Largest Offshore Windfarm in World to be Constructed Off Coast of Yorkshire
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor An offshore windfarm, capable of powering over a million UK homes, has been given the green light. It will be the world’s largest and will be situated off the Yorkshire coast. DONG Energy has just made the final investment decision to ensure the 1.2 gigawatt (GW) scheme will come into fruition. The windfarm will be based 75 miles off the Yorkshire coast and will span a huge 160 square miles, five times the size of...
Beer of the Week – Toast Ale
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food It’s no secret that food waste in the UK is a real issue, and with Brits wasting an estimated 15 million tonnes of food each year, it’s bread that’s wasted the most. In fact, recent figures have shown that UK households are throwing away a collective mass of approximately 24 million slices of bread each year. Yes, bread does have a short shelf life, and although there are obvious ways of saving bread, most...
VIDEO – Shocking Drone Footage of Syrian City of Homs
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor This is shocking footage of the devastation in the Syrian city of Homs, which was a major industrial hub and third largest city. This drone film from TV station Russia Today shows the utter catastrophe that has happened there. It looks like the remains of from a nuclear strike; where once schools, hospitals and businesses once stood. It is a reminder of the human cost the civil war has brought on the people of Syria....
Google rejects claims they censored search results for Conservative Party
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Conspiracy theorists have claimed that Google has censored search results for the Conservative party, even though autocomplete results for the party are blank. Google suggests common searches for all of the other major political parties, usually not very complimentary, but nothing appears for searches for “Conservatives are” or “Tories are.” If you do the same search replacing Labour for Conservative suggested searches bring up “…finished”, “a joke” and “right wing.” For the Liberal Democrats the...
Interview: Lyke Byson
By Declan Roberts (@DeclanMR) It’s late November 2015 and it is not the most glamorous of settings for Lyke Byson’s first band interview but Winchester’s cold exterior offers a Christmas vibe like no other. Still, a few drinks should help the band warm up, with Joe Brownen (lead singer), John Hutson (guitarist), Will Coles (guitarist), Ben Brownen (bass) and Jack Hayward (drums) working on their beer jackets before we get started. We start with influences. “I like to think that...
Bridget Jones’s London bachelorette pad rises in value from £190,000 to £650,000
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent In 2001 – in the film Bridget Jones’s Diary – Bridget’s bachelorette pad was above a pub in London’s Borough. If she was to make her big screen debut today, it’s unlikely her flat would be located here. Ahead of the release of the third film – Bridget Jones’s Baby – later this year, research from property portal OnTheMarket.com found mid-30s single women would struggle to afford...
40-59-Year-Olds Are Least Happy and Most Anxious
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I’m stressed and anxious enough as it is, but it looks like there is no good news on the horizon, as a report finds that people aged 40-59 are not in a good way. An ONS study, has found that middle aged people are the least happy, have the lowest levels of life satisfaction and the highest levels of anxiety. These latest official wellbeing statistics make grim reading, unless you get to 60 and even...
The Bernie Sanders Iowa Speech
"It is too late for establishment politics and establishment economics", Bernie Sanders told an energetic crowd following a miraculous Iowa caucuses. Last spring Sanders was down by 42 points in a national poll. On Monday evening, he came close to drawing with long-term favourite and political heavyweight Hillary Clinton. “You guys ready for a radical idea?” he asked an ecstatic audience. “Well, so is America.” Could Bernie really pull it off? Watch his speech in full here: Video: PBS NewsHour
What is Matcha?
Wellness has become somewhat of a goldmine in the food and drink industry, so it perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that an antioxidant rich, weight reducing cancer deterrent such as Matcha is all the rage. In very basic terms, matcha is a stone-grounded powder which is in effect a very concentrated green tea. The powdery substance is a more versatile version of its tea leaf counterpart and is used to serve lattes and iced drinks in cafes and everything from...