By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor World famous guerrilla artists Banksy had struck again, this time he left a piece of art work on the wall of primary school in Bristol. It appears he placed his new work there as a "present" after the school names a house after the elusive artist. Teachers and pupils arrived back from half-term with the surprise and a letter saying "it's always easier to get forgiveness than permission". Head teacher Geoff Mason intends to preserve the...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Back in April 2016 we featured stats on house prices rising 47,000 per cent over 90 years of Her Majesty the Queen’s life. Fast forward another 90 years and many would say another 471-fold increase in house prices is unthinkable – or is it? His Royal Highness Prince Charles is 67 years old. He will be 90 in 23 years (November 2038). Assuming house prices rise over...

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Richmond upon Thames and Bexley have both been ranked in the top five "survival" boroughs for start-up businesses, according to new data. The riverside boroughs join the City, Sutton and Hackney on the top five list, with a 71.9 per cent survival rate. The City of London came top with only ten per cent of start-ups failing and a huge 76.4 per cent surviving. But Jeremy Corbyn's borough of Islington didn't fare as well. It topped a list of the...

Scottish football fans will be backing England at Euro 2016, according to new research. More Scotland fans are supporting England than Wales or Northern Ireland at this summer's tournament in France, which kicks off on Friday. Northern Ireland’s campaign can count on 15 per cent of Scottish football fans’ support, with Wales picking up just eight per cent of the Scottish vote. Meanwhile 21 per cent of Scots will be backing England, more than the 19 per cent who said they would be...

How long do you spend each morning wrapped in a towel staring to the abyss of your wardrobe wondering what to wear? According to new research British women spend an average of 17 minutes a day rifling through their wardrobes, and it's sending the country into a rage. Almost one in five British women admit they have ended up upset or angry at not finding an outfit they are happy with on a morning, according to a new study, and 15 per cent even say...

Almost a third of businesses founded in the UK in the last five years were in response to redundancy or long-term unemployment, according to new research. The financial crisis has shown that Brits are rather resilient folk, with many people bouncing back by staring adversity in the face and starting up on their own. With massive rises in childcare costs since 2010, starting a business is becoming a popular way out of in-work poverty for squeezed parents. And ‘grey entrepreneurs’ are also...

Want to know how will the world will end?  Here we give you a rundown of the most likely ways the human race (and the world as we know it) will be obliterated... We've scoured the bookmakers and the web to find the odds of each scenario happening.  If you'd like to place a bet, we'll pay out once mankind has been wiped out.  Winner takes all. This isn't an exhaustive list, so please feel free to comment and add...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With the launch of a brand new bottle design for Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel, The Punch Room at The London EDITION in Fitzrovia held an intimate tasting session to celebrate the Single Barrel expression. As well as making an exceptional whisky to drink on its own, the drink also works brilliantly as the base for cocktails. While an Old Fashioned would, perhaps, be the obvious choice – a Single Barrel Punch served on the...