I’ve got a friend who, despite being one of the most lethargic people I know, has got calves the size of tree trunks. To the innocent bystander he’s a physical anomaly. This is a man who has spent the best part of his life on a diet of cheese toasties and Walkers crisps, who would struggle to ride a bike without stabilisers and thinks squats are what you do when you can’t get to the toilet, and yet he can...

Incredible pictures of planes taking off and landing at the busiest airports in the World have been released following the announcement that Heathrow is to get a third runway. Photographer Mike Kelley has been working on the aptly-named Airportraits project for two years, taking pictures of planes taking off from runways and compiling them into impressive combined shots. Each picture shows dozens of planes either taking off or flying overhead all in one image, showcasing how busy the skies are. The...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport In sport, there seems to be an obsession with finding the equivalent of a recently-retired, or in some cases, slightly older player.  In Argentina, for example, every vaguely promising playmaker will inevitably be named ‘The New Maradona’ – there is even a Wikipedia article on the phenomenon, detailing such promising talents as Ariel Ortega, Javier Saviola and…er…Franco di Santo.  Staggeringly fast and ludicrously strong New Zealand wingers (is there any other...

The third runway at Heathrow could be built eight metres above the M25. Rather than tunnelling the motorway under the runway, plans have been put forward for building it on an eight metre ramp above it. It comes after senior highways officials warned of years of traffic mayhem and hefty bills if planners decided to tunnel Britain's busiest motorway under the new landing site. Mr Grayling said: "One of the things that Heathrow have been looking at is that what they do...

Kent University has faced backlash after it picked Zayn Malik and Sadiq Kahn as poster-boys for Black History Month. The Canterbury-based university was labelled a  “national embarrassment” by furious students for picking two representatives who are both half-British, half Pakistani and both born in Britain. Black History Month tweeted soon after the announcement: “Deeply disappointed at Kent University’s ill thought and misdirected Black History Month celebrations. “With Asian Heritage Month being observed by a growing number of countries in May, will...

A sweary Mother Nature was outspoken today after plans for a new runway at Heathrow were given the go-ahead. She said: “I am sick of fucking hearing about it, do you know how many species have died since you started talking about the new runway in the 1950s? “The Great Barrier Reef died the other day. I thought it might be a wake-up call, but oh no, the front page of the papers were a few overdeveloped teenagers with brown...

A campaign has been launched to overturn the negative stereotyping of Essex girls after the term "Essex Girl" became officially recognised by dictionaries. Natasha Sawkins, 34, and Juliet Thomas, 32, have started an online petition to get the expression removed and have already had thousands of signatures in support. The Oxford English and Collins English dictionaries describe "Essex Girl" as a "derogatory" noun. The latter has the definition: "A young working class woman from the Essex area, typically considered as being...

New pictures have emerged of French police clearing up the final refugees at the Calais migrant camp before demolition work begins. Some 2,000 migrants left voluntarily on Monday for centres across France, with hundreds more leaving today. The tents and structures that formed "The Jungle" which was once home to some 7,000 residents are now being pulled down, marking a sad end to a torrid period in our geopolitical history.   

The sharp rise in global shark attacks on humans are linked to global warming, tourism and new building projects in coastal regions. It appears that the water is more dangerous to enter in certain areas of the world, and sadly humans are to blame. It appears that humans are increasingly entering into the sharks natural habitat and that is leading to these attacks, which can easily be fatal. Warmer seas, due to global warming, allow sharks to increase their population...