Police Land Rover Spray Painted Silver by Vandals
A police Land Rover has been spray painted silver by vandals in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. The authorities are now appealing for information following the criminal damage incident, which took place sometime between 9.30pm last night and 4.45am this morning on Royd Villas. The vehicle is used to access rural areas in an emergency, and will be out of service while the act of vandalism is rectified. Neighbourhood Inspector John Simpson said: "Some people might find this funny but the extent of the...
The Pigeon Detectives: Here’s to the Class of ‘07
Why do bands insist on finding a ‘new sound’? It’s like the musical equivalent of a mid-life crisis. You’ve released a couple of records, toured more times than you can count and embarked on a brief hiatus before being compelled to reform and re-invent yourself into some refined version of your former self. Waste of time if you ask me, you’d be better off buying a Porsche. And so it was with some dismay that I trawled over a Pigeon...
Listen up Amber Rudd: This is Progress
In stark contrast to Amber Rudd's proposals to force British businesses to publish lists of foreign workers, companies in Germany will soon be required to publish data on gender pay parity in a move to tackle the gap. After Home Secretary Rudd's plans to name and shame companies who do not hire British staff went up in smoke, a similar bill tackling gender inequality in the work place has been welcomed by firms in Germany. New research shows women are now earning 21 per...
Wow! Skydiver takes mind-blowing pics as he flew over a rainbow
This isn’t something you see everyday, a daredevil skydiver was able to take pictures as he flew over an entire rainbow. As if that wasn’t exciting enough it was also his FIRST skydive, as he drifted over a circular rainbow in the Bay of Islands at the sub-tropical north of New Zealand on Oct 3rd. 29-year-old, Anthony Kileen has been backpacking since 2011 when he left the UK for a journey of a lifetime, and he says the 16,000 daring...
Teenage girl passes driving test first time after taking lessons after Chemo sessions
A young woman who battled cancer was able to pass her test first time, after taking driving lessons on the way back from chemotherapy treatment sessions. Brave Katie Rickett, 17 passed the tough driving test a mere two weeks after the end of her treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Katie was sadly diagnosed back in May with the cancer, which develops in the lymphatic system, and like all cancers can be fatal. She was givien treatment by the teenage cancer ward...
The Property Ombudsman reveal 32% increase in estate agent complaints resolved
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent - the estate agent comparison site On 4 October 2016, The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme released its latest annual report revealing an increase in the number of consumers contacting the scheme for help. In the Ombudsman’s first annual report following her appointment last year, Katrine Sporle provides an overview of 2015, which confirms the scheme: Received 16,265 enquiries from consumers seeking advice. Resolved 3,304 formal complaints (a...
Feline Hungry? Luxury Cat Food Launched
A luxury cat food for the “insanely rich” goes on sale this week costing an eye-watering £9,000 a year and including ingredients such as Arenkha caviar, line-caught Scottish salmon, hand-caught Norfolk lobster and locally-sourced Devon crab! The yearly cost of the fodder is more than twice the average food and drink spend of a typical British family, according to Office of National Statistics figures. It works out at a pricey £10 for an 85g tin compared to an average Sheba tin which...
Student Who Gets Paid to Travel the World says “Partying for a Living is Hard Work”
A student who is paid to party on yachts all summer by a British clothing giant says her job is "hard work". Ella Crockett, who’s in her third year at Newcastle University, got a job as an ambassador for fashion brand Jack Wills. She was shipped out to Nantucket Island on the east coast of the USA and told to promote the label. beach days with just a few union jacks ??☀️ A photo posted by Ella Crockett (@ellacrockett) on Jul 28,...
Peckham Commuters Treated to Celebrity Train Conductor
Peckham commuters were treated to a celebrity train conductor when Star Wars actor John Boyega took over the train tannoy. The 24-year-old actor told stories and attempted to make the train “go at lightspeed” when joined his sister Blessing from the control room of the Southeastern service to Orpington on Friday. Unsuspecting passengers sitting onboard the train listened to around 15 “informative announcements” including a joke about how John’s uncle pronounces ‘Penge’. The international star’s video soon went viral on social...