John Lewis’s “Man on the Moon” Christmas advert 2015 has smashed the 6m view mark on YouTube November 7, 2015 This year's John Lewis Christmas Advert has now had more than 6m views on YouTube. The “Man on The Moon” features a little girl looking through a telescope and spotting an old man living all alone on the moon, at which point she decides to send him his own telescope as a Christmas present, so [...]
Thomson Airways flight from Stansted nearly downed by missile on its way to Sharm el-Sheikh in August November 7, 2015 A Thomson Airways plane flying from London Stansted to Sharm el-Sheikh was almost hit by a missile in August, the government has confirmed. Flight TOM 476 was carrying 189 passengers to the Egyptian holiday destination when a rocket came within 300m of the aircraft, just as it was approaching the airport. The news comes a [...]
All British businesses will have access to superfast broadband by 2020, David Cameron confirms November 7, 2015 Everyone in the UK will have access to a speedy broadband connection by the end of 2020, Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged. Under the government's new broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO), he said all businesses and homes across the nation will be able to request an internet speed of at least 10 Megabits per [...]
From Sharm el-Sheikh and John Lewis’ Christmas advert to Remembrance Sunday and interest rate rises: Here’s what got us talking this week November 6, 2015 There was a march that turned violent. Middle age somehow got that bit longer. And in darkest Hounslow, people went nuts for bargain-basement housing. The Cenotaph service is open for anyone to attend (Source: Getty) 1) It's Remembrance Sunday this weekend How will you be commemorating the fallen? We have some ideas for you here. And [...]
Senior Corbyn adviser Andrew Fisher suspended by Labour November 6, 2015 Andrew Fisher, a senior adviser to Jeremy Corbyn, has been suspended from the Labour Party following a stream of controversial tweets. Fisher suggested that the Class War candidate should be backed as leader of the party instead of Corbyn, and has also called Tony Blair a “scumbag” and Jack Straw a “vile git”. His selection [...]
Children from religious homes are the least generous, a new study shows November 6, 2015 Children brought up in non-religious surroundings are more likely to be generous than those from religious surroundings, a new study has shown. By comparing the tendency of non-religious and religious children to share with other children, scientists from the University of Chicago found that the former were much more likely to give to others. The [...]
Sharm el-Sheikh crash: Russian Metrojet A321, flight 7K9268 black box “confirms bomb”, according to French media November 6, 2015 Data extracted from the black boxes onboard Russian Metrojet A321, flight 7K9268 confirms the plane was destroyed by an onboard bomb, French media is reporting. The black boxes recorded the sound of an explosion during the flight, an investigator told France 2 this afternoon. The explosion did not come from engine problems or failure, removing the possibility of [...]
Remembrance Sunday: Ukip asks Queen to intervene so Nigel Farage can lay wreath at Cenotaph service November 6, 2015 The UK Independence has written to the Queen appealing to be included in this year's Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Westminster. Ukip MEP and former soldier Mike Hookem asked the monarch to "intervene on the part of over 3.8m of your people" and allow Ukip to have a representative on Sunday. As "the [...]
Bill Gross says a December rate rise is “100 per cent” likely, after US jobs data exceed all predictions – here’s what other analysts think, too November 6, 2015 "Bond king" Bill Gross thinks a US December rate rise has just become practically certain, after US jobs data beat everyone's predictions. In October, the US added 271,000 jobs to its economy, way ahead of the 180,000 predicted and the highest monthly figure for the year so far. Meanwhile, unemployment fell to five per cent, from [...]