By Leanne Dempesy, fashion writer @leanneysbabble It might be coming up to the end of music festival season here in the UK for this year, but with there still a couple of big ones coming up this weekend (Creamfields and Reading/Leeds festival) I thought it might be a good time to talk about ‘real’ festival fashion. Now, don’t get me wrong; I love denim shorts, floral headbands and tassels as much as the next person but let’s be real; you’re...

By Jonathan Hatchman,music writer The August Bank Holiday weekend is almost upon us, once more, thus proving inevitable that thousands of people will descend upon Richfield Avenue in Reading, and Bramham Park in Leeds for three days of live music played across two of the nation's most popular music festivals. Featuring a lineup that hosts plenty of big names, including headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys and Blink 182, as well as Paramore, Jake Bugg, Disclosure and more....

Sport News 24/7 By Ian Carroll The good news; we only had one left back on the pitch. That, boys and girls, is progress! The bad news; that left back was Paul Dummett, a man ideally suited to a mid-table third division side (with an injury crisis) It takes a special kind of manager to pick one player for pretty much all of pre-season, then decide that actually, Sadio Haidara isn’t up to the job, and only Dummett will do....

By Jack Peat I never imagined myself as someone who would begin a sentence "back in my day". It's the sort of cringe-worthy prelude you'd hear your parents or grandparents utter which meant for most children they’re either about to be bored by irrelevant nostalgia or lectured on traditional values, often both. But since the turn of the century we have witnessed such seismic change that I feel obliged to tell you, that back in my day, things were a...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard De Winter @rgdewinter I suppose in some respects QPR’s 1-0 defeat at home to Hull on Saturday was in fact a good result -   Rangers’ last 3 opening home matches in the Premier League have finished: QPR 0-3 Wimbledon (95/96), QPR 0-4 Bolton (11/12), QPR 0-5 Swansea (12/13). Therefore anything less than a 6-0 defeat would have been a triumph. There were other positives to take too: unlike in the above matches the R’s performed...

By Alex Lodge @alexlodgemusic  I could go on and on about racial stereotyping, drug references influencing children, overt sex references influencing children, the glorification of alcohol and guns, but I’m sure the outrage brigade will cover off all of these points soon enough. They don’t really bother me that much anyway as if they did I wouldn’t be able to listen to Mobb Deep ever again. What really bothers me about this heinous song / video combination is that it’s...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor 2014 sees the start of a new revolution in accommodation. First there was the boutique hotel, then the luxury bed and breakfast followed by the urban-chic hostel and even a trend towards spare room rentals. Now, it’s student accommodation as a city break solution. Throw away those pre-conceived ideas about student accommodation meaning musty rooms and rock hard beds – over the past ten years universities have been investing: think crisp white sheets, en-suite bathrooms,...

If the great financial crisis taught us anything it is that there are very few industries that can be considered 'recession proof'. But in a global market, one that weathered the storms better than others is translation services. Reports show that the industry of translation and interpretation services has grown on average by 12 per cent each year since 2008 and with the increase of cross-border trade and business, a recent study projected a large growth between 2010 and 2020,...

By Steve Taggart The Ice Bucket Challenge is the new craze across social media. It involves dumping a bucket of ice water on one's head or donating to the ALS association in the US. They also get to nominate other to follow suit, giving them just 24 hours to comply. It has gone viral and now a number of celebrities have joined in. We have complied the best clips of celebs joining in the fun. Enjoy...   1. Brooklyn Beckham 2. ...