NBA – The Eastern Conference
Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara @Sean_FootyMad @TLE_Sport We’re heading into the final quarter of the NBA season when things start to get very serious. Remember it's the top 8 teams from each conference to go into the play-offs. Then the winner of each conference goes on to the NBA finals. So here’s what's going on Stateside. The Cleveland Cavaliers currently sit top of the Eastern Conference; Lebron James' team always looked set to win the East. They have the...
PMQs Sketch 9th March – I’ve got 99 problems…but you answered none
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The session began with Karin Smyth, Lab, wondering if the PM had failed on the number of apprenticeships being offered to our kids. To be fair they can probably make more uploading themselves jumping from scaffolding onto their You Tube channels, than toiling away in a cement factory in Droitwich, but that is beside the point. Each week Labour claim apprenticeship schemes are failing, more children are in poverty and there is less house building...
An Ode To The Old
What ever happened to our old football grounds? West Ham, Spurs and Chelsea are all due to move out of their respective stadia over the next five years, joining a general exodus alongside Arsenal and a wealth of league sides who have ditched their traditional terraces for a face lift. In most cases this means constructing the most economical design in the most economical place funded in the most economical way. Colchester’s Weston Homes Community Stadium, a flat pack stadium...
Osborne defeated on Sunday trading as Tory rebels join with SNP
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor George Osborne was dealt another bitter blow as he was defeated in his attempts to extend Sunday trading hours. MPs voted to take the policy initiative from the Enterprise Bill. He was blocked by the SNP and 26 Tory rebels. This left the Government losing by a majority of 31. Noting the major changes to businesses and many online services that are now available 27/7 like banking, shopping and even online forex trading platforms, his...
GALLERY: Sylosis – Electric Ballroom
Sylosis, Electric Ballroom, London, 7.3.16 Support: Decapitated, The Kind Is Blind All photos copyright of Rich Broome Photography The Kind Is Blind Decapitated Decapitated Sylosis Find more of Rich's work at richbroomemusicphotography.weebly.com
List of MPs who voted to force through ESA disability benefit cut
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The House of Lords was not able to halt a £30-a-week cut to disability benefits forced through by the Government. Charities warned the cut to (ESA) Employment & Support Allowance would make it more difficult for disabled people to find work and many already struggle to afford food at the current benefit level. This is a list of all the MPs who voted for the sharp cuts to disability benefits. Please remember the pay rises they...
Hyperloop Could Be Coming To Europe
The futuristic tube-transport system Hyperloop could be coming to Europe after the Slovakian government expressed interest in running a line between Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava. Hyperloop Transportation said Bratislava to Vienna — about an hour drive apart — could take about eight minutes in a hyperloop at full speed, and Bratislava to Budapest could take 10 minutes. Billionaire inventor Elon Musk unveiled the idea of the hyperloop in 2013 and plans to make it a reality are already under way in the US....
Secret Teacher 10th March – Teaching: Worse Things Happened In Gulags
With the pressures of assessments, government shaftings, endless new curriculum decrees and the ever-present sceptre of Ofsted hovering like a bureaucratic vulture above us, the average person could be forgiven for assuming we teachers are all either Stakhanovite indestructible machines or gibbering wrecks. When people know what goes on in schools and its effects on teachers, it could reasonably be asked why any sane person would do it. For most of us, the answer is very simple: the kids. With...
England’s tourism award winners revealed
England's tourist body VisitEngland have, for the past 27 years, searched the land high and low to find the best in class when it comes to tourist accommodation and attractions. And now, fellow staycationers, the results for 2016 are in! The highlight of English Tourism Week, winners were picked in 16 categories, including the new award for Best Dog Friendly Business. So if only the best is good enough, here's where you should be going in the next 12 months......