Joseph Valente, the 25-year-old plumbing company owner finally beat social media entrepreneur Vana Koustomitis and got £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar for his business idea, Prime Time Plumbers ( renamed as Impra-Gas). Joseph nicknamed by Lord Sugar as ‘Valentine’ said “Thank you, Lord Sugar. It means a world to me. I’m not going to let…
Brazilian health authorities sounded the alarm about Pathogen, known as Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that they believe could be cause of thousands of infants born with damaged brain. Zika, a virus with serious neurological complications, was first discovered in forest monkeys in Africa over 70 years ago in the West Nile. Brazil’s health ministry found…
The Attukal Pongala (the Annual festival of women), around February, March attracts millions of women gathering on the streets and cooking on make-shift stoves, forming a six mile long ring around the ancient Attukal Bhagavathy Temple, and has entered the Guinness Book of World Records on 10th March 2009, where 2.5million women gathered for offerings…
The immune system is weakened by being alone, experts have stated after a study on the subject. Lone people are 14% more likely to suffer an early death and white blood cells are causing more ill health in lone individuals. Being alone does not mean you are worthless and you must make every effort to…
The Kalashnikov rifles used in the recent Paris attacks must pose the question to many – “how do people get hold of these arms?”. Obviously the criminal underworld and the black market come to mind. A Brussels specialist advised that with them filtering through from wars in other countries it is “easy” to get hold…
Joy is a young girl, who loves to invent new versions of common household items. Joy played by Jennifer Lawrence , a divorced mother with children, had to put her dreams on hold to care for her family her father Rudy ( Robert De Niro) an emotionally volatile man who runs the local auto shop,…
Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his Christmas break to visit areas affected by flooding including York in North Yorkshire. Other areas affected cover West Yorkshire and parts of Manchester and Greater Manchester. Locals have almost become accustomed in some towns to the constant “sabotage” of their livelihoods by incessant rainfall. Warnings are out which include Danger…
Here is St Pancras station’s Christmas Tree this year! Better late than never! How many Disney films can you recognise from this wonderful display of some of the world’s favourite characters spawned by the Disney enterprise who went through difficulties including Mcarthyism years ago when designers and artists demanded better pay and conditions.
Pope Francis has called for peace and reconciliation around the world in his Christmas message. H prayed for the success of recent UN resolutions for peace in Syria and Libya, and condemned “brutal acts of terrorism” in France, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia and Mali. Thousands of pilgrims turned out to see the address known as “Urbi…
This year Christmas Eve will have a full moon called Full Cold Moon as it occurs during the beginning of winter. The last time a full moon dawned in the skies on Christmas was in 1977 and won’t happen again until 2034.