Brand loyalty is at an all-time high, according to a new study. Some 70 per cent of Brits rarely deviate from their favourite brands of food and drink, and folk tend to stick to the same type of tea or coffee, watch the same TV programmes and eat from the same takeaway all the time. When it comes to health and beauty, most Brits wear the same deodorant day in and day out, buy the same skin care products, slap on their...

Sport News 24/7 Yes it’s that time of the year again.  The weather is warming up, the end of the football season is nigh so this (not very) discerning journalist has picked TLE’s team of the season.  The PFA may have already chosen their team, but I know this is the selection you’ve really been waiting for, especially after I tipped Leicester for guaranteed relegation last August.  It has been a fascinating season and whilst the riches of the Premier...

By Alex Lodge (@alexlodgemusic | Insta @alexlodgemusic7) Alex Lodge is a music supervisor for film, TV and advertising at Thirty Two.  The collective hangover from yesterday’s hottest-day-of-the-year public park frolicking hangs heavy over the city today as Monday grinds its miserable gears towards home-time. Open your ears and take your medicine. Today we kick off with Georgia and move through moody Ital Tek and Buttering Trio vibes, through new Radiohead which everyone has already heard, and down towards a big...

According to Google’s Consumer Barometer, the percentage of people in the UK who use a smartphone rose from 51% to 71% from 2012 to 2015. In 2016 that is set to rise to well over 80%. Google’s research shows that smartphones are for more than just keeping in touch – many people (especially young millennials) use them for just about everything: work, shopping, Facebook, watching videos, recording videos, the list goes on… Google estimates that 90% of millennials go online...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Three hundred leading economists have said that tax havens serve no useful purpose and only increase inequality. The charity Oxfam organised the open letter and has been released ahead of an anti-corruption summit this week in London. In the letter to world leaders the economists, including the Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang, say that tax havens “undoubtedly benefit” rich individuals and multinational corporations, but this benefit is at the expense of the rest of society. The...

By Oliver Ward With dark clouds gathering Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton look set to be the two presidential nominations. Like the rest of the world I have been watching the race with a kind of suspended belief. Even when states began toppling into the abyss like Eisenhower's dominoes in an effort to make "America hate/great again", I still didn´t quite make the connection that this means that the next president will have to be picked from these two rather...

Sport News 24/7 By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Hartlepool fans are known for getting dressed up for the last day of the season, and have previously gone to the match in Smurfs' and Thunderbirds' outfits. This weekend though they went as stormtroopers and it looks fantastic. Sadly the trip was all the way to Plymouth and they lost 5-0, but I'm sure they still had a great day out. Speaking to the BBC, Hartlepool boss Craig Hignett said: “Every year...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Around ten million pounds will be paid to 250 construction workers who had been “blacklisted” by building firms. Construction giants like Sir Robert McAlpine and Balfour Beatty are among the companies who are liable and have agreed to compensate union members who they denied work to. The final payout from the out of court deal by the Unite union on behalf of nearly 800 workers could be as high as £75m once all claims have...

There has been a lot of scaremongering about a Brexit eventuality in the press of late, but we've got a humdinger. Economy, security and borders aside, the prospect of a Boris Johnson / Michael Gove-led Conservative government is surely the most frightening outcome if Britain votes 'out' in the EU referendum. Boris is the 11/4 favourite to lead the Tory party if David Cameron resigns, according to Betway odds, with other prominent Brexiteers Michael Gove (6/1) and Priti Patel (14/1) in...