Dolmio and Uncle Ben’s Rice ‘Should Be Consumed Once a Week’
Food products such as Dolmio pasta sauces and Uncle Ben's Rice should only be consumed once a week due to high salt, sugar or fat content. Mars Food, the firm behind the supermarket staples, said it will distinguish between "everyday" and "occasional" items on packs and on its website. The announcement comes following Chancellor George Osborne's sugar tax, which aims to tackle childhood obesity by putting a levy on products that are high in sugar. Mars Food has started a Health and...
Watch: Amazing Timelapse Of London
A 24 hour timelapse of London has been recorded from the Cheesegrater in honour of it being awarded the City of London Building of the Year prize last week. Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects chose the tower as the winner of its first-ever Building of the Year award. At 224 metres it is one of the tallest buildings in the Square Mile. Watch below: Timelapse from the Cheesegrater from CheesegraterLdn on Vimeo.
Jonas Gutierrez Was Dropped Because Of Cancer
An employment tribunal has ruled that Jonas Gutierrez was dropped by Newcastle United because of his cancer diagnosis. The Argentinian midfielder had a clause in his contract that would trigger an extension to his deal, but he was denied a deal through appearances, a decision made by the then club manager Alan Pardew. He had been a regular in the team before his diagnosis, making an incredible 177 appearances. The 32-year-old is suing the Magpies for in the region of £2 million on...
Two migrants found floating in inflatable dinghy in English Channel
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In the early hours of Thursday morning two Iranian men were rescued in an inflatable dinghy in the English Channel, after the light from one of their mobile phones was seen by a passing ship. The pair may have been out at sea for up to eight hours before they were plucked out of the water. The two people had already made an emergency 999 call from their 10ft vessel. The men, who were cold...
Labour warns schools facing a £7.5bn budget shortfall
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor By 2020 schools could be looking at a £7.5billion budget shortfall by 2020, the Labour party has announced. The black hole in education finances could lead to large scale redundancies and could mean class sizes could increase. The news has come as analysts have said that schools ware facing their first real term cuts since the 90s. Lucy Powell, Shadow Education Secretary, said: “Whilst the Tories try to pretend that they are protecting school budgets,...
London’s first time buyers will need £106,000 salary to buy average home by 2020
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor People in the capital will need to earn over £100k a year by 2020 to purchase their first home according to a report by housing and homelessness charity Shelter. First time buyers will need an average deposit of £138,000 to keep up with the staggering rise in house prices in the capital. Campbell Robb, Shelter’s Chief Executive, said: “When house prices are increasing fifteen times faster than the average wage, it’s no wonder Londoners on...
Have they finally found the Loch Ness Monster?
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor After decades of looking for the Loch Ness Monster, a research team came across this shape on their radar. Had they found the most famous and most illusive creature on the planet? Well, no, they haven’t. It turns out the shape was in fact a film prop from the 1970s. Nessie hunters will have to continue their search. The prop is believed to have come from a film shoot for The Private Life Of Sherlock...
Keep Park Runs Free
Every Saturday at 9am, tens of thousands of runners in 850 locations across 12 countries head to their local park to compete in the Parkrun. Founded on the ethos of being free and open to everyone, Parkrun is not for the uber-competitive racers, it's not for the casual joggers or even the newbs. It's for everyone, and that's the beauty of it. Taking part couldn't be simpler. You register on its website, print off a unique barcode and then turn up on a...
Banning Headscarves: Where Prejudice Meets Idiocy
Look at photos of Irish women from the 1950s and '60s and you'll see plenty of covered heads. Women of all ages wore wool shawls pulled over their heads as they went about their daily chores, bustling children off to school, buying fresh fish at little stalls or rushing off to mass. Some Irish women are old enough to remember and some still won't go into a church with uncovered hair. When France's prime minister Manuel Valls said Muslim headscarves...