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,...
The Dons Are Coming Home
AFC Wimbledon have been granted permission to return to Plough Lane in a landmark decision by the local council. The area was the home of Wimbledon FC until 1991 when the Taylor Report demanded all-seater stadiums for top-flight clubs, a decision which led to a groundshare with Crystal Palace and triggered a long-winded demise for the South West club who were relegated from the FA Premier League in 2001. After drawn out consultations to move the club back home the...
Review: Coldplay – A Head Full Of Dreams
By Declan Roberts (@DeclanMR) Before we get started, I am not the biggest Coldplay fan. Yes, when I was younger I liked them, but I liked S Club 7 when I was younger too, so I was hardly a bastion of good taste. We join Coldplay in a mid-life crisis. After a sorry showing with Ghost Stories and an average effort on Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay needed to rustle up something special with A Head Full of Dreams. They haven’t. Their...