Drink of the week: Glen Grant 12 Year Old Single Malt
Glen Grant 10 Year Old single malt Scotch whisky makes up one of my top three off-the-shelf drams (and happened to be named the best single malt in the world by whisky expert Jim Murray), so I was keen to try the three new whiskies Glen Grant are launching this month. The launch sees the introduction of the 12 Year Old, 12 Year Old Non Chill-Filtered (which will only be available in duty free and travel retailers) and 18 Year Old variants. We were...
Budget Train Service to Launch Between London and Edinburgh
A budget train service is set to launch between London and Edinburgh with stops at Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth. First Group, which also operates Great Western Railway (GWR) and TransPennine Express, has won approval from the UK rail regulator to run the service with an average fare of £25 or less. The train operator says it will start operating five trains a day from 2021, which could damage the Virgin East Coast franchise which offers one way tickets from London to...
Where’s Rooney Puzzle Goes Viral
A Where's Rooney puzzle has gone viral as speculation over his future hits fever pitch. Ladbrokes dreamt up a fun puzzle days before Roy Hodgson is due to name the squad travelling to Euro 2016 in France. The bookies expect the tournament to break Euro betting records with over £500 million wagered across the industry. England are currently the 9/1 fourth favourites to lift the trophy, having been 12/1 before the friendly win over Germany. Alex Donohue, at www.ladbrokes.com, said: "The patriotic...
London Home to 4,400 “Super Rich” People
London is home to a whopping 4,400 super rich people, more than any other city in the world. Data from the Wealth Insight report revealed the number of super rich people (net assets worth $30m or more, excluding the value of their main house) is up by 0.8 per cent over the previous year. London now has 25 per cent more multi-millionaires than its closest rival Tokyo, and 29 per cent more than in third place Singapore. UK multi-millionaires are most likely...
Beer of the Week – Rocky Head Imitera IPA
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 7.2% Brewed: Southfields, London Set up by a small group of friends in the summer of 2012, Rocky Head Brewery is heavily inspired by the American craft beer scene, operating as a microbrewery from a site in South West London. Although a somewhat ramshackle organisation, using equipment sourced from various sources, the brewery is becoming known to produce some of London’s finest beer, having even collaborated with the likes of Selfridges in order to brew the department...
PMQs 11th May – Royal fail & posted workers
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor My lack of knowledge of EU working directives is probably (ok definitely) to blame, but I don’t think I was alone in being temporarily lost in a mail bag when Jeremy Corbyn used up the majority of his questions on the issue of posted workers. He was really quite animated, and managed to ramble on about it, without even asking a question on one occasion. To be fair to Cameron he picked an answer out...
Russia testing nuclear weapon capable of wiping out a country
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Reports coming out from Russian media channels have claimed that they are testing a weapon that can slip past radar defences and destroy an are the size of “France or Texas.” There are huge concerns that the test-fire of this nuclear weapon could wipe out a country in a matter of seconds. The missile, which has been dubbed “Satan 2,” is believed to be the most powerful ever designed. It is supposedly also equipped with...
How to cost a house renovation
Home renovations are expensive. If you speak to any experienced builder, the general rule of thumb is to take your budget and double it. Trust me, I've done a few of them and my estimates have always been wildly optimistic. Roof off, floors dug up, rewired, re-plumbed, re-plastered, etc, etc... isn't where the money is spent. Apart from the mega bucks spent on the finish, the cash drain usually happens in the areas you can't see; insulation, groundworks, underpinning, replacing...
‘Completely uncosted’ 7-day NHS plan, says report
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There has been another critical report regarding NHS staffing levels. The Public Accounts Committee has discovered that extreme pressure to save money is already seeing wards understaffed. The PAC claims the Conservative Government have made “no coherent attempt” to realise the vast numbers of nurses, doctors and auxiliary staff needed to deliver its seven-day NHS promise. The MPs on the committee called for an urgent review of the size of the medical health workforce in...