Seven things you didn’t know about the Maldives
Thought the Maldives was all sun, sea and sand? Well it is - but there's also plenty more to it. A unique phenomenon, there's aspects of the Indian Ocean that many guide books, travel tales and Pinterest boards often miss out, from its official no-booze status to the icky truth about the soft, white sand. Having visited its beautiful shores, we've compiled just a few of its elements which might not be so obvious at first sight - so consider...
Katie Hopkins is a Bully, we Should Treat her Like One
Donald Trump likes Katie Hopkins. This is not a world-changing surprise. Trump discovering Hopkins is like two idiots in Nickelback t-shirts meeting each other at a music festival and instantly getting along. You could say they like each other because they agree on almost everything (Trump will probably denounce fat people at his next rally) but the connection is much simpler than that: Donald and Katie are bullies. Trump and Hopkins are overgrown playground bullies who spend their time mocking...
SWNS Press Photograph of the Year 2015 – voting now open
Vote for your favourite image for the Press Photograph of the Year award from SWNS The UK's largest independent press agency, SWNS, has opened the voting for their Press Photograph of the Year award 2015. The photos are made up of national news images supplied through SWNS from both staff their own staff photographers and members of the public who sell their images to the press through the agency. SWNS provides up to 20% of all daily print news content...
We are the weakest link…
When it comes to digital security, we are the weakest link. In the world of technology, human error can be the difference between success and catastrophe. Nowhere is this truer than in the workplace, where humans can be the biggest threat to your IT system. An infographic designed by IT support solutions company, TSG, reveals that humans are responsible for all manner of IT security problems in the workplace, from stealing company data to accidentally installing viruses. In 2013 alone,...
The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – Home House’s ‘Santa’s Night Cab’
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food First commissioned in 1773 by Elizabeth, Countess of Home, with plans for George III’s architect James Wyatt to build a sophisticated ‘Pavilion’ designed purely for enjoyment and entertainment, at 20 Portman Square, Home House was then completed by his competitor Robert Adams, after Wyatt was sacked, and is to this day regarded as Adam’s finest surviving London town house. And since being taken over by a Quintillion UK Limited in 2004, Home House has...
Muslim disaster relief charity arrive to help Cumbrian flood victims
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Blackburn based muslim charity that usually deal with victims of natural catastrophes in countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan has arrived in Cumbria to help flood victims. The Al-Imdaad Foundation is usually on the other side of the world, but felt it was necessary to drive only a couple of hours north to help out with the relief effort. Four volunteers have arrived in the flood hit area with another 60 expected to join the...
London property prices rise almost £5 an hour as Ilford emerges as new city hotspot
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent With London prices rising, Ilford seems a key location for future growth. It’s one of the areas included in London Mayor Boris Johnson's recently released 'City in the East' masterplan, which examines factors such as the impact of Crossrail and HS1. Ilford looks set to experience an intense period of change with investors keen to be part of the story. Data from The Land Registry analysed by...
Isis will be Toasting to the Rise of Far-right Populism
It makes me feel a bit sick thinking about the celebratory mood in Isis bunkers right now; them flipping open their laptops and delighting as schisms escalate, and Western democracy turns in on itself. Watching on with glee as Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner, spews xenophobia from a podium, while Marine Le Pen’s National Front ascends into the mainstream of French politics. Toasting to a job well done now far-right populism grows ever more vehement, and ever more persuasive; as...
Barclays Life Skills Students Pinning Tweets Telling Them They’re Scumbags
The bank’s TV advertising campaign aimed at teaching digital “life skills” to help people get jobs, has drastically backfired. Thousands of young people were taught to pin a tweet, and most of them used it to call Barclays a bunch of cheating scumbags, at the top of their news feed. Steven Holmes, 18 said: “after the tutorial I went straight home and pinned a Tweet that said, “you thieving, robbing, shameless #Barclays”. They said the # might make it trend,...