A commuter caused quite a stir in Boston, Massachusetts, after playing a virtual reality game on the way in to work. The gamer was spotted immersed in a VR game as he rode the Green Line last Friday. Although he was clearly enjoying the experience, fellow commuters looked quite disturbed by the experience. But it may be something we have to get used to. Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive have already started shipping headsets to homes around the globe, and Sony will...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Please have  a watch of this video of George Osborne's 2003 appearance on BBC2's Daily Politics programme. The future chancellor encourages a caller to look into 'clever financial products' that let homeowners to pass on the value of their home to their children and also get personal care paid for by the state. 'I probably shouldn't be advocating this on television,' he later says during the conversation. Watch Video Here

The next time you have the urge to seek out backyards greener than your own, look no further than Facebook. There’s no shortage of life boasts on there. It’s all just cute kids (minus the keeping you up at night), lovey dovey couples (minus the fierce arguments), beach selfies (taken at a hundred different angles to get the best snap) and best mates having the best time at the best bar in the city (minus the big bar bill and...

Xenia Rubinos has announced her new album Black Terry Cat, which arrives in stores June 3rd on ANTI-. As Rubinos explains, “Black Terry Cat is a #browngirlmagic carpet ride powered by deep pocket backbeats and funky bass lines. "Lonely Lover" is the first full song I finished for the album - it was a real breakthrough where I felt like I'd created my own sound, and became kind of my mantra for making the rest of the album. I was listening to...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A new Ronnie Pickering video has emerged, this time is he a force for good? The footage, which could be taken by himself, shows him having a go at a parking attendant who had approached an elderly couple, with a disabled badge, who had parked up on double yellow lines. Most people will remember when he made national news after a four-letter tirade of abuse at a moped rider and asking him "Do you know...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Apple has been gradually increasing the amount of storage built into its devices. And there is a way to free up space on the handsets and tablets without having to delete photos or uninstall apps, other than adding an SD card. Users can check their current used and available storage space by going to Settings, General and Storage & iCloud Usage. The film the user attempts to rent from iTunes must be larger than the...

Up and down the nation, parents of children aged around 7 and 11 will be doing battle with the horror that is SPaG tests – or, to the uninitiated, Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. Large numbers of children are arriving in school so much further back in their development than they were 20 years ago – many have speech problems, many aren’t toilet-trained, many have never held a pencil or pen or been read a story before they arrive in school....

Two days on from the Panama Papers leak, the Independent has revealed that HMRC - the government body responsible for collecting taxes - actually pays rent on its head office to a company based in a tax haven! Eleven million documents were leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca on Monday highlight the extent to which UK residents and its institutions are taking advantage of tax havens such as Panama. Over half of the companies listed in the document cache are registered in...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor This really didn't go very well; supremely wealthy Tory candidate for Mayor looked pretty out of touch with the city he wants to run during a TV interview. The BBC's Norman Smith asked Goldsmith which team play at Loftus Road, he had no idea (it's QPR). Then he was asked the next type station going east on Central Line from Tottenham Court Road, he had no idea (it's Holborn). He was finally asked where the...