News & Views

23 January 2015

Twitter tells its users to stop posting Instagram links

Twitter has asked its most avid users to stop posting Instagram links. Since 2012, users have been able to show Instagram photos within tweets. Since 2012, any pictures posted from the ...
23 January 2015

Queen Elizabeth II Now Oldest Serving Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II has become the oldest monarch after the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia yesterday. King Abdullah was ninety years old and has been in hospital since New ...
22 January 2015

Plain Cigarette Packaging To Be Introduced By 2016

Plans to introduce plan cigarette packaging are expected to be approved by ministers and could come into force by next year. Introducing plans cigarette packaging is something that has been ...
22 January 2015

The Sun's topless Page Three makes a comeback and takes a swipe at rival media outlets

Today has seen The Sun return a topless woman to its famous Page Three, whilst also mocking media outlets that had claimed the long-running feature had been dropped from the ...

22 January 2015

Supermarkets need to ditch impulse buys that are bad for us

Weight loss expert Steve Miller believes that supermarkets need to re think their ‘impulse buy’ section at checkouts in a bid to help the ongoing obesity crisis. Ditch the junk ...
21 January 2015

Pupil has to sit GCSE in isolation after turning up to school with bleached blonde Mohican hairstyle

16-year-old pupil Oscar Ward was pulled out of lessons during lunchtime on his first day back at King James's School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and told to leave because of ...
21 January 2015

Retail therapy makes us unhappy says Archbishop

It’s called 'retail therapy' because of the notion that it makes us feel good but the Archbishop of York says that having an obsession with shopping is ultimately making us ...
20 January 2015

A deceased baby's organs have been transplanted into two patients

Surgeons have transplanted organs from a new born baby, who passed away after six days of birth into two patients. The patients are both doing well according to those who ...
20 January 2015

Peter Mandelson Criticises Ed Miliband's Mansion Tax Plans

Peter Mandelson has hit out at his former party’s ‘mansion tax’ plans calling them ‘crude’ and ‘short-termist.’ The mansion tax is a major part of Ed Miliband’s election manifesto ahead of ...
20 January 2015

Cancer sufferers have unanswered questions and need additional support according to new survey

A new survey of 1,000 people living with or beyond cancer in the United Kingdom has revealed that additional support is needed to help those suffering manage the every day ...
19 January 2015

Britain faces coldest night of the year - and a week of snow, ice and frost lies ahead

Britain last night fell victim to its coldest night of the year so far, with much of the UK expected to face a week of snow flurries and icy conditions ...

19 January 2015

David Cameron Criticises Comments Made By Pope

David Cameron has criticised comments made by the Pope who said people should insult the faith of others. The Pope made the comments after events in Paris and the release ...
16 January 2015

A woman has died in a fire at Edinburgh General Hospital

A woman died in a fire in Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital at 2.28am this morning. Emergency services helped staff evacuate the 14 patients on the affected ward to a safer part ...
15 January 2015

Nick Clegg Wants Broadcasters To Grow 'Backbone' Over TV Debates

Nick Clegg says he hopes that broadcasters should develop a 'backbone' when it comes to the planned TV election debates and David Cameron. The TV channels have come together to ...
15 January 2015

Al Murray to run against Nigel Farage

Comedian Al Murray has said he has intentions to run against Nigel Farage for a place in Parliament, in the guise of The Pub Landlord - one of his most ...
15 January 2015

Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can reduce their symptoms with exercise

People who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can actually help their condition with the introduction of exercise, which many sufferers believe will make them feel worse. Exercise as a therapy and cognitive ...

14 January 2015

Facebook introduces warnings over graphic content

Facebook has revealed that it has enforced clickable warnings over its extreme and graphic content on its site. The warnings are placed over flagged images and videos and tell the user ...
13 January 2015

JK Rowling slams Rupert Murdoch following his tweets blaming all Muslims for Charlie Hebdo deaths

JK Rowling, much-loved author of the Harry Potter book series, has condemned and now mocked a tweet from Rupert Murdoch which insisted that even peaceful Muslims played a role and ...
13 January 2015

E.ON cuts its standard tariff by 3.5%

E.ON is the first of all the six big gas and electricity suppliers to reduce its tariff after Chancellor George Osbourne’s complaint about such firms not reducing their oil prices ...
13 January 2015

Gary Glitter arrives to court to face trial over sexual abuse claims dating back to the 1970s

Gary Glitter has today arrived at court flanked by bodyguards as his child sex trial begins. The 70-year-old - real name Paul Gadd - is facing a total of 10 ...
12 January 2015

Whale the size of 2 London buses washes up in Cornwall

The body of a whale has been located in Cornwall. It is estimated to be twice the length of a London Bus. The animal was found washed up at Wanson Beach, ...
12 January 2015

Recruits To UK Armed Forces To Be Asked About Sexuality

The Ministry of Defence will now ask recruits about their sexual orientation when they join the armed forces. The MoD is trying to create a greater tolerance of gay soldiers within ...

9 January 2015

Coca Cola are axing 1,500 jobs

Coca-Cola is poised to axe over 1,500 jobs in a bid to cut costs. The Atlanta-based beverage company said it had begun notifying workers in the US and some international locations ...

9 January 2015

David Cameron mocked as he claims he'll only take part in televised election debates if Greens do

Plans for televised leader debates could now be destroyed after David Cameron yesterday stated he'll only be taking part in them if the Green Party can also. His refusal means ...