Media Turns On National Rifle Association
The US media has turned on the National Rifle Association following the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in Orlando. New York Daily News led with the headline "Thanks NRA" as the national media lay blame at NRA's door. The leading publication points out that the AR-15-type rifle is the same style of weapon used to slaughter 20 children and six adults in Newtown in 2012 and murder 12 people and wound 70 in a cinema in Aurora. A...
Why Is British Customer Service So Bad?
"We are never going to have customer service in the UK", Jack Whitehall screamed at a Live at the Apollo gig in 2012. "They love that shit in America, but I don't want it here". He has a point. Customer service is something we Brits just don't do. According to KPMG's Customer Experience Excellence Centre US companies outperformed the UK across almost all of industry sectors, with US customers are six times more likely to have an outstanding experience than...
Russian hooligans ‘trained to fight’ for battle of Marseille
Sport News 24/7 By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor After the dust settles after three days of intense and shocking violence in the port city of Marseille, the Russian hooligans have been said to be “trained to fight,” for the event. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said that around one hundred and fifty Russian hooligans were not “professional” but they “were extreme” and well organised, leaving the French police trailing behind them in most instances. There have been claims that the Russians...
Under 30s pay almost half wages in rent
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor As anyone under 30 will already be aware, they are paying virtually half of their income in rent, while people in the capital pay an even higher proportion. The amount of disposable income left for this age group is shrinking rapidly as rents swallow up their hard earned money. The research, by Countrywide, has said that the cost of renting a one-bed property has soared to record levels in the UK. A young worker in...
‘Rape Victim’ Guilty of Adultery in Qatar
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In a court decision that will trouble many, a Dutch tourist in Qatar claimed she had been raped while on holiday in the Middle Eastern state. The alleged attacker believed the sex was consensual and the 22-year-old woman requested money after the sexual encounter. The Dutch lady was not in court for the hearing in Doha, but was given a one-year suspended sentenced and a fine of around £500. Reaching this verdict will worry many...