By Charles Hibbert China’s long awaited ‘straddling bus’, which looks like something out of Star Trek, had its big opening moment in Hebei province this week. The transit-elevated bus is expected to be in full use by the end of the year, but its original testing was positive. The smart idea only came about in May, with photos of the mini-model released China's "elevated bus" that glides over traffic completes first road test https://t.co/D0DzZNgtzO pic.twitter.com/x8siNPjf8W — CNN (@CNN) August 4,...

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has put out a £100k contract on Andy Murray for agreeing to carry the Olympic flag in Rio for Great Britain. Angry SNP supporters have been seen burning tennis rackets and balls, some even while playing, which seems to gauge the level of anger, even amongst tenacious participants of the sport north of the border. Sturgeon said: "He voted SNP and then he agreed to carry the British flag, for Great Britain next to Princess Anne!...

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.25 per cent and hinted at further cuts in the next few months. Interest rates haven't been cut since the financial crisis took hold in 2009 and now stand at a record low. The Bank also announced the biggest cut to its growth forecasts since it started making them in 1983 on the back of the economic uncertainty caused by Brexit. It has reduced its growth prediction for 2017 from the...

A Brexit voter who made the fateful crossing of the Atlantic wasn’t aware the ship was sinking as he just wanted to hear the music. Jeff Miles, 47, from Sevenoaks said: “I didn’t care where the ship was going, that was nothing to do with me I just wanted to hear the band, once they band played everything would be alright. “I shouted at the staff, as the band were supposed to be on at 8pm, but they seemed too...

By Charles Hibbert  Experienced BBC weather presenter Louise Lear was unable to control a badly timed laughing fit live on air. Attempting to present the six o’clock weather report, Louise clearly found something very amusing and broke down into multiple laughing fits throughout her report. Louise has actually been working with BBC weather since 1998 and has also presented other BBC programmes, so whatever set her off must have been truly hilarious. Unsurprisingly amused viewers took to social media with...

As the Byron Burger chain decided to round up its illegal workers and send them to concentration camps, sorry deport them, the far-right group decided to team up with the racist restaurant group. Nigel Staines, 34 a senior spokesperson for Britain's First, from Barking said: “Britain’s First Byron Burger had a certain ring to it, one of the lads, Terry, did a journalism course while he was locked up for ABH on a Polish brickie. “I tracked their first burger...

There have been some critics who have said that the Labour leader has massive core support, but few polices, well this afternoon he plans to change that. Today Corbyn is expected to reveal a number of pledges that he hopes will change the face of Britain. A major part of the speech is likely to be the £500bn programme of investment in the UK economy, a huge figure, but it is hoped to reinvigorate the economy, which might be heading...

By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey) Earlier this year I was tasked with breaching the walls of Berlins' most exclusive techno club, the Berghain. Notorious for its secretive door policy, the club turns away thousands of visitors every year for not meeting their stringent and elusive entry criteria. Needless to say, my efforts to get in were in vain. Now, the Netherland's Beyond Festival are saving punters the price of a plane ticket by bringing the authentic Berghain experience to them in their...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent 18 million people could currently be living with leaks at home. A study by HomeServe Labs revealed that 19.1 per cent of UK adults currently have a dripping tap at home, and 8.5 per cent are stuck with leaky toilets. The research also revealed 76.9 per cent have experienced a leak at home before. 37 per cent currently report having a leak at home, which rises to...