Rachel Riley Models Cars Of The Future Ahead Of Shell Eco-Marathon
Countdown’s Rachel Riley modelled a potential car of the future ahead of the Shell Eco-Marathon in London. The vehicles, weighing in at just 30kg, were designed by students competing in the world’s longest running student competition, Shell Eco-marathon, where vehicles are measured on how far they can travel on just a litre of fuel. The current record is 3771km/l - the equivalent of travelling from London to Helsinki and back! This year,the marathon will be showcased at Make the Future London – a...
Euro 2016 – The turn of the underdog?
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport It’s the start of the summer so that can only mean one thing – more football! The European Championships start in France on Friday with a new improved (expanded) format consisting of 24 teams (why? Money, obviously). The usual suspects are in the mix (minus the Netherlands) alongside a few less heralded nations (Albania, Iceland and Wales, amongst others). Expect the Euros to follow the pattern of most...
Deliveroo Opens Pop-Up Garden For Picnic Tranquillity
Restaurant delivery service Deliveroo has opened a pop-up garden in Hoxton Square to offer locals picnic tranquillity after a UK-wide study unveiled "park strife" is ruining days out. The temporary space offers an open-air space to relax and gives guests the chance to order food from nearby restaurants and have it delivered direct to the garden. It will also be offering night time entertainment, with a garden bar featuring a guest DJ and will host a range of drinks partners who will be providing wine,...
Internal Migration Map Shows London Lost 68,000 Residents In One Year
An internal migration map of Britain has revealed London lost 68,000 residents in one year as 30-somethings ditch the Big Smoke for the Home Counties. A total of 2.85 million people moved internally in the UK in one year, according to the data, with many migrating towards the capital. However, a notable exodus was also recorded as young adults look to buy properties and start families outside London. The counties with the highest rates of net migration - areas in the UK where more people...
We’re all poorer for this EU ‘debate’
“Above all, it is criminal to excite anger and discontent without proposing a remedy, or only proposing a false remedy” --- Theodore Roosevelt, How Not to Help Our Poorer Brothers, 1987 Foreigners! Terror! Instability! Economic bombs! Elites! Democracy! Arrest warrants would fill several grand rooms if we were subject to this ‘debate’ in some Rooseveltian dystopia. By polling day, the noble leaders of our country, statesmen and women, would be indicted for the crimes of baseless posturing and obfuscation. Michael...
Video – Fish can recognise human faces
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I was always told that goldfish have a two second memory, so assumed that fish were not the brightest of animals. It appears I was very very wrong. A team of scientists have shown that one tropical species of fish can recognise peoples' faces. Archerfish spit jets of water to catch insects, but the research team also found that they can also tell faces apart. In tests, by the team of US and Australian researchers,...
Coca Cola Drops Out of Global Brands List For The First Time
Coca Cola has dropped out of the BrandZ ranking of the top 10 global brands for the first time. The brand report has been running since 2006 and sees the soft drink brand fall to thirteenth place as the top ten list gets littered by tech and social companies. Google hang on to the top spot, with Facebook, Amazon, McDonald's and Chinese tech company Tencent all moving about Coca Cola in the past year. Millward Brown’s BrandZ valuation process takes the financial...
Zlatan Will Reveal His New Club ‘When He Sells 100 T-Shirts’
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will remain tight-lipped about his next club until he's managed to flog "at least 100 t-shirts", the sport star's agent has revealed. Speculation about the striker, who hit his prime five years ago, has been rife in the media as a potential hook-up with former boss Jose Mourinho looks in the offing. But the former international star is unwilling to reveal his intentions, focusing rather on his new threads which are set to be "this summer's big bomb". Luring fans...
Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins Thriller Makes £97 At The UK Box Office
A thriller starring Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins took £97 in its opening weekend at the UK box office. Misconduct, a film about an ambitious young lawyer who takes on a big case against a powerful and ruthless executive of a large pharmaceutical company, only showed at five screens on its debut weekend, with each taking an average of £19.40. The $11m-budget flick had received negative reviews before landing in cinemas, being described by one critic as a "compellingly terrible film". The Observer’s Wendy Ide...