We all love a mind-boggling puzzle on a Friday afternoon, which is why we've sourced the latest one which is boggling minds… and tickling tastebuds. It features US rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers performing – with a selection of real chilis secretly sprinkled throughout the scene. We don’t want to give it away, give it away now but apart from the four Red Hot Chili Peppers themselves, there are 15 others – including green, red, Bird’s Eye, Chipotle, Scotch Bonnet and...

A former council chairman who defected to the Tories just days ago has been suspended - after sharing a "xenophobic" joke on Facebook "by accident". Turncoat Mark Rees, 60, plunged the Conservatives into controversy less than a week after leaving Labour. The shock suspension comes after Stroud MP Neil Carmichael welcomed the former Labour politician into the Tory ranks, after his shock switch in political allegiances . Neil Carmichael described Mr Rees as a “long standing community champion” who would be a...

For many businesses, talking about bitcoin is like talking in a foreign language. With adoption levels currently quite low, most business people know little or nothing about it. As a consequence, apart from early adopters, most businesses are avoiding it as an unnecessary inconvenience. But what if your next great contract is a customer who wanted to pay you in bitcoin? Would you know what to do? Is Bitcoin a secure method of payment? We asked payment specialist Helen Child...

Council chiefs who were shown a video of a mum struggling to carry her disabled son up 30 stairs still refused her priority housing - because she made it to the TOP. Sharon Arkell, 38, and Richard Mikkelson, 37, live with Tommy, four, and his little sister Susie in a second-floor flat. Tommy cannot reach it unaided as he suffers from muscular dystrophy, a progressive illness which means he'll soon have to use a wheelchair permanently. So mum Sharon carries...

A petition has been launched to reverse a decision to block a Greenpeace ship from berthing at Leith Docks. The Esperanza, a former Soviet navy ship, arrived in the Firth of Forth on Wednesday and is expected to stay for a week.The Esperanza is the largest vessel in the Greenpeace fleet. Forth Ports told the group it could not dock as the port is full, but they agreed a compromise letting the vessel moor off Granton Harbour. Greenpeace is visiting...

A sailor stood among the 19,240 figures in 'Shrouds of the Somme' today, each of which represents a soldier who died on the first day of the battle. The art installation outside Bristol Cathedral has been set up to represent the death toll of the first day of the infamous battle. More than one million men were wounded or killed on the Somme overall, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history.

Marie Curie, esteemed physicist, chemist and isotope enthusiast has been named the most inspirational women of all time in a recent poll. Curie, who was the first woman ever to win the Nobel Prize (twice in fact, and in two different sciences, pub trivia fans) bested Florence Nightingale and Anne Frank, who took 2nd and 3rd in the countdown. It's great to see that Curie's contribution to science is still recognised by modern Brits. The inroads she made in the...

Remember that scene in The Office when David Brent gets promoted at the expense of the rest of his team? I imagine the faces of utter bewilderment that he was met with are quite similar to the gawps we all shot at our television screens yesterday morning waking to the news that Donald fucking Trump is the new President. "I know, gutting", the Brentmeister General said, "but on a more positive note, the good news is...." There is no good...

I feel the need to write something. To rant a stream of confused consciousness about the why's and wherefores of how I personally believe Donald Trump has achieved the position of the most powerful man in the supposed free world. Except it has all been said today by far more intellectual and informed individuals than me. I still feel the need though to add my tuppence halfpenny, if only to cleanse my mind and stop me darkly mulling over and...