The finest wine known to humanity: London has 38 on the World of Fine Wine’s annual list June 3, 2015 Hot on the heels of yesterday's best restaurant competition, today we learned where London's best wine lists can be found. The capital has 38 restaurants on The World of Fine Wine's annual awards, coming third in the global stakes behind New York and Sydney. In total, 26 were given the three-star rating, making [...]
Ageing population? Our passwords are getting old even faster… June 3, 2015 It's not just the UK's population that is ageing – our passwords are too. Half of us use passwords that haven't been changed for more than five years, while a quarter have failed to update them in more than a decade, a new study has revealed. And it seems it's mostly laziness that [...]
David Cameron’s first PMQs in full Tory goverment: The bunfight returns June 3, 2015 The economy took centre stage during David Cameron's first Prime Minister's questions in this parliament – but if the electorate was looking for any particular commitments to anything, they would have been left frustrated. Several new MPs were welcomed to the weekly bun-fight but the rhetoric on both sides was all business as usual. [...]
Job interview turn-offs and turn-ons: How to get that dream job – and what you should avoid June 3, 2015 If you've ever used bad language in a job interview, or gone in and asked if it was OK to eat fast food while being grilled for your dream job, you appear to have made it to legend status. These two incidents are among five of the most memorable things to happen during recent [...]
How to make George Osborne happy: The IMF thinks the UK could live with higher debt “forever” June 3, 2015 Could this be the economic argument George Osborne has been waiting for? Our obsession with clearing the UK's debt could be more trouble than it's worth, according to a new paper published by the IMF. Although high levels of debt are generally viewed as problematic, advanced economies such as the UK's could “simply live [...]
Fifa crisis: Interpol issues red notice putting Jack Warner, Nicolás Leoz, Alejandro Burzaco, José Margulies, Hugo Jinkis and Mariano Jinkis on most wanted list June 3, 2015 Six former Fifa officials, including Jack Warner, have been placed on Interpol's most wanted list under charges including racketeering, conspiracy and corruption. A red alert, the highest possible apart from an international arrest warrant, was issued this morning on behalf of the US. As well as the Trinidad and Tobago official and former [...]
Foxtons hoping to take over site of 250-year-old Elephant & Castle pub June 2, 2015 The Elephant & Castle pub is looking like it could be replaced with a branch of the estate agent Foxtons. The pub – which stands on the site of the original tavern that some argue gave the area its name 250 years ago – closed earlier this year when its licence was revoked after [...]
Bargains galore: Ukip’s summer sale is now on June 2, 2015 Roll up, roll up, it's the Ukip summer sale, and there are just a handful of bargains left for the discerning kipper… Nigel Farage may have got the backing of some big-name donors in the run up to the General Election, but that isn't stopping the purple party looking to make a bit of [...]
The nation’s favourite cheese: Brits are obsessed with cheddar while French stick with camembert June 2, 2015 Brie-leave it or not, we're crackers about British cheese but don't give an edam about those coming from the continent. It's no haloumination: nearly two-thirds of Britons said cheddar was their favourite cheese, out of a shortlist of 27, according to a new YouGov study of north Europe's cheese-gorging habits. Red Leicester was the next [...]
Fitbit has priced its shares for its IPO June 2, 2015 Exercise tracker startup Fitbit is pricing its shares at between $14 and $16 when it IPOs. The company behind the cult fitness device that measures an individual's activity, plans to offer nearly 22.4m shares from its Class A common stock, while shareholders are selling a further 7.5m of their Class B stock. Fitbit [...]
