Is that a boat or a caravan park bobbing down the Thames? Actually, it’s a mix of both. While it might look like the aftermath of a flash flood ripping through the capital, the reality is it’s the dream staycation for TV presenter and former Countryfile host Julia Bradbury, who also happens to be the … Read more
Of 30 billion plastic bottles used by UK households each year, only 57 per cent are currently recycled. With half of these going to landfill, half of all plastic bottles that are recycled go to waste. Around 700,000 plastic bottles a day end up as litter. This is largely due to plastic wrapping around bottles … Read more
SOCIETY TALES FROM THE COLONY ROOM by Darren Coffield (Unbound, £25, 464pp) The Colony Room was a shabby and cluttered little space at the top of a dingy staircase in the heart of Soho. It was founded as a drinking club by a lady called Muriel Belcher in 1948 and, during its 60-year existence, exerted … Read more
Sir Peter Viggers who came to personify MP expenses scandal when he claimed £1,645 for his ornamental floating duck island has died aged 82 The former Conservative Gosport MP resigned after claiming for a ‘duck island’ It also emerged he had filed receipts for a further £30,000 in gardening costs Sir Peter Viggers, 82, died after … Read more
A new air filter may be able to kill bacteria and viruses floating in the air in the blink of an eye. The device uses ‘non-thermal plasma’ (NTP), a gas which causes molecules to react with oxygen to create ozone. Ozone is known to be anti-bacterial and destroys pathogens by rupturing their cell walls. But … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Two giant cruise ships on standby to act as floating hospitals at Tilbury Docks as UK cruise company offers them to the government to help cope with coronavirus crisis British owners of Spirit of Discovery and Saga Sapphire are understood to have handed ships to government No decision has yet been taken to use … Read more