The US media has turned on the National Rifle Association following the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in Orlando. New York Daily News led with the headline "Thanks NRA" as the national media lay blame at NRA's door. The leading publication points out that the AR-15-type rifle is the same style of weapon used to slaughter 20 children and six adults in Newtown in 2012 and murder 12 people and wound 70 in a cinema in Aurora. A...

"We are never going to have customer service in the UK", Jack Whitehall screamed at a Live at the Apollo gig in 2012. "They love that shit in America, but I don't want it here". He has a point. Customer service is something we Brits just don't do. According to KPMG's Customer Experience Excellence Centre US companies outperformed the UK across almost all of industry sectors, with US customers are six times more likely to have an outstanding experience than...

Sport News 24/7 By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor After the dust settles after three days of intense and shocking violence in the port city of Marseille, the Russian hooligans have been said to be “trained to fight,” for the event. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said that around one hundred and fifty Russian hooligans were not “professional” but they “were extreme” and well organised, leaving the French police trailing behind them in most instances. There have been claims that the Russians...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor As anyone under 30 will already be aware, they are paying virtually half of their income in rent, while people in the capital pay an even higher proportion. The amount of disposable income left for this age group is shrinking rapidly as rents swallow up their hard earned money. The research, by Countrywide, has said that the cost of renting a one-bed property has soared to record levels in the UK. A young worker in...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In a court decision that will trouble many, a Dutch tourist in Qatar claimed she had been raped while on holiday in the Middle Eastern state. The alleged attacker believed the sex was consensual and the 22-year-old woman requested money after the sexual encounter. The Dutch lady was not in court for the hearing in Doha, but was given a one-year suspended sentenced and a fine of around £500. Reaching this verdict will worry many...

Do you have too many Wayne Rooney's but not enough Zlatan Ibrahimovic's? Then you're either Jose Mourinho or in need of a good swap shop. It's that time of year again when grown men revive their childhood with "Got, Got, Need" while poring over piles of Panini stickers. The Euros have become synonymous with football sticker collecting, and this year is no different. Thousands of kids, teenagers and adults have been trying to complete their album and are now at...

A video of Barack Obama speaking on the perverse nature of US gun laws has emerged in the wake of the Orlando shootings. The US president talks about a meeting he came from in the Situation Room where known extremists in the US have been on ISIL websites. He points out how absurd it is that he can put these people on the no-fly list when it comes to airlines, but because of the National Rifle Association he cannot prohibit...

Owen Jones has walked out of a Sky News interview after a heated discussion over the LGBT hate crimes in Orlando. The outspoken Jones was disgusted after presenter Mark Longhurst told him people should "delineate" between Islamist terror and homophobia after the attack which killed 50 at gay Florida nightclub Pulse. Jones has gained a lot of support for his actions on social media, with most people saying they would have done the same thing. Matt Lucas praised the young...

Review by Leslie Byron Pitt/@Afrofilmviewer As we are seemingly embarking on a more skeptical and paranoid, right-leaning era, it's more than a little disheartening that Trumbo pulls it's lefty punches and holds no real political relevancy. Whether this is partly due to the film being made way before the feverish excitement of Trump delirium, or the simple fact that director Jay Roach is only really interested investing in the political aspects Hollywood's golden age with the spikes removed. These are...