Scots Back England at Euro 2016

Scottish football fans will be backing England at Euro 2016, according to new research. More Scotland fans are supporting England than Wales or Northern Ireland at this summer's tournament in France, which kicks off on Friday. Northern Ireland’s campaign can count on 15 per cent of Scottish football fans’ support, with Wales picking up just eight per cent of the Scottish vote. Meanwhile 21 per cent of Scots will be backing England, more than the 19 per cent who said they would be...

Almost Two-Thirds of British Women Suffer From ‘Wardrobe Rage’

How long do you spend each morning wrapped in a towel staring to the abyss of your wardrobe wondering what to wear? According to new research British women spend an average of 17 minutes a day rifling through their wardrobes, and it's sending the country into a rage. Almost one in five British women admit they have ended up upset or angry at not finding an outfit they are happy with on a morning, according to a new study, and 15 per cent even say...

UK Entrepreneurs ‘Forged in the Fires of Adversity’

Almost a third of businesses founded in the UK in the last five years were in response to redundancy or long-term unemployment, according to new research. The financial crisis has shown that Brits are rather resilient folk, with many people bouncing back by staring adversity in the face and starting up on their own. With massive rises in childcare costs since 2010, starting a business is becoming a popular way out of in-work poverty for squeezed parents. And ‘grey entrepreneurs’ are also...

How will the World end?

Want to know how will the world will end?  Here we give you a rundown of the most likely ways the human race (and the world as we know it) will be obliterated... We've scoured the bookmakers and the web to find the odds of each scenario happening.  If you'd like to place a bet, we'll pay out once mankind has been wiped out.  Winner takes all. This isn't an exhaustive list, so please feel free to comment and add...

The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – The London EDITION’s ‘Lynchburg Punch’

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With the launch of a brand new bottle design for Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel, The Punch Room at The London EDITION in Fitzrovia held an intimate tasting session to celebrate the Single Barrel expression. As well as making an exceptional whisky to drink on its own, the drink also works brilliantly as the base for cocktails. While an Old Fashioned would, perhaps, be the obvious choice – a Single Barrel Punch served on the...

How to find the perfect Accommodation in Bath

If you are thinking of heading to Bath for a few days’ holiday, or maybe you are looking to spend a week or so and really explore the city and the South West, then Bath has some fantastic places to stay, from boutique hotels through to luxury private holiday homes and apartments. With so much choice, it can be hard to find the right property to stay in, as even with the Internet making finding accommodation so much easier these...

Families of dead soldiers WON’T get free copy of Chilcot Report

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Shockingly after the amount of time the families of loved ones who died in the Iraq war will NOT get a free copy of the Chilcot Report. A hard copy will set you back £767, a huge amount of money, which will anger the 179 families of fallen British soldiers and anyone else who wants to look into the 12-volume report, which will be published. Next-of-kin will be given a free hard copy of the...

‘Disgusting’ posh dinner for Tfl bosses to celebrate 800 job losses

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has branded a black tie dinner to celebrate the closure of Underground ticket offices and the loss of 800 jobs, as “disgusting and obscene.” The RMT alleged that nearly 50 Tfl chiefs went to the plush event at a swanky Mayfair club to celebrate shutting Tube ticket offices. The choice of venue in one the most exclusive postcodes in the UK, if not the world, may seem too...

Video – What would happen if humans disappeared?

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Would the earth survive without us? If every human suddenly vanished, left the planet or were wiped out (cheery thought) what would happen to the planet? A video has been produced that illustrates what they think would happen, and the earth does pretty well without us to be fair. It is a pretty harsh start with domesticated animals passing away but things do improve. Our towns and cities will become covered in foliage and vegetation....

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