Toy Dog Lost In Space By School Children
A nation-wide search has been launched after Sam the Space Dog was lost in space. Children from Morecambe Bay Community Primary school launched the dog into space attached to a helium balloon with a GPS tracker and a GoPro. But when the payload returned to earth, the dog was nowhere to be seen. Chris Rose, from SentIntoSpace.com, which creates educational space missions for schools and helped with the launch, told the Lancashire Evening News: “Our GPS tracking equipment and live telemetry...
Jeremy Corbyn Reacts To Reporter Shoving Mic In His Face
Jeremy Corby reacted angrily to a reporter shoving a recording device in front of his face outside his home this morning. LBC reporter Charlotte Wright tried to question Corbyn over whether he thinks David Cameron should resign. The PM revealed yesterday that he had a stake in the Panama-incorporated Blairmore fund, which he sold before taking office in Number 10. But the Labour Leader wasn't prepared to add fuel to the debate. After greeting journalists outside his house he reacted angrily when LBC's Wright...
The best and worst places to sell in the UK
When it comes to selling your home you could be living in an area where properties are snapped up due to growing work opportunities or on the basis that the area is up and coming for new families. So, if lately you’ve been thinking ‘I want to sell my house’, check to see if you’re in one of the worst places to sell in the UK first, before you put up that for sale sign. Wallasey, in Merseyside, has been...
Summer must have: Probably the best sleeping bag ever?
Sleeping bags for children, surely just another gimmick to get more cash out of parents? How wrong I was. I think this could be the most amazing sleeping bag ever made... and I want one. My son was lucky enough to test out the Vango Starwalker Junior Dragon sleeping bag for a fun filled ‘night at the museum’ sleepover. It was a very fitting environment to test a dinosaur-esque sleeping bag. When it arrived I was struck by how small and...
Is The Guardian The Biggest Hypocrite Of All?
The Guardian, along with its international media partners, can certainly be smug about the orchestration of this week's revelations. The Panama Papers look set to be one of the biggest scoops of the century and have already claimed the scalp of one World leader and implicated several others. But the paper is arguably as culpable as its victims in the shameful world of tax dodging. Political blogger Paul Staines has pointed to an inquiry by Guido Fawkes into the tax...
A look at Glasgow Restaurant Festival
by Rosie Benson, travel writer Thought Scottish cuisine stopped at haggis and deep-fried Mars bars? Think again. In recent years Scotland has been transforming its culinary culture, with Glasgow, its largest city, leading the way. This year sees the launch of Glasgow’s first restaurant festival; a month long celebration of local produce and businesses, giving restaurateurs the chance to showcase their most mouth-watering creations. At TLE, our epicuriosity knows no bounds, so we went to see what was on offer. If it’s fresh ingredients with a local feel that you’re after, drop in to The Ubiquitous Chip or ‘The Chip’ as everyone refers to it. Here we sampled the brasserie evening menu, with starters costing between £5-£7 and...
Public Gets Cameron’s Dirty Tax Dealings “In Instalments”
The full extent of PM David Cameron's dodgy tax dealings are been leaked to the public "in installments", according to Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson. Cameron came clean about his tax affairs yesterday after dodging questions for nearly a week. The revelations show: - The PM and his wife bought in to the Panama-incorporated Blairmore fund to the tune of 5,000 units. - The pair sold the stake for an almost three-fold return before Cameron entered No....
DVD Review: Hitchcock/Truffaut
Written by Leslie Byron Pitt/@Afrofilmviewer Kent Jones’s pithy and informative documentary; Hitchcock/Truffaut is released via home format, soon after film critics and viewers alike, have been in remembrance of Roger Ebert’s passing three short years ago. Hitchcock/Truffaut is also finding its way to homes not soon since the dying down of the critical mauling, fan defending theatrical release of Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. The connective tissue of these three events is simply thus: Art in however it’s consumed...
Review: The Passing
Written by Ellery Nick Escaping into the Welsh wilderness, a young couple takes a wrong turn in their car and ends up nose first in a stream. As luck with have it, the crash is heard by the only man for miles around who hurries to lend a hand. But why were they fleeing? It seems the couple have some secrets and they’ve just found a stranger with a few of his own. And so Gareth Bryn, director of Hinterland,...